Wild Winds Vest

• Stitch pattern: Half Fisherman’s Rib & Double Knitting

• Construction: top-down, flat & in the round

• Style: Relaxed with 6-8cm [2.50- 3.25”] of positive ease, and room to let a T-Shirt peak through the neck and sides

• Customise: add bust darts (Cup 0-5) for a better fit

• Techniques: Half Fisherman’s rib, Double Knitting, Japanese Short Rows (bust darts only), Picking up sts, Split hem, tubular bind off

• Difficulty: 2/5

A, B, C, D (E, F, G, H) I, J, K, L [M, N, O, P]

Select your size based on wearer chest circumference.

• Wearer chest circumference
  cm 75, 80, 85, 90 (95, 100, 105, 110) 115, 120, 125, 130 [135, 140, 145, 150]cm
  inch 30, 32, 34, 36 (38, 40, 42, 44) 46, 48, 50, 52 [54, 56, 58, 60]”

• Cups 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 add 1.5, 3.0, 5.0, 8.0, 10.0, 13.0cm [0.50, 1.25, 2.00, 3.25, 4.00, 5.25”]

• Find a detailed schematic with all measurements here.

Half Fisherman’s rib, 4mm [US6] needles
17 sts x 36 rows in 10x10cm [4x4”]

Double Knitting, 3mm [US2.5] needles
34 sts in 10cm [4”]

• DK- + lace-weight or worsted-weight
  
  Sample 1 (red) knitted with Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino in colour Pomegranate.

  Sample 2 (grey) knitted with  Drops Lima and Drops Kid-Silk both in colour Chalk.
  

  Meters   593, 627, 671, 705 (731, 766, 820, 856) 891, 927, 968, 1004 [1041, 1095, 1137, 1175]m
  Yards   648, 685, 733, 771 (800, 838, 897, 936) 975, 1014, 1058, 1098 [1138, 1197, 1243, 1285]yds

  Bust darts will require an extra 3, 5, 9, 14, 21 26m or  3, 5, 10, 15, 23, 29yds for Cup 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in addition to the lengths stated above.

• Ultimate Guide to Knitting Half Fisherman’s Rib

• Japanese Short Rows in Half Fisherman’s Rib

• Picking Up Shoulder Stitches

• Joining in the Round

• Selvedge Stitch Pick Up (2 sts from one)