​Knit Vest with Hood

You’ll need:

300 (300) 350g of blue Siberia yarn (55% alpaca wool, 12% camel wool, 12% wool, 21% polyamide; 110m/50g):

30 (32) 34 m of Fellgarn yarn (100% rabbit wool);

Knitting needles 7;

Crochet hook 6;

3 blue buttons.

Size: S (M) L.

Used Patterns

Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit sts, in WS row – purls.

Simple decreases for hood: before the central st: slip 1 st, 1 knit st and draw it through the slipped st; after the central st: knit2tog.

Double decreases for hood: before the central st: slip 1 st, knit2tog and draw it through the slipped st; after the central st: knit3tog.

Stitches control: 13 sts x 18 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 67 (72) 77 sts with Siberia yarn and work with stockinette stitch between selvage sts. In 58 (59) 60 cm from the set-up row, bind off the central 19 (22) 25 sts for neck-hole and finish both sides separately, bind off 1 x 3 sts from inwards. In 60 (61) 62 cm from the set-up row, bind off the rest sts.

Left Front

Cast on 36 (39) 41 sts with Siberia yarn and work with stockinette stitch between selvage sts. In 60 (61) 62 cm from the set-up row, bind off 21 (22) 23 sts from the right side. Make hood on the rest 15 (17) 18 sts, cast on 3 (2) 1 x 5 sts and 1 (2) 3 x 6 sts in every 2^nd row = 36 (39) 41 sts. Then, leave all sts.

Right Front

Make in symmetry to the left front, in 30 (31) 32 cm from the set-up row, make 3 button holes: bind off 4 sts and cast them on again in the next row.

Hood

Cast on the previously left sts of right and left halves of front and work on all sts. In 27 cm from the beginning of hood, decrease 7 x 1 st and 1 x 2 sts in every 2^nd row from both sides of center. In 36 cm from the beginning of hood, divide the rest sts in the center of work and connect them with “stitch in stitch” seam.

Pocket

Cast on 17 sts with Siberia yarn and work with stockinette stitch between selvage sts. In 16 cm from the set-up row, bind off all sts. Make the second pocket in the same way.

Assembly

Make shoulder and side seams, leave the upper 20 (21) 22 cm of side seams open for arm-holes. Fasten all the edges with 1 circle row of single crochets with Feligran tarn. Fasten the upper edges of pockets with 1 row of “crab stitch” with Siberia yarn and sew pockets to the front. Sew buttons.