Cozy Mohair Vest

You'll need:

Katia Aire yarn (35% mohair, 35% alpaca, 30% polyamid; 150m/25g) - 7 pink skeins and 9 violet skeins;

Straight or circles needles 10.

Stitches control: (3 fold yarn) 10 sts and 13 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Fold violet yarn three times and cast on 64 sts. Knitw with garter stitch. Add 4 sts from edges of row in order to make garter stitch. Knit 25 cm, change one of the threads to the pink colour, knit till the length of 50 cm. Then change the second thread to the pink colour and knit to 75 cm from the 1st set-up row. Last part of back knit with pink yarn three times folded, change the last violet thread to pink. When the length of back is 93 cm from the 1st row, divide your work into 2 parts, after that make 4 sts with garter stitch along the edges of back. Knit it to 100 cm length and then finish your work.

Front

Fold violet yarn three times and cast on 37 sts. Make right front the same way, as you use for back. After knitting 40 cm from the very beginning, cast on 1 st from left side and knit with stockinette stitch plus 4 sts of garter stitch along its edges. Knit 100 cm from the set-up row and bind off all sts of the final row. Left front of the mohair vest is formed in symmetry with the right front.

Assembly

At this stage you just need to collect all the part in one. Sew the details with side and shoulder seams. Remember, that arm-holes should start at the height of 75 cm from lower part of your work, and width of placketings is 40 cm.