​Stylish Knit Vest

You’ll need:

1100g of yarn (50% wool, 50% acryl; 240m/100g);

Knitting needles 6.

Size: S.

Used Patterns

Stockinette stitch: in right-side rows – knit sts, in wrong-side rows – purls.

“Fishbone” pattern:

1^st row: 1 selvedge st, insert the right-hand needles into 2 sts, draw 1 knit st, slip the 1^st knit st, leave the 2^nd st on the left-hand needle. Insert the right-hand needle through the rest and next sts, draw 1 knit st, slip the 1^st knit st, leave the 2^nd st on the left-hand needle. Repeat these actions to end of row;

2^nd row: in the same way, as the 1^st row, but with purls.

Instructions

Front

Cast on 61 sts and make 40 cm with “fishbone” pattern. Bind off 3 sts, 2 sts, 1 st in the next row along the outer side for arm-hole.

At 55 cm height, bind off 4 sts, 3 sts, 2 sts alog the inner edge for neck-hole and 1 st x 3. At 65 cm bind off all the sts.

Make the second half of front in reflection to the first.

Back

Cast on 111 sts and make 40 cm with “fishbone” pattern. Bind off 3 sts, 2 sts, 1 st in the next row along the outer side for arm-hole. Bind off all the sts at 65 cm.

Hood

Cast on 99 sts and make 28 cm with “fishbone pattern”. Bind off the sts. For placket, lift the sts along the front edge of hood and make 5 rows of stockinette stitch. Then, 1 row with purls. Make 5 rows of stockinette stitch again. Bind off the sts. Fold the placket and sew. Make the same plackets along the edges of arm-holes and uppera and bottom parts of front detail.