Chevron Waistcoat by Rick Mondragon

Chevron Waistcoat

Knitting
May 2007
Great Adirondack Yarn Co Apollo
Great Adirondack Yarn Co Angora
Great Adirondack Yarn Co Shimmer
Bulky (7 wpi) ?
15 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette st using larger needles
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
760 - 950 yards (695 - 869 m)
Small 36 3/4"
English
Errata available: knittinguniverse.com

Mitered & striped modular panels worked in 9 different novelty hand painted yarns in coordinating colors & several weights make this buttoned v-neck vest stand out in a crowd. Side panels adjust to make sizing to fit a breeze. <p>Pattern is written for 4 sizes from S-36 3/4” to 1X 46 1/4”. Yardage requirements are for all nine of the yarns combined. MC yarn is Apollo, a bulky weight plied yarn, & requires 400-550 yds.

The featured garment was knit with a hand painted fingering weight sock yarn MC and a heavier mohair blend CC.