Fit & Flair Vest by Laura Gebhardt

Fit & Flair Vest

Crochet
March 2015
Thread ?
3.25 mm (D)
900 - 1650 yards (823 - 1509 m)
English

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Sizes
Instructions given fit size small; changes for medium, large, X-large and 2X-large are in [ ].

Finished Measurements
Note: Fronts can be overlapped and secured, or left
to drape open.

Bust (fronts overlapping): 35 inches (small) [39 inches (medium), 42 inches (large), 46 inches (X-large), 50 inches (2X-large)]
Length: 24 inches (small) [25 inches (medium), 25 3/4 inches (large), 25 3/4 inches (X-large), 26 1/2 inches (2X-large)]

Materials

  • Aunt Lydia’s Fashion Crochet size 3 crochet cotton (150 yds per ball): 6 7, 8, 9, 11 balls #175 warm blue
  • Sizes D/3/3.25mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
  • Tapestry needle

Alternate Yarn Choices

  • Omega Sol fine (sport) weight acrylic yarn (1 3/4 oz/164 yds/50g per ball)
  • Premier Yarns Cotton Fair fine (sport) weight cotton/acrylic yarn (3 1/2 oz/317 yds/100g per ball)
  • Kollage Yarns Riveting Sport fine (sport) weight cotton/other yarn (3 1/2 oz/350 yds/100g per hank)

Gauge
4 1/2 pattern reps = 4 inches; 9 rows in pattern = 4 inches
Take time to check gauge.