Gander Blips Vest by Sally Melville

Gander Blips Vest

Knitting
January 1998
Various
20 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in Gander blips pattern
US 5 - 3.75 mm
7.0 mm
660 - 880 yards (604 - 805 m)
S (M, L) Shown in size M
English
Errata available: knittinguniverse.com

Cute vest with interesting stitch pattern carried on the outside in contrasting color.

Measurements:

  • Chest: 41.5 (45, 49)“
  • Length: 20 (21.5, 23)“

Materials:

  • Main Color (MC) in worsted weight: 500 (600, 700) yds or approx 5 (6, 7) 1.75oz / 50g balls in charcoal gray.
  • Contrast Colors (CC) in various weights (DK to chunky, textured or fuzzy): max. 5 yd lengths of lighter grays for Gander blips pattern and various lengths of CC for trim pattern; total CC approx 160 (170, 180) yds. (It takes twice the width of a row to work one trim pattern row. For example, it takes 40” of CC to work a row that is 20” wide).

Needles:

  • US 5 and 7 / 3.75 and 4.5 mm
  • US 5 / 3.75 mm circular needle, 24” / 60 cm
  • Six 1/2” buttons to match CCs