264-5 Soft Braid Vest by DROPS design

264-5 Soft Braid Vest

Knitting
September 2025
yarn held together
Sport
+ Worsted
+ Fingering
= Aran (8 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch with larger needles
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
1835 - 3098 yards (1678 - 2833 m)
XS - S - M - L - XL - XXL - XXXL
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Knitted vest in 1 strand DROPS Nord and 1 strand DROPS Kid-Silk or 1 strand DROPS Alpaca and 1 strand DROPS Kid-Silk. Piece is knitted bottom up with cables and diagonal shoulders. Size XS – XXXL.

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#softbraidvest
DROPS design: Pattern no-098
Yarn group A + A or C


SIZE:
XS - S – M – L – XL – XXL – XXXL

YARN:
DROPS NORD from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
250-250-300-300-350-400-400 g colour 29, Marzipan
And use:
DROPS KID-SILK from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
100-100-125-125-150-150-175 g colour 56, Marzipan

Or use:
DROPS ALPACA from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
250-250-300-300-350-400-400 g colour 9036, Wheat
And use:
DROPS KID-SILK from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
100-100-125-125-150-150-175 g colour 56, Marzipan

NEEDLES:
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 3.5 mm: Length: 80 cm
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 3 mm: Length 40 and 80 cm.
DROPS CABLE NEEDLE.
The technique MAGIC LOOP can be used – you then only need circular needle of 80 cm in each size.

KNITTING TENSION:
20 stitches in width and 27 rows vertically in stocking stitch and 1 strand of each quality needle size 3.5 mm = 10 x 10 cm.
26 stitches in width and 27 rows vertically in A.1/A.2 and 1 strand of each quality on needle size 3.5 mm = 10 x 10 cm.
3 repetitions (= 24 stitches) with A.1/A.2 = approx. 9 cm in width.
REMEMBER: Needle size is only a suggestion! If you have too many stitches on 10 cm switch to larger sized needles or if you get too few stitches on 10 cm switch to smaller sized needles.