Amidon--my contribution to this year’s Vest in Show collection for A Woolen Affair! Use the code AWOOLENAFFAIR to get 15% off through Rhinebeck weekend!

The Amidon Vest is all about wearability: classic stitches combine with a modern shape for a layer you’ll toss on over everything. I wanted to design something that would really let the gorgeous farm yarn from Distelfink Fiber shine, too! The garter stitch and mitered shaping (an ode to some of my favorite patterns, Waits and Newsom) let the heathered and haloed texture of the Romney, Border Leicester, and Corriedale cross fleeces shine through. I hope you love it as much as I do!

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8)

Sizing
17 1⁄4 (19, 22 1⁄4, 24 1⁄2) (26 3⁄4, 29 1⁄2, 32 1⁄4, 35)” / 44 (48.5, 56.5, 62) (68, 75, 82, 89) cm total back width, for 34 1⁄2 (38, 44 1⁄2, 49) (53 1⁄2, 59, 64 1⁄2, 70)” / 87.5 (96.5, 113, 124.5) (136, 150, 164, 178) bust circumference with fronts overlapping, after blocking
Sample shown is size 5 on a 44” (112 cm) bust, with 9.5” (24 cm) of positive ease. Vest is intended to be worn with between 4-10” (10-25.5 cm) of positive ease with fronts overlapping

Yarn
Maggie Farm Fingering by Distelfink Fiber (80% natural grey Romney/Border Leicester/Corriedale cross wool, 20% merino wool; 420 yards (384 meters)/100 g)
2 (2, 2, 3) (3, 3, 3, 3) skeins in color Featherfoil

or 595 (660, 770, 850) (925, 1020, 1115, 1210) yards / 544 (604, 704, 777) (846, 933, 1020, 1106) meters fingering weight yarn

Needles
32-60” (81.5-152.5 cm) circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge
Suggested size: US 5 (3.75 mm)

Gauge
22 sts and 32 rows = 4” (10 cm) in stockinette stitch, after blocking 22 sts and 42 rows = 4” (10 cm) in garter stitch, after blocking