This vest is worked from the top down. It starts with casting on stitches for the back. The armholes are shaped with increases, and once the armhole shaping is done you put the stitches on hold and start working the fronts. Stitches for the fronts are picked up along the cast-on edge of the back piece. The fronts are worked separately and a deep v-neck is worked for the neckline. Armhole shaping to match the back piece is worked while maintaining the neckline shaping.

Once the fronts and back reach the armhole, the body is worked back and forth in one piece. A calliper cable pattern runs down the cast-on stitches under the arm, and the body ends with a rib. The button band and armhole edges are picked up and finished with a rolled edge. Buttonholes are created on one side of the button band and buttons are sewn on the opposite side.

SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)

Recommended ease: 2.5–10 cm / 1–4” of positive ease at the chest.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Chest circ, incl buttonband, worn closed: 90 (100, 111, 121, 130) (141, 151.5, 161.5, 171) cm / 35.5 (39.25, 43.75, 47.75,
51.25) (55.5, 59.75, 63.5, 67.25)“.
Armhole depth: 21 (23, 24, 25, 27) (28, 29, 30, 30) cm / 8.25 (9, 9.5, 9.75, 10.75) (11, 11.5, 11.75, 11.75)”.
Body length from armhole to hem: 22 (22, 24, 24, 24) (26, 26, 26, 26) cm / 8.75 (8.75, 9.5, 9.5, 9.5) (10.25, 10.25, 10.25, 10.25)“.
Full length: 43 (45, 48, 49, 51) (54, 55, 56, 56) cm / 17 (17.75, 19, 19.25, 20) (21.25, 21.75, 22, 22)”.
Neckline depth: 25.5 (29, 31, 32, 33.5) (35.5, 33.5, 33.5, 35.5) cm / 10 (11.5, 12.25, 12.5, 13.25) (14, 13.25, 13.25, 14)“.
Cross back width: 34 (38.5, 42, 44.5, 46) (47, 48, 49, 50) cm / 13.5 (15.25, 16.5, 17.5, 18) (18.5, 19, 19.25, 19.75)”.
Neckline width: 15.5 (18, 19, 19, 20.5) (21.5, 20.5, 20.5, 21.5) cm / 6 (7, 7.5, 7.5, 8) (8.5, 8, 8, 8.5)“.
Shoulder width: 6.5 (7.5, 10, 10, 10.5) (11, 11.5, 12.5, 12.5) cm / 2.5 (3, 4, 4, 4.25) (4.25, 4.5, 5, 5)”.

MATERIALS
Yarn
Saona by Wooldreamers (50% Spanish wool, 50% Andalusian cotton), 220 m / 240 yds per 50 g.
Sample shown in the colour Guthrie.

Yardage
3 (3, 4, 4, 4) (5, 5, 6, 6) balls of Saona.
Or approx. 490 (570, 670, 750, 840) (960,
1060, 1150, 1210) m / 536 (623, 733, 820,
919) (1050, 1159, 1258, 1323) yds of a
fingering-weight yarn.

Needles
3.25 mm / US 3 for textured stitch
pattern and rib.

Or size needed to obtain gauge.

Use a long circular needle longer than your desired finished chest circumference for the body and button band, as well as your preferred needle for working smaller circumferences for the armhole edges: a long circular needle for magic loop, a short circular needle, or DPNs.

Notions
Tapestry needle, stitch holder or scrap yarn, locking stitch markers for the buttonholes, 4–5 buttons (approx. 12–15
mm / 0.5–0.6” in diameter).

GAUGE
24 sts x 35 rows to 10 cm / 4” on 3.25 mm / US 3 needles in stitch pattern, after blocking.