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Knit your own Flowers of Fortrose Vest with a kit from The Woolly Thistle!

The Flowers of Fortrose design is named after Fortrose on the Black Isle in the Highlands of Scotland where Corinne’s family spent lots of school holidays visiting her grandad; Flowers are all around the village. The design started with the hat and mittens- adorable and very popular, and now includes the Flowers of Fortrose Vest!

This delightful vest is knit with Jamieson & Smith 2ply Jumper Weight Yarn, which is one of Corinne’s very favorite yarns. It’s a fingering weight, 100% Shetland wool yarn that is perfect for heirloom-quality colorwork knitting. This beautiful all over colorwork vest is available in 8 sizes.

Sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Finished chest measurement: 37¼ (40¼, 43¼, 46½, 49½, 52¾, 55¾, 58¾)” Vest is intended to be worn with 3-5” of positive ease.

Yarn:
Jamieson & Smith 2 ply,
Jumper weight (114 yds/25 g)
MC: 6 (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) skeins
CC A, B, C & D: 2 (2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3) skeins each

Gauge:
31 sts and 35 rows = 4” in
stranded colorwork, worked in
the rnd, with larger needle,
blocked.

Needles & Notions:
US 3 (3-3.25 mm) and US 2 (2.75 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge
Scissors
Stitch markers
Tapestry Needle
Waste yarn (or holder of choice)

We recommend the Intermediate Colorwork Course featuring the Flowers of Fortrose Vest as a helpful add-on for anyone who is new to full colorwork garment knitting.