Hanni Vest by Knitters & Friends

Hanni Vest

Knitting
February 2026
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
820 - 1230 yards (750 - 1125 m)
1-5
English
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Hanni vest is an oversized, boxy and cozy vest featuring an O-neckline and folded 2 x 2 ribbed collar. The vest is knitted from the top down. The back is shaped with short rows before adding the shoulders separately. Armholes are shaped with increases and finished with 2 x 2 ribbing. The vest is worked flat in stockinette stitch. The button plackets are worked in double knitting with buttonholes along the right side.

Hanni vest is designed to have approx. 30-35 cm of positive ease for 75-115 cm bust and 20-25 cm of positive ease for 115-130 cm bust.

Sizes: 1 (2) 3 (4) 5
Bust circumference of the finished vest: 110 (120) 130 (140) 150 cm
Length: 57 (57) 58 (59) 60 cm
Gauge: 18 sts x 27 rows = 10 x 10 cm in stockinette stitch on 4.5 mm needles after wash and blocking
Circular needles: 4.5 mm 80 and/or 100 cm, 3 mm 40 cm and 3 mm 80 or 100 cm
Double-pointed needles: 3 mm
Materials: Suggestion 1: 300 (350) 350 (400) 450 g Heavy Merino by Knitting for Olive (50 g = 125 m)
Suggestion 2: 400 (450) 500 (550) 600 g Peer Gynt by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 91 m) held together with 100 (100) 100 (125) 125 g Tynn Silk Mohair by Sandnes Garn (25 g = 212 m),
7 buttons (ø = 20 mm)
Difficulty: 3.5 out of 5

(In the picture Heavy Merino by Knitting for Olive in shade Linen)