The Hoppy Vest is designed to be a light layering piece, perfect over a thin T-shirt, blouse or a turtleneck in spring, fall and winter. It has a slightly fitted silhouette, so I recommend choosing a size with approx. 5-6 cm (2-2.5 in) of positive ease compared to your actual chest circumference.

Construction Notes

• The Hoppy Vest is worked bottom-up, starting with the waist ribbing and continuing to the shoulders.
• From the underarm, steek stitches are added and the armholes are shaped while working in the round.
• At the neckline, steek stitches are added again and the neckline shaping is worked in the round.
• After finishing the neckline, the front and back shoulders are worked flat separately.
• Short rows are used to shape the shoulders.
• The shoulders are joined, the steek is reinforced, and then cut open.
• Armhole and neck ribbing are picked up and worked.
• Finally, the steek stitches are sewn down to finish the vest.

Gauge (after blocking)
- 29 sts x 32 rows = 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 in) in stranded colorwork, using 3.5mm needles

Needles

• 3.5mm - Main body, rabbit colorwork motif
• 3.0mm - Cast-on and garter stitch sections
• 3.25mm (waist ribbing), 3.0mm (armhole and neckline ribbing)

Yarn and Yardage

• I’m Wool 2 by Nakyang (100% wool, ca. 40g ~ 153m) www.nakyang.com
• Rabbit+Background 2 + 2 / 2 + 3 (3 + 3 / 3 + 3 / 4 + 4 / 4 + 5 / 5 + 5 ) balls
• Yardage may vary depending on your tension.

Notions

• Stitch markers
• Tapestry needle (for steek reinforcement, finishing, and weaving in ends)
• Scissors (for cutting steek)

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