ABOUT THE PATTERN
Those who know me will be aware that my favorite color is all of them, often all at once. Also that I have a bit of a squirrel tendency, and have never been known to turn down a bag of random yarn scraps – well it would be a shame if a vague acquaintance’s late great auntie Mabel’s bag of bits went to waste, wouldn’t it?    As a consequence, I have always got a large quantity of leftovers and have made at least a dozen well-loved sweaters out of scraps for family members from the babies to their Great Granny.

This is a very versatile pattern intended to make use of assorted bits of pretty much any DK yarn. You can also add in bits of fingering used double. No scrap is too small. Every leftover is valuable. All yarn is loved.

The pattern is for a tank top or vest which I think would be great over a plain shirt or blouse when it isn’t quite cold enough to go without, or as an extra layer under a sweater when it’s extra cold. It is sized for adult women, but would be suitable for men as well.

You can of course be a bit more subtle and choose yarns from just one portion of the spectrum, if you prefer.

The fabric is constructed using a mix of slip stitch patterns. This can be in a repeated order, or in a random mix as you prefer. If you swap colors every couple of rows, you will achieve something rather beautiful.

The pattern is styled for a square(-ish) neck or a boat neck. The square neck sample is knitted in every available colour, and the boat neck version is knitted using scraps of mostly greens, blues and greys.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Chest/Bust: 32[36.5, 41.25, 44.25, 48.75, 53.25, 56.5, 61, 65.5] inches / 81.5[92.5, 105, 112.5, 124, 135.5, 143.5, 155, 166.5] cm
Length: 19.75[20.25, 20.75, 21, 21, 21.5, 22, 22.5, 23] inches / 50[51.5, 52.5, 53.5, 53.5, 54.5, 56, 57.5, 58.5] cm.

MATERIALS
This pattern is designed so that you can use up assorted leftovers of DK yarns. It is made with oddments of many different yarns from various manufacturers and colourways. It is difficult to be prescriptive about quantities. Essentially you need a big bag of leftover yarn, in as many colours as you have available. The more yarn you have, the more choice you have. You can be subtle and use one part of the color spectrum (say greens or pinks only) or you can go wild and use everything. Choose yarns with a suggested gauge of 20-22 sts to 4 inches or 10cm, or thereabouts.