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Style MELISSAVEST is a knitwear pattern instructions. The pattern comes in a PDF file, and can be downloaded and printed from the computer.

Size chart

Size (cm) XS (S) M (L) XL (XXL) 3XL

1.Overall width (measured around waist)

79 (82) 85 (88) 91 (93) 95

2.Length of body

51 (53) 55 (55,5) 56 (56) 56

The measurements are based on the vest after washing.

Skills: Knit and purl, decrease, increase, knit in round, kitcheners stitch, pick up stitches.

Material

Hand dyed Wild alpaca, the yarn is brushed baby suri alpaca from Thelma Steimann, its

lightweight, super fluffy and soft to work with. Approx 225m/100gr in each skein.

Wild alpaca C1: 2 (2) 2 (3) 3 (3) 3

Circular needles 80 / 100 cm in 6 mm for the vest

Circular needles 80 / 100 cm in 5 mm for the hemline

Tapestry needle to weave in the ends

Keeping cord or scrappy yarn to keep resting sts

Stitch markers

Tension gauge sample

Be sure to check your own tension before starting to knit. Cast on 14 stitches and knit 20 rows on needles size 6 mm for a 10 x 10 cm sample. If tension measures too tight, change to a thicker needle. If tension measures too wide, change to a thinner needle.

Good to know

The vest is worked from the top down, primarily in the round. At the armholes, the work is divided and continued back and forth; the same method is used when shaping the neckline. The front and back are joined at the shoulders using Kitchener’s stitch. Stitches for the neckline are then picked up once the shoulders are connected.

The shoulder pads are created by picking up stitches along the shoulder, knitting them into a strip, rolling it into a tube, and stitching it to the wrong side.