Materials

• YARN - 2(2)2(3)3(3) skeins of 200g/87 yds or 150g/90yds Cotton: hold several strands to achieve gauge if needed If you are doing color work please increase your overall yardage by 15% to allow for color yarn floats. I would get the recommended total amount of yarn for body/arm color and add a skein for edging colors and another 1-3 skeins for color inside fish scale. Note: If you plan on adding any length to what is written in the pattern please buy extra yarn to accommodate this extra length. Approximately 50 yards of yarn per row of scales.

• CORDS - ranging from 16”(40cm) to 47”(120cm)

• TOOLS - Measuring tape, Jumbo stitch markers or waste yarn, tapestry needle

Suggested Needle

• US 17 (12mm)
• US 15 (10mm)

Using US 17 (12mm) needles in the Merrow Stitch (Cast on 28 sts and do rows 1-16 in pattern)

1 scale = 1 slp st + 6 stockinette sts + 1 slp st (A to B)

1 scale = 3.25” x 2.5” (8 sts total)

Using US 17 (12mm) needles in Stockinette Stitch

4” x 4” (10cm x 10cm) = 8 sts x 10 Rows

Sizing

Size 1(2)3(4)5 (ultralight italic) through out the pattern.

Size Bust Chest (A-B) Total Length (C-D) Length (A-D)
1 28-30” 15” 15” 6”
2 32-34” 17” 16” 6”
3 36-38” 19” 17” 6”
4 40-42” 21” 18” 6”
5 44-46” 23” 19” 6”
6 48-50” 25” 20” 6”

If you would like to make the vest less wide then subtract 8 sts from your cast on for ~4” less on width. Same with making your sweater wider, add 8sts to your cast on adding ~4” to the width. The reason for the 8sts is because of the fish scale stitch pattern. (Refer to gauge)

You can also add length to your body by adding extra fish scale stitch rows (1-8 or 9-16 in pattern) before separating body for arm openings or adding more rows of stockinette after separating for arm openings. Take note if you add more length to upper body then please pick up corresponding arm opening stitches for ribbing. Every 1 row added on both front and back (so 2rows added all together) will require picking up 1 more stitch for arm opening. Keep in mind to make sure pick up sts for arm opening ribbing should be an even number to allow for the K1P1 pattern.

Skills Required

Knit
Purl
Slip Stitches
Decreases
Increases