Ramona Vest by Annie Lupton

Ramona Vest

Knitting
August 2024
DK (11 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 22 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette st
US 4 - 3.5 mm
455 - 1205 yards (416 - 1102 m)
34 (38, 42, 46, 50) (54, 58, 62, 66, 70)” / 86.5 (96.5, 106.5, 117, 127) (137, 147.5, 157.5, 167.5, 178) cm bust circumference
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The Ramona Vest is a sweet cropped vest that is perfect for layering! The front features a stunning group of braided cables from Norah Gaughan’s Cable Sourcebook. The combination of cables and stockinette stitch make for an engaging project and the cropped length and lack of sleeves makes for a quick knit! Knit up in Grand View Farm’s Ramona yarn, a lovely farm blend yarn available in natural tones.

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Construction: The body of the Ramona Vest is knit from the bottom up in the round. The front and back halves are worked flat. Short rows are worked on the shoulders. Shoulder edges are seamed, and the neckline and armhole edges are picked up, and a ribbed finishing is knit outwards in the round.

Finished Dimensions:
Size 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
34 (38, 42, 46, 50) (54, 58, 62, 66, 70)” / 86.5 (96.5, 106.5, 117, 127) (137, 147.5, 157.5, 167.5, 178) cm bust circumference
Designed to fit with 2-4”/5-10 cm positive ease

Materials:
Grand View Farm VT Ramona (DK weight, 15% fine wool, 85% Gotland wool, 150 yards/ 70g)
Approximately 455 (525, 600, 675, 750) (840, 925, 1015, 1105, 1205) yards / 416 (480, 549, 617, 686) (768, 846, 928, 1010, 1102) meters
OR4 (4, 4, 5, 5) (6, 7, 7, 8, 9) skeins

Gauge:
20 sts and 22 rows over 4” / 10 cm in stockinette st worked in the round and blocked

Needles:
Size 4 (3.5 mm) 16-40” / 40-101.5 cm circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge, and additional needle of the same size for your preferred method of small circumference knitting (9”/ 23 cm circular, 2-circulars, DPNs or Magic Loop) for the armhole ribbing

Notions:
Stitch markers (3; 1 unique for BOR)
Cable needle
Waste yarn, stitch holders or spare needles for yoke separation and neckline shaping
Tapestry needle
Row counter (optional)