Notes:
A beautiful + helpful garment for keeping warm while you do all the things ……. gather firewood, groceries, eggs from the coop, foraging, gathering yarn for your next knitting project………
Sometimes when you meet the perfect, rustic wool you just know it needs to become a vest! Knit from the bottom up in the round with a 3-button closure in the back.
Materials:
Kraemer Yarns - Mauch Chunky (3.5oz / 100g; 120yds; 100% wool) in colorway, Spice, bulky #5 or you can use
415, (460, 510, 560)615, 675, 745, 820 yds of ANY #5/bulky wt yarn (or 2 strands of any worsted weight yarn held double). I used 4.25 skeins of Mauch Chunky for size medium.

Needles:
US 9/5.5 mm + 11/8.00 mm, 24-32” length circular needles

Notions:
8 st markers (7 for body of vest and 1 in a different color to mark BOR)
3 (1”) buttons

Gauge:
11 sts and 16.5 rows = 4” in stockinette st (blocked).

Free pattern:
You can find an online ad-supported version of this pattern for free here: https://theautumnacorn.com/post/the-gathering-vest-free-k...