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Wusai comes from Ukrainian and means “the one with whiskers”
— a reference to the featured textured pattern.
This family of designs also includes Wusai hat and Wusai socks.

It’s a cropped vest with deep V-neck and asymmetric hemline.
The vest is worked top-down flat to the underarms, starting from the back and continuing with two fronts. At the underarms the pieces are joined and worked flat continuing shaping of the V-neckline. After finishing the V-neck, the body of the vest and hem are worked in the round. Finally, the vest is finished with the ribbed band picked up and worked around the neckline.

Sizes

The pattern is written for five sizes 1 (2, 3) (4, 5)

with a finished bust circumference of 

ca. 88 (104, 119) (135, 150) cm // 

35.25 (41.5, 47.75) (54, 60.25) in

incl. at least 5 cm (2 in) of the recommended positive ease.

The sample is shown in size 1 on a 160 cm (5’3”) tall model
with
84 cm (33 in) bust measurement.
For more of the finished garment measurements,
please refer to the schematic provided.

Yarn

2 strands of lace weight yarn held together:

ca. 210 (235, 260, 285, 310) g or 5 (5, 6) (6, 7) skeins
of Baby Yak Lace from Myak,
100% Baby Yak with 350 m (383 yds) in 50 g, shown in Mustard;

or ca. 1470 (1645, 1820, 1995, 2170) m //

1608 (1800, 1991, 2183, 2374) yds
of any other
lace weight yarn held double to match the gauge;


or ca. 735 (823, 910, 998, 1085) m // 

804 (900, 996, 1091, 1187) yds
of any fingering/light sport weight yarn used as a single strand.

Needles and notions

• 3.0 mm (US 2.5) and 3.5 mm (US 4) circular needles;
• spare cables, spare circular needles or scrap yarn to keep sts on hold;
• at least nine stitch markers, three of which are removable;
• cable needle (optional);
• a tapestry needle to weave in the ends.

Gauge

• 30 sts & 32 rnds in 10 cm (4 in) on 3.5 mm (US 4) needles measured over
textured pattern worked flat after blocking;
• 30 sts & 32 rnds in 10 cm (4 in) on 3.5 mm (US 4) needles measured over 1x1 half-twisted ribbing worked flat and in the round after blocking.

Adjust the needle size to obtain the required gauge.