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Checkered Vest
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Checkered Vest

Project info
Knitting
Needles & yarn
US 8 - 5.0 mm
1,229 yards
Knitting for Olive Merino
0.9 skeins = 246.1 yards (225.0 meters), 45 grams
Blue Tit
Knitting for Olive Merino
0.46 skeins = 125.8 yards (115.0 meters), 23 grams
Ocher brown
Knitting for Olive Merino
0.9 skeins = 246.1 yards (225.0 meters), 45 grams
Undyed
Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair
1 skein = 246.1 yards (225.0 meters), 25 grams
Undyed
Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair
1 skein = 246.1 yards (225.0 meters), 25 grams
Blue Tit
Kremke Soul Wool Silky Kid
0.52 skeins = 119.4 yards (109.2 meters), 13 grams
19 Light Camel
Notes

25 sts by 28 (bottom square 29)

5mm needles for checkered section.

Armholes - decrease every other round until I have 18 sts.

German short rows for shoulders - at row 20 work short rows every 4 sts over the last 8 rows.

74 sts for armholes picking up 3 of every 4.

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Finished
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May 13, 2025
About this pattern
Personal pattern (not in Ravelry)
About this yarn
Merino
by Knitting for Olive
Light Fingering
100% Merino
273 yards / 50 grams

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Silky Kid
by Kremke Soul Wool
Lace
72% Mohair, 28% Silk
230 yards / 25 grams

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Soft Silk Mohair
by Knitting for Olive
Lace
70% Mohair, 30% Silk
246 yards / 25 grams

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  • Project created: April 6, 2025
  • Updated: May 20, 2025