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Front neck and armhole steeks
Front neck and armhole steeks
photos above © kollane
Finished
June 20, 2025
July 10, 2025

Sea faerdy

Project info
Sea Faerdy by Gudrun Johnston
Knitting
Vest
Needles & yarn
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
32 stitches and 35 rows = 4 inches
in Fair Isle pattern
798 yards
Marie Wallin British Breeds
0.28 skeins = 26.0 yards (23.8 meters), 7 grams
Lime flower
Marie Wallin British Breeds
0.45 skeins = 41.8 yards (38.3 meters), 11 grams
Walnut
Marie Wallin British Breeds
0.45 skeins = 41.8 yards (38.3 meters), 11 grams
Pale oak
Nelly natural
1.08 skeins = 324.8 yards (297.0 meters), 108 grams
Natural black
Natural/Undyed
Sõrve villaveski 50% koeravill
0.43 skeins = 164.6 yards (150.5 meters), 43 grams
Natural beige
Teksrena Knitting Wool
0.2 skeins = 76.6 yards (70.0 meters), 20 grams
100
White
Teksrena Knitting Wool
0.32 skeins = 122.5 yards (112.0 meters), 32 grams
268
Brown
Notes

This vest will inspire you to experiment with colours and knit your own!
For me, matching the colours was quite a process. I didn’t have the original yarns, so I used what I had in my stash.
I started with pinks, then moved on to blues, and ultimately settled on an almost neutral choice.

MC - natural black - 108g
CC1 - brown Teksrena - 32g
CC2 - Peale oak MW - 11g
CC3 - Walnut MW - 11g
CC4 - Lime flower MW - 7g
CC5 - white-beige dog/wool - 43g
CC6 - white Teksrena - 20g

The model in the picture is my sister, for whom the vest provides ~6 cm of positive ease. With a bust measurement of 96 cm, I have 0 cm of positive ease, and I enjoy wearing it just as much.

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Finished
June 20, 2025
July 10, 2025
 
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Sea Faerdy
by Gudrun Johnston
from The Shetland Trader
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Knitting Wool
by Teksrena
Fingering
100% Wool
383 yards / 100 grams

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British Breeds
by Marie Wallin
Fingering
25% Bluefaced Leicester, 25% Exmoor Horn, 25% Romney, 25% Zwartbles
93 yards / 25 grams

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  • Project created: June 19, 2025
  • Finished: July 10, 2025
  • Updated: February 8, 2026
  • Progress updates: 3 updates