Free Knitted Vest Pattern: Lady's Knitted Woolen Vest or Jersey

Free knitted vest pattern: Lady's knitted woolen vest, or jersey (beautifully warm and comfortable)

Materials - Needles no.9; merino wool.

FOR THE BACK of the free knitted vest pattern

Turn and knit the row. Go on in this way, remembering always to decrease at the left side, at the end of every row, until you have done five ribs togethr. You ought to have 12 stitches on now. Then cast off. These ribs ought to be crosswise instead of lengthwise.

Now begin to cast off the remaining stitches, until you come to the last 18. Work this shoulder the same as the last.

FOR THE FRONT of the free knitted vest pattern

of the vest you cast on 78 stitches adn knit 125 rows. Begin the right hand shoulder by pearling, and make ribs as before, only this time you do not begin to decrease at the left until you have done seven ribs. Reduce to 12 stitches make eleven ribs and cast off.

Cast off the remaining stitches, and proceed as before with the last eighteen for the fourth shoulder piece.

Now sew up these two sides until you get to within 24 rows from the top of the front piece, which is the shortest. You must now join the rest with a gusset, which you form by picking up one stitch, knit it and turn; in every row you must now take up one stitch, and rib them the same as the other part of the vest in 3 and 3.

Thus, the first row you have one stitch, the next row two, the next row three and so on.

When 24 rows are done, cast off.

Sew up the shoulders, and crochet a narrow border of small even holes, into which run a piece of crochet wool or white ribbon. It is a good plan to pick up the stitches all along the shoulder strap and knit a few rows, according to the depth of sleeve desired for this free knitted vest pattern.

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