Knitting Patterns Free Vest

Sports Vest

Knitting patterns free vest: One of the newest models in sport garments is the sports vest. This one is knit in teazle yarn and is very handsome in Joffre blue with collar and ornamental rings crocheted in yellow silk. Three crocheted buttons fasten the vest in front. A crocheted cord of the blue is run through the rings at back and fastens around waist under coat. The vest is knit from neck down, with no seams except at shoulder.

Materials: Corticelli Tezola yarn. 10 balls Joffre Blue no. 34; Corticelli Sweater Silk, 1 ball yellow no. 344. One pair no. 5 knitting needles.

Other suitable color combinations are pink no.20 with silk trim of baby blue, rose with cream or beauty rose.

Knitting patterns free vest Instructions:

Cast on 75 sts. K. 6 rows in plain Garter stitch, always slipping the first st.

7th row: When knitting up from bottom k. 43 sts, turn, and k. back to bottom.

Next row: k. up 47 sts., k. back to bottom, k. up 51 sts., k. back to bottom, k. up 55 sts., k. back to bottom, k. up 59 sts., k. back to bottom. Continue in this matter until the whole 75 sts. Are k. on to one needle, which will leave you at neck; turn and k. to bottom, and when knitting back to neck end widen 1 st. each time on next to last stitch until there are 85 sts., or 10 widenings (this is widening eveyr other row). Then cast on 6 sts. At neck (making 91 sts. On needle), k. back to bottom.

Next row; When reaching shoulder, narrow 1 st. every rib for 16 ribs (leaving 75 sts. On needle). Beginning at shoulder, bind off 18 sts. For armhole.

Next row: Decrease 1 st. at armhole and repeat on every rib for 7 ribs (leaving 50 sts. On needle). K.4 ribs even, and on 5th rib at bottom bind off 8 sts. K. 2 sts. Bind off 8 sts (leaving 34 sts. On the needle, being 2 sts. Knit separating the opening for belt). Beginning at armhole, k. 32 sts., cast on 8 sts., k. 2 sts., cast on 8 sts and k. 2 ribs more.

Next row: Increase 1 st. on second st. from bottom and on next to last stitch at armhole and on eah of next 2 ribs increase 1 st. at armhole, but not at bottom.

Next row: When working up from bottom towards armhole, increase 1 st. on second st. from bottom and cast on 16 sts. At armhole end of needle for finish of armhole. Increase 1 st. on second st. from bottom every third rib for 6 increasings altogether at bottom, and every rib at shoulder for 16 increasings; there should be 91 sts. On the needle.

This will finish widenings at both shoulder and bottom. K.18 ribs even for back of neck and reverse directions for other shoulder and front. Sew up on shoulders. Crochet three buttons with yarn for front of knitting patterns free vest.

Knitting patterns free vest Collar: The collar is crocheted in Honeycomb stitch. With Sweater Silk ch. 16 sts. Always ch. 1 to turn.

1st row: S.c.

2d row: S.c., taking up back half of stitch.

3d row: S.c., taking up back half of each of the 2 rows below together and work these off as in regular s.c.; repeat this last row for 8 inches, then make 11 s.c., turn, work back; next row make 5 s.c., turn, work back; next row work all the way across and back, then make 5 s.c., turn and work back; next row make 11 s.c., turn and work back.

Now make 8 inches in s.c. as in beginning. These short rows make shaping for back of neck; place this shaping at exact center of back at neck and sew to fronts. Take 8 large white rings and cover them with the yellow Sweater silk in d.c.

For collar, fasten silk at one corner of band on end, make chain 2 inches long and fasten into top of stitch on one of the rings, chain 2 inches and fasten to center of end of collar, chain 2 inches and fasten to ring about 1 inch from other fastening, chain 2 inches and fasten to other corner at end. Make other end the same for this knitting patterns free vest.

Knitting patterns free vest Cord: With the wool, ch. 2, make 8 s.c. in secon ch. From hook, work round and round in s.c., taking up the front half of stitch until cord is long enough to go around waist, draw this cord through oening on one side, from the under side, so it will come across back and through the 6 rings and fasten one ring on each opening on sides, then arrange the other 4 rings at even distances apart across back and tack rings and cord across back, leaving the rest of cord to fasten around waist under coat in front.

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