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Buy Classic Elite Yarns Fresco at WEBS

A Fair Isle band lends a pretty note to a vest.

$6.00 US

Finished measurements:
Bust: 33 ½ (36 ¼, 39 ¼, 42 ¾, 45 ½, 48, 51 ¼)" / 85 (92, 99.5, 108.5, 115.5, 122, 130) cm
Length: 21 ¾ (22 ¼, 23, 23 ¼, 23 ¾, 24 ¼, 24 ¾)" / 55 (56.5, 58.5, 59, 60.5, 61.5, 63) cm
Shown in size 33 ½" / 85 cm
Intended to be worn with 1 ½" / 4 cm negative ease to 1" / 2.5 cm positive ease.

Yarn: Classic Elite Yarns Fresco (164 yds / 150 m per 1 ¾ oz/ 50 g skein; 60% Wool, 30% Baby Alpaca, 10% Angora):
4 (4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5) skeins in #5303 Cinder (MC); 1 skein each in #5353 Strawberry (CC1), #5358 Tomato (CC2), and #5385 Tandoori Spice (CC3)

Needles & Notions:
Size 5 US/ 3.75 mm circular needle,
32" / 80 cm long
Size 4 US/ 3.5 mm circular needle,
32" / 80 cm long
Size 4 US/ 3.5 mm set of four double- pointed needles

Stitch markers, stitch holders, tapestry needle

Gauge: 28 sts and 30 rows = 4" / 10 cm in Stockinette stitch over charted Fair Isle pattern using larger needles
24 sts and 34 rows = 4" / 10 cm in Stockinette stitch in MC using larger needles

Construction Notes: The vest is knitted in the round to the armholes and then worked back and forth for the front and back.

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