DUNAVEST - English

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Style DUNAVEST is a knitwear pattern instructions.

The pattern comes in a PDF file, and can be downloaded and printed from the computer.

Size chart

Size (cm)                    XS   (S)   M   (L)   XL   (2XL)

1.Width (breasts)    84  (88) 92 (96) 100 (104)

2.Length body     55 (56,6) 58 (59,5) 60,5 (61,5)

The measurements are based on the size of the vest before wash ; the vest might increase in cm when washed depend- ing on the way it’s washed. The measurements can be adjusted a little bit with placement on the buttons.

Level : Average

Material

Organic merino DK from Thelma Steimann, the yarn is 100% Organic merino wool. Approx 225m/100g in each skein. Wonderful and soft base to work with.

Organic merino DK : 4 (4) 4 (5) 5 (5)

Circular needle 4 mm in 80 or 60 cm

5 x DPN in 4 mm for pockets and edges Tapestry needle for stitching the threads Stitch marker
4 x large safety pins or scrappy yarn

6 x buttons 2 cm

Tension gauge sample

Make sure to check your own tension before starting to knit.
Cast on 20 stitches and knit 35 rows with fishermans rib rep ; K1B, p, on needles 4 mm for a 10 x 10 cm sample.
If tension measures too tight, change to a thicker needle.
If tension measures too wide, change to a thinner needle.

Good to know

The vest is knitted from bottom to top from right and wrong side. Three of the button holes are knitted along with the body. The body is opened up for the pockets, the stitches will rest on safety pins and knitted later on. The body is divided by the armpits and thereafter the vest is knitted in three separate pieces, right-, left- and backside. All the sides will be connected again, from the back side. Pockets are knitted on sock needles in round, and the front side of the pockets is knitted and stitched down so it becomes double layered. Stitches from armpits are picked up and knitted with rib stitch in round. The inner side edge of the vest is knitted with double knitting, by knitting for right and wrong side sepa- rately, moving the stitches from the horizontal side over unknitted. The side edge is knitted onto the vest by knitting the last stitch from the right side together with the edge stitch on the vest. The inner side edge is opened up for three more button holes that are aligned with the ones on the body.

Read through the pattern before starting the project. There is a helping video available on the website www.thelmasteimann,com, if in need of guidance.

Yarn quantity required is based on an average , and is therefore an approximate number. The vest can be knitted in any yarn that consists of the same thickness as Organic merino DK, and the color combi- nation is not set in stone.