Edwin Vest
​Interweave | Urban Knit Collection: 18 City-inspired Knitting Patterns for the Modern Wardrobe, 2016
This vest is all about structure and symmetry. Beginning at the center, mirrored lines of traveling stitches angle, overlap, and intersect with each other. The cabled panels are separated by narrow stockinette stitch columns. The back is also filled with these cables, and once assembled, the intersecting lines all join together at the seams. My favorite detail on this vest has to be how the center column of stitches travels seamlessly into the collar.


Knitting Knowledge | This project is worked flat and requires:
• Knitting with circular and double-pointed needles
• Casting on and binding off
• Reading charts
• Knitting and purling
• Increasing and decreasing
• Working with a cable needle
​• Finishing
Finished Size | 34 (37-1/2, 41-1/2, 45, 48-1/2)" (86.5 [95, 105.5, 114.5, 123] cm) chest circumference, and 26-1/4 (27-3/4, 28-1/4, 28-3/4, 29-1/4)" (66.5 [70.5, 72, 73, 74.5] cm) long. Vest shown measures 411/2" (105.5 cm) with 1" (2.5 cm) of positive ease.

Yarn | DK weight (#3 Light).Shown: HiKoo Simplicity (55% superwash merino, 28% acrylic, 17% nylon; 117 yd [107 m]/50 g): #035 Turkish Coffee, 9 (10, 11, 12, 13) skeins.
Needles | Size U.S. 4 (3.5 mm): 24" (60 cm) circular (cir).Size U.S. 3 (3.25 mm): 24" (60 cm) cir. Adjust needle sizes if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.


Notions | Stitch markers (m); cable needle (cn); stitch holders; tapestry needle.

​Gauge | 30 sts and 33 rows = 4" (10 cm) in chart patt using larger needles, blocked.