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Andean Vest Recipe IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURE, VARIETY AND CHALLENGE - THIS IS FOR YOU! SIZE: Adult ADVANCED 2 mm (US #0) Fine Fingering © 1999 Lucy Neatby | LucyNeatby.com | Made in Canada 45 Dorothea Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2W 5X4 - 08/13 Price Code C #726 Andean Vest Recipe 1/13 This is not a knitting pattern, but an expanded NEEDLES outline of the stages and the principles underlying the Choose the smallest size in which you can obtain construction of the original vest. This vest uses many many lengths and types of needles. It is helpful to techniques including sew-and-cut and is not for the have multiple circulars ranging from 30 - 80 cm (12 faint of heart. - 32”) and both long and short dpns. The original The sum of all the areas of the vest is more impressive was worked on 2 mm (US# 0). A pair of dpns one than the difficulty any particular part. No more than size larger are used for the I-cord. two colours are used at any time. Very experienced and daring knitters only. ABBREVIATIONS This vest was inspired by South American ch’ullus, Dec2: A balanced two-stitch decrease about a whose gauge and ingenuity of design leave me central stitch. It is made first from the right and breathless with admiration. The construction then from the left. Pick up 2nd stitch on RHN, pass principle behind the vest is: Four triangles equal a it over first stitch, k1 from LHN, s2sts back to the tube. The use of the triangles is to give the impression LHN, pick up second stitch and pass it over the first of individual hats although the motifs have to fit a stitch on LHN, slip the remaining stitch to the RHN. triangular rather than a conical shape. K2t: Knit two stitches together YARN LHN: Left hand needle A large number (60-70) in wool, wool blends and Make one stitch by working into the bar a little alpaca were used, this is adjustable to taste. M1: between stitches. Select yarns of fingering weight or finer to give you the desired gauge. Either choose yarns to give the O: Yarn over needle to create a new stitch. necessary gauge for the charts to fit your size, or determine the gauge to suit your yarns and draw P2t: Purl two stitches together your own charts by the given method. Add life Psso: Pass slipped stitch over to the colours by use of multiple shades of each colour. RHN: Right hand needle S1: Slip one stitch to RHN unworked, purlwise COLOURS unless otherwise specified. A bright South American palette was used for the Front and Back triangles, but for the Side triangles Ssk: Slip, slip, knit. Slip the next two stitches, a slightly more restrained colourway was used. knitwise, one at a time, to the RHN, insert LHN Predominantly greens, shaded from dark to light, purlwise (needle tip to needle tip) into both with flashes of brighter colours to tie the pieces stitches and knit them together. This produces a together. Bands are garter stitch throughout, with a one-stitch, left-slanting decrease. single colour garter bump (2 rows/rounds) on both Tbl: Work through back of loop. inner and outer edges to frame the colour pattern within. Pictures are included to help illustrate colour and technique details. © 1999 Lucy Neatby | LucyNeatby.com | Made in Canada 45 Dorothea Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2W 5X4 Andean Vest Recipe 2/13 CHARTS Number of sts at the top of the Back triangle: Very large pieces of graph paper are necessary, or (A-1) x sts/in =................... use a computer charting program. [round up to an odd number] GAUGE Number of rows of Back triangle: Work simulated ‘circular’ swatches using any (B-0.5) x rows/in =................... section of the chart that takes your fancy. Aim for a dense fabric of approximately 10.5 sts x 11 rows per Chart your triangle onto squared paper or into a inch. The dense fabric will ensure a strong contrast computer program. With an erasable pencil, draw between main and contrast colours and help the straight lines from the outer edge of the top row vest to withstand the ravages of time. Gauge may stitches to either side of the final ‘point’ stitch on be modified to adjust the size of the vest or you the last row. Outline the edge of the fabric stitches may chart your own vest from scratch. down one side, conforming to the edges of the stitches and following the line as closely as possible. SIZE It is unlikely to be a convenient ratio. Repeat for At gauge, size as charted; 40” chest, 20” length. the opposite side of the chart. If you copy the first Finished weight 340g. side, the increases will always be paired on the same round. Once you have your template for the back CONSTRUCTION chart make a few extra blank copies, one of which The vest is constructed from four separate pieces of will become the basis of the front chart. circular stranded knitting with steeks. All triangles are worked from the large end towards the smaller SIDE TRIANGLES end. The front triangle has two steeks, the side Using your Back triangle chart, draw the long triangles have armhole steeks. All shapings are fully (lower) edge of the Side triangle approximately fashioned on the first/last stitches of the fabric to (1.5 x row gauge) rows up from the tip of the back ensure that there will be a clear and easy column of triangle. See diagram, p. 3. stitches to follow for seaming purposes. Calculate the width of the Back Triangle at the this level (D”). D =................... PLANNING YOUR TRIANGLES Armed with your gauge in sts and rows per inch, The base width (“) of both side triangles is: calculations (“) are made from the following [C-(2 x D)] / 2 =................... measurements: A: Desired shoulder width (excluding bands). Multiply this figure by stitches per inch to give you =................... the number of stitches for the long edge of the Side B: Desired overall vest length, inc 2” of lower band. triangle. Draw this alongside the Back triangle to =................... give you a perfectly matching edge and take one of C: Finished chest measurement the back charts and place it on the opposite side =................... to give the other side of the triangle. Draw into the © 1999 Lucy Neatby | LucyNeatby.com | Made in Canada 45 Dorothea Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2W 5X4 Andean Vest Recipe 3/13 Fill in your blank charts in with motifs that make Back your heart sing and are pleasing to knit. Floats need to be caught in regularly every (3 - 5 sts), plan accordingly (see the little incidental squiggles, level with the cyclists’ head); at this firm gauge there Front should be little difficulty with colour show-through. x 2 Side x 2 KNITTING THE TRIANGLES Cast on at the long edge, adding an extra 6-8 steek sts between the beginning / end point of the D round (in the case of the front, two steeks). Work in the round following the decreases at the edges triangle an armhole of suitable depth and width of each chart meticulously. Use a ssk on the first with 45 degree shaping at the corners. Once the two stitches at the beginning and a k2t on the last Side chart template is complete, make extra copies. two stitches of the round to give a smooth and easily seamed edge. Use armhole steeks on the FRONT TRIANGLE side triangles. Cast off any remaining stitches on Take a Back template, divide it along the center line completion of each piece. (adding an extra stitch to whichever side is missing When down to a very few stitches at the tip of a one or read the final ½ st as a whole stitch on both triangle it is possible to work to and fro on a pair of sides). Plan your neckline shaping and mirror image needles, but maintain the steeks. it to the opposite side. BODY TRIANGLES - DETAILED NOTES MOTIFS Back - Each row of blocks has a dark and light basic Those shown on the charts are derivatives of colour. traditional motifs, scaled to suit the coarser gauge To achieve a vertical stripe effect the dark at which we are working. Create motifs or symbols background blocks are arranged to lie vertically which have meaning to you (bicycles for me), other above those of the preceding row. Select a single possibilities are names, dates, music, family, pets colourway for all the horizontal stripes. and passions. Sides - The background shades of green are graded The two sides of the vest are similar in style and from dark at the wide end through to light at the fairly restrained in character, but the front and back shoulder. Similar bright stripe colours are used on are styled after distinctly different regions and are both sides although not in the same sequence, much more flamboyant in colour. Miscellaneous these colours tie in with those used on the Front alternative motifs appear in the blank areas around and Back. A single stripe outline colour is used the charts. throughout the Left triangle. Two colours of contrast are used alternately on both sides, one of © 1999 Lucy Neatby | LucyNeatby.com | Made in Canada 45 Dorothea Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2W 5X4 Andean Vest Recipe 4/13 which is common to both. The edge stitch on either EAR FLAP side is worked in the background colour except for With RS facing and a dpn, beginning at the junction the edges of the stripes.
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