BABY SOFT VEST

YARN = col. no. 32 (rusty) and col. no. 29 (fuchsia) BABY SOFT by LAINES DU NORD yarn. 1 ball of each color for size S; 2 balls of each color for sizes M and L.
CIRCULAR NEEDLES = size 12 mm points and 60 cm cable
OTHERS = darning needle with silicon-coated point, pins, 4 stitch markers, scissors, tape measure.

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SKILL LEVEL: Easy

Using the circular needles in traditional way or without closing in ring shape, work the vest top-down in garter stitch and increasing for raglans shaping of chest and short sleeves. From neckline, work the stitches of 2 fronts, back and short sleeves at the same time, then at armpits bind off the stitches of the sleeves and cast-on the stitches for undersleeves and continue working the new stitches, the stitches of two fronts and back, shaping the chest.

Garter stitch: knit.

Selvage: slip first stitch knit-wise.

Bind off the stitches: slip 1st st. k-wise, knit next st., pass slipped st. over knitted st., (knit next st., pass 1st st. over 2nd st. of right needle) rep. as many times as necessary.

Bar increase: across one r. on RS, work same stitch twice: i.e. k1 without dropping it, then insert the tip of right needle in the back loop of same base stitch and knit, at last drop the stitch. 1 stitch became 2 stitches.

RS = right side of work
WS = wrong side of work
SM / s = stitch marker / s
st. / es = stitch / es
r. = row / s
col. = color
k = knit
rep. = repeat
foll. = follow / ing
cont. = continue / ing

SIZE: 42 women

NB: pattern refers to sizes S (M; L)

Procedure

Using circular needles and double bicolor yarn, cast-on 40 (44; 48) sts. loosely. Cont. in garter st.

1st r. (RS): 1 selvage, k1 in each st., turn.

2nd r. (WS).: 1 selvage, k1 in each st., turn.

3rd and 4th r.: rep. 1 and 2 r.

Across the next r., for raglans shaping, place 4 SMs.

5th r. (RS): 1 selvage, k6 (7; 8) for 1st front, place 1st SM on right point, k6 (7; 8) for 1st sleeve, place 2nd SM, k14 (16; 16) for back, place 3rd SM, k6 (7; 8) for 2nd sleeve and place 4th SM, k6 (7; 8) for 2nd front, turn.

From next r., alternate the forth rows on RS where you work the bar increases before and after every SM, and back rows on WS without increases.

6th r. (WS): 1 selvage, k1 in each st., moving the SMs.

7th r. (RS): 1 selvage, * k1 in each st. until the st. before the SM where you work 1 bar increase, move the SM on right point, 1 bar increase in next st. *, rep. from * to * 3 times more, k1 in each st. until the end; turn. [44 (48; 52) sts.]

8th r. (WS): 1 selvage, k1 in each st., moving the SMs.

From 9th to 16th (18th; 18th) r.: rep. 7th and 8th r. 4 (5; 5) times more. [60 (68; 72) sts.]

Across next r., bind off the stitches of the sleeves.

17th (19th; 19th) r. (RS): 1 selvage, k1 in each st. of first front, until the st. before 1st SM and, in this st., work 1 bar increase, move the SM on right needle, bind off the sts. of first sleeve, move the SM on right needle and work 1 bar increase in 1st st. after SM, k1, in each st. of back until the st. before next SM and, in this st., work 1 bar increase, move the SM on right needle, bind off the sts. of second sleeve, move the SM on right needle and work 1 bar increase in 1st st. after the SM, k1 in each st. of second front, until the end; turn.

Across the next r., for joining 2 fronts with back, cast-on some sts. for armholes (armpits) and cont. working the bar increases before and after the SMs.

18th (20th; 20th) r. (WS): 1 selvage, k1 in each st. of first front until the st. before 1st SM and, in this st., work 1 bar increase, move the SM on right point, cast-on (= in ring shape) 10 sts. on right point, move 2nd SM on right point and work 1 bar increase, k1 in each st. of back until the st. before 3rd SM and, in this st., work 1 bar increase, move SM on right point, cast-on 10 sts. on right point, move 4th SM on right point, 1 bar increase in st. after SM, k1 in each st. of second front; turn.

19th (21st; 21st) r. (RS): 1 selvage, k1 in each st.; turn.

20th (22nd; 22nd) r. (WS): 1 selvage, k1 in each st.; turn.

Rep 19th (21st; 21st) r. and 20th (22nd; 22nd) r. 7 (8; 9) times more, until 34th (36th; 38th) r. included; this is the back r. on WS.

Using the darning needle, bind off the sts and hide the ends on WS.