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December 24, 2013
January 19, 2014

Tweed vest

Project info
Stig by Sandnes Kamgarn Spinneri
Knitting
Vest
My husband
48
Needles & yarn
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
705 yards = 1.7 skeins
Pickles Merino Tweed
1.1 skeins = 456.5 yards (417.4 meters), 110 grams
Beige
Pickles in Oslo, Oslo
Pickles Merino Tweed
0.6 skeins = 249.0 yards (227.7 meters), 60 grams
Notes

Changes: Did not increase after ribbing. 216 sts.
Front: 8 sts beneath arms instead of 10 sts. Dec for arms: 3-3-2-1 sts. Dec for neck: 4-4-3-2-1 sts. 19 sts remains for shoulders.
Back: 24 sts instead of 25 sts on spare needle, dec to 19 sts.
Did not grafted the shoulders together, but knitted the two needles together with k 2tog + BO.

Knitted the body 10 cm longer than pattern.

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Finished
December 24, 2013
January 19, 2014
About this pattern
Stig
by Sandnes Kamgarn Spinneri
from Sandnes K.3056
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Merino Tweed
by Pickles
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100% Merino
208 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: January 3, 2014
  • Finished: March 8, 2014
  • Updated: June 8, 2015
  • Progress updates: 4 updates