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Neil’s tag line for this convertible project goes: It’s a sweater, it’s a vest, it’s a swever! He also suggested that the sleeves could make really neat matching legwarmers. A convertible project, Trout River can be a fitted vest with stand-up collar or a sweater. The sleeves can be buttoned on or taken off depending on the temperature. All the hems are trimmed with colorful handspun worked in garter stitch with the main yarn. If
you don’t
spin I’ve
made a recommendation for a commercial
yarn that you could use. Because
the project uses less than 100 yards of
the trim yarn, you can really pick any
special fiber or skein that you want to
use in a garment but don’t
have enough of for the whole garment. |
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are also short rows included in the bust shaping.
For a more conventional garment, you can work just the vest or
sew the sleeves on for a simple, warm sweater. |
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 model: Becky
Herrick photos: Neil
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FINISHED MEASUREMENTS |
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MATERIALS Fiber Finished Yarn: Drafting Method: Commercial alternative
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small stitch holders 7 stitch markers: one marker should be a different type or color from the
others 4 split ring markers or safety pins 8 buttons, 0.5 inch diameter; buy buttons after sweater is complete to
ensure correct size Yarn needle
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GAUGE |
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sts/28 rows = 4" in stockinette st |
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PATTERN NOTES |
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If you only want a vest, omit the armhole band buttonholes, and don’t knit sleeves. If you only want a sweater, omit the armhole band buttonholes, and work the sleeve cap button bands to a depth of only 1 inch. When sewing in sleeves, align edge of sleeve cap band with picked-up edge of armhole band (on inside of armhole band). Picking up sts: Armhole: RLI (Right Lifted Increase): Use the right needle to pick up the stitch below the next stitch on the left needle. Place it on the left needle, then knit into it. 1 stitch has been increased. LLI (Left Lifted Increase): Use the left needle to pick up the stitch 2 rows below the last stitch on the right needle. Knit into this stitch. 1 stitch has been increased. Wrap & Turn [W&T] – used
when working short rows
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DIRECTIONS 
With circular needle and MC, using long tail cast on method, CO 154[174, 194, 214, 234, 254, 274] sts. Place marker to indicate beginning of round; use marker which is different from the others. Round 1: Using CC, k77[87, 97, 107, 117, 127, 137], place
marker to indicate side “seam”, k to end. Optional Short Row Hem Shaping: This shaping is not factored into the length measurements given above or shown in the schematic; the shaping will add 1[1, 1, 1.25, 1.25, 1.25, 1.25] inches to the front of the sweater, and 1.25[1.25, 1.25, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5] inches to the back. See Pattern Notes for information about working short rows. Front Short Rows: Back Short Rows: Important: From this point on, measure length of lower body at side edge, measuring straight up from end-of-round marker. Work in stockinette st until work measures 2.5[2.5, 3,
3, 3, 3, 3] inches. Shape Waist: Continue in stockinette st until work measures 9.5[9.5,
10, 10, 10, 10, 10] inches. Waist Increase Round: [K1, RLI, k to 1 st before marker,
LLI, k1] twice. 126[146, 166, 186, 206, 226, 246] sts. Continue in stockinette st until work measures 12.5[12.5, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13] inches, or 2 inches less than desired length to underarm. Optional Short Row Bust Shaping: Short Row 1 [RS]: K to 8 sts before marker, W&T. Continue in stockinette st until work measures 14.5[14.5, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15] inches or desired length to underarm, ending last round 2[2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6] sts before end-of-round marker. Removing markers, divide work for upper front and back
as follows:
From this point on, on RS rows, slip first st knitwise with yarn held to back of work. On WS rows, slip first st purlwise with yarn held to front of work. P 1 row. Sizes M, L, 1X, 2X, 3X Only: All Sizes: Shape Back Neckline: Left Back Neckline and Shoulder: Shoulder slope is shaped using short rows as follows,
beginning with RS facing: Right Back Neckline and Shoulder: K 1 row. K 1 row. Work short rows as follows, beginning with WS
facing: UPPER FRONT Shape Neckline: Upper Left Front: Continue in stockinette st until work measures 4 inches
from beginning of neckline shaping, ending with a RS row. Work Left Neckline Decrease Row. P 1 row. K 1 row. Work short rows and bind off as for right back shoulder. Upper Right Front: Right Neckline Decrease Row [RS]: Sl 1, ssk, k to end. Continue in stockinette st until work measures 4 inches
from beginning of neckline shaping, ending with a WS row. P 1 row. Work Right Neckline Decrease Row. P 1 row. Work short rows and bind off as for left back shoulder.
Sew shoulder seams. When working collar, break yarn at end of each round, and join at beginning of each new round. This will result in quite a few ends to weave in, but it is the best way to manage both the color and shaping within the collar. Each end can be woven in on WS along row of same color. Collar may be worked using either double-point or circular needles. At beginning and end of each row, several sts will be slipped to a st holder; use 1 st holder for each side of front neckline. See Pattern Notes for notes on picking up sts along edges with slipped sts. Although rounds are not joined, all rounds of collar are worked with RS facing. Using CC, with RS facing, beginning at base of collar slit, pick up and p sts around collar and place markers as follows: 3 sts for every 4 rows along vertical collar slit edge on right front, place marker; 1 st in each bound off st along right front collar shaping, place marker; 3 sts for every 4 rows along shaped vertical edge of collar to beginning of bound off back collar sts, place marker; 1 st in each bound off back collar st, place marker; 3 sts for every 4 rows along shaped vertical edge of collar to beginning of bound off left front collar sts, place marker; 1 st in each bound off st along left front collar shaping, place marker; 3 sts for every 4 rows along vertical collar slit edge on left front. 6 markers in place. Round 1: Beginning at center front, slip first 3 sts to
st holder; using MC, k to 1 st before first marker, RLI,
k1, slip marker, LLI, [k to next marker, slip marker, ssk,
k to 2 sts before next marker, k2tog, slip marker] twice,
k to next marker, RLI, slip marker, k1, LLI, k to last
3 sts, slip last 3 sts to st holder. Place held sts from first holder on needle at beginning of round, and held sts from second holder on needle at end of round. Join MC at center front. BO Round: Using MC, BO all sts purlwise; while binding off, continue to work increases at first and last marker as set, except purl increased sts instead of knitting them.
Referring to photos as guides, use safety pins or split ring markers to mark positions of two buttonholes each on front and back of one armhole, approx. 1.75[2, 2, 2, 2.5, 2.5, 2.5] inches apart. Using double-point needles and CC, beginning at center of BO underarm edge, pick up and p sts around armhole as follows: 1 st in each bound off st; 3 sts for every 4 rows along armhole edge to 1 inch before shoulder seam; 1 st for every 2 rows (1 st in each slipped st) to 1 inch past shoulder seam; 3 sts for every 4 rows along armhole edge to BO underarm edge; 1 st in each bound off st to center of underarm edge. Place marker and join to work in the round. Round 1: Using MC, k all sts.
SLEEVES (Make 2) Cuff: Round 1: Using CC, k all sts. Work in stockinette st until work measures 2 inches. Increase Round: K1, RLI, k to last st, LLI, k1. Continue in stockinette st until work measures 18 inches or desired length to underarm, ending last round 2[2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6] sts before end of round. Place next 4[4, 6, 8, 8, 10, 12] sts on st holder, removing marker. 56[60, 64, 66, 72, 74, 78] sts. Sleeve cap is worked back and forth in rows. From this point on, slip first st of each row as for upper back and front. P 1 row. P 1 WS row, then p 1 RS row; do not turn work at end of RS row. Sleeve Cap Edging / Button Band: Work in garter st until band measures 1.75 inches. BO all sts. |
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FINISHING For each sleeve, insert sleeve cap edging into armhole edging, lining up shoulders and underarms. Use safety pins or split ring markers to mark positions of buttons on sleeve cap edgings, behind buttonholes. Sew buttons in place. |
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