STRIPY WAISTCOAT
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FINDYOUR SIZE
SIZE 0-3m 3-6m 6-9m 9-12m 12-18mTO FIT CHESTcm 40.5 43 45 .75 48.25 51
in 16 17 18 19 20ACTUAL CHESTcm 45 49.5 52 55 57.5
in 17 19 20 21 22
LENGTHTO
BASEOFNECKcm 22 24.75 26.75 30 .5 33
in 8 9 10 12 13YARN WestYorkshire SpinnersBoPeep DK (50g/112m)
YarnASailboat(144)^22222
YarnB Tin Man (305) 1 1 1 1 1Changeto4mmneedles and join in Yarn B but do
notbreakoffYarnA.
Continuinginstst,work4 rowsYarnB,4 Rows
YarnA untilworkmeasures 11 (12.5:13.5:15.25:
16 .5)cmfromthebeginning,endingona purl row.SHAPEARMHOLESANDNECK
NoteReadahead.Neckandarmhole shaping are
workedatthesametime.
Row 1 Castoff2 ( 3 : 3 : 4 : 4 ) sts;knitto last 3 sts;
k2tog,K1.[19( 19 : 21 : 21 : 23 ) sts]
Row 2 Purl.
Row 3 K1,ssk,knittotheend of the row.
[18( 18 : 20 : 20 : 22 ) sts]
Row 4 P1,p2tog,purltoend.
[17( 17 : 19 : 19 : 21 ) sts]
Work3 ( 3 : 5 : 5 : 7 ) rows,dec1 stasset(1stin
fromedge)atbegofnextandeveryfollRSrow
forarmholeANDATSAMETIMEdec1 stasset(1
stinfromedge)atneckedgeevery 3rd row until
10 ( 10 : 10 : 10 : 10 ) sts remain.Workwithoutshapinguntilworkmeasuresthe
sameastheBack,endingona purlrow.
Castoff 5 sts at beg of next row.Purl1 row.
Castoffrem5 sts.RIGHTFRONT
Caston 22 ( 26 : 26 : 26 : 30 ) sts using 3.25mm
needlesandYarnA.
Row 1 (RS)K2, *P2, K2; rep from * to the end of
therow.
Row 2 P2, *K2, P2; rep from * to the end of the
row.
Rows1 and2 setthepatternfor2x2rib.
Work3 ( 3 : 5 : 5 : 7 ) morerowsin2x2ribasset.
Work1 morerow,dec0 ( 3 : 1 : 0 : 2 ) stsevenly
along row. [22( 23 : 25 : 26 : 28 ) sts]Changeto4mmneedles.
Continuinginstst,work4 rowsYarnB,4 Rows
YarnA untilworkmeasures 11 (12.5:13.5:15.25:
16.5)cmfromthebeginning,endingona purl row.SHAPEARMHOLESANDNECK
NoteReadahead.Neckandarmhole shaping are
workedatthesametime.
Row 1 K1,ssk,knittotheend of the row.
[21( 22 : 24 : 25 : 27 ) sts]