Size: 36/38 (40/42)

Loop: Circumference: 60 cm, length: 30 cm

Required quantity:

Sweater vest: 400 (450) g

Loop: 200 g

Needle thickness: 8.0 – 9.0

Knitting pattern:

stocking stitch:

RSR: k st, WSR: p st

garter stitch:

RSR and WSR: k st

in rounds: p 1 rd, k 1 rd, alternate

Edge stitch:

garter stitch: Knotted edge:

knit at the end of the row, slip off as if to knit stocking stitch: chain edge stitch:

slip off at the end of the row as if to purl, knit at the beginning of the row: in case a k stitch follows, k it, if a p stitch follows, k through back loop

Tension sample:

stocking stitch: 12 stitches x 18 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm

garter stitch: 12 stitches x 22 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm

Knitting pattern: Deviating instructions for size 40/42 are given in brackets

Back:

Cast on 57 (62) st plus 2 est, and k 3 com (= 5 r) in garter stitch, starting with one WSR. Then continue as follows: 1 est, 3 st in garter st, 51 (56) in stocking st, 3 st in garter st, 1 est. In 11 cm (19 r) continue knitting in stocking stitch over all stitches. Bind off the stitches straight after a total length of 35 cm (= 63 rows) for the arm holes as follows:1 est, k 1, slip off 1 st knit-wise, k 1, pass slipped st over, knit up to 6 st before the end of the row, k 2 tog, k 3, 1 est. Repeat this decrease twice in every 2nd r (= 47 (52) st) After a total length of 55 (57) cm (= 99 (103) r) bind off 2 x 5 (6) st on both sides in every 2nd r for the shoulder slant. Loosely bind off the remaining 27 (28) stitches straight after a total length of 58 (60) cm (= 103 (107) rows).

Front:

knit like the back

Finishing:

Join the shoulder and side seams, leaving an 11 cm gap open at the lower side edges (= edge knitted in garter stitch)

Loop:

Cast on 72 st and close to form a rd, k in garter stitch, starting with 1 rd purl stitches. After a length of 30 cm (= 65 r) end with 1 rd of purl stitches, bind off st working k st.

Abbreviations:

RSR = right-side row • WSR = wrong-side row • st = stitch • r = row • rd = round • est = edge stitch • ri = right • le = left • rep = repeat • i. e. = in every • bs = both sides • b. o. = bind off • decr. = decrease • k. tog. = knit together