Bumblebee Vest
A MOREHOUSE MERINO ORIGINAL PATTERN
Sizes:
Child, size 2 or 4
Yarn:
Worsted weight yarn in 2 Bumblebee colors
(approximately 150 yards per color)
Sample is knit with Morehouse Merino
3-Strand in Sunflower and Natural Silver
Needles:
#10 or 10½ (size to obtain gauge)
Gauge:
3½ stitches = 1 inch over garter stitch
Back: with silver color yarn cast on 42 (44) stitches.
Knit 2 rows, switch to yellow color yarn and knit 2 rows
(don’t break off yarn when you switch colors, just pull up
new color loosely at side). Repeat these 4 rows—alternating
yarn colors every 2 rows—until piece measures 11” (12”).
Knit next row (a right side row). Work next row (wrong side row)
as follows: knit 12 stitches, bind off middle 18 (20) stitches
loosely and knit remaining 12 stitches.
Front: cast on same number of stitches as for back and
knit—alternating colors every 2 rows—to within 12 (14) rows
from total number of rows on back piece (for example: if your
total number of rows on back is 80—work 66 rows). Knit next row
(right side). Work next row (wrong side) as follows: knit 18
(19) stitches, bind off middle 6 stitches, then knit remaining 18
(19) stitches. Continue working on left front. *Knit next row
(right side) to last 2 stitches, knit those 2 stitches together.
Knit next row. Repeat from * until you have 12 stitches left.
Bind off together with shoulder from back piece using three-needle
bind-off (How? Put front and back piece parallel to each
other—wrong side facing out—and bind off together. Knit
the first stitch on needle closest to you together with
first stitch on needle in back, then knit second stitch
on needle closest to you together with second one on needle
in back, then bind off regularly by lifting first stitch over
second one. Continue this way, knitting two stitches together
from front and back needle, then binding off.) Repeat for right front.
Finishing: sew sides together to within 4½” (5”) from
shoulder—leaving those 4½” (5”) for armhole opening.
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