Hoya Vest Knitting pattern

 Autumn is perfect time to knit a new vest for your child. So, today I am happy to share my latest vest design – Hoya vest.

Hoya vest designed with plenty of positive ease, deep armholes and open sides with waist belts. Beautiful front lace panel combined with tiny cables along side edges and bottom edge of front and back.

Front and Back joined under underarms with snap fasteners. The vest length can be easily adjusted by adding length before armhole decrease.

This stylish vest designed in collaboration with talented Scottish yarn dyer The Woolchemist using her extra fine superwash merino/cashmere/nylon DK weight yarn in shade Larkspur. The yarn is dreamy soft and creates lovely fabric that is great even for wearing next to skin.  

Knitting pattern for Hoya vest is written for wide range of sizes from 18-24 months up to 15-16 years.  Pattern can be download from Ravelry and Lovecrafts.

Special offer for the yarn and pattern.

All DK and fingering weight yarns from Woolchemist Etsy store are available with 20% off. Please use code HOYA20 or follow the link.

The knitting pattern for Hoya vest is available with 10% off from Ravelry. Use code HOYAVEST to get your discount. The offer valid until 11th of September, 2022. 

Last but no least, I'd like to let you know that knitting pattern for an adult version Hoya vest is coming next month. 

To see some behind the scene photos you can follow me on Instagram.

You are also welcome to join my Facebook knitting group to share your work and get some help with my patterns.

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Spelt Slipover Knitting Pattern

While we are still enjoying last few weeks of hot weather, it is already time to start thinking about warmer autumn garments and knitting with a wool yarn. Knitting a new vest is a good idea, as it is the perfect piece for transition from summer to the cooler autumn days. Knitting of vest is beneficial in many ways. Firstly, it is the garment, which can be easily worn as a warmer top alone or combined with another layer of clothing. Secondly, knitting the vest is faster than knitting the long sleeves sweater, you need smaller quantity of yarn and you have more chances to finish it in time.

So today, I am happy to share my latest vest design – Spelt slipover. 

Designed with deep armholes and plenty of positive ease, this vest looks great in all ways – alone or with long sleeve top underneath. Added strand of mohair yarn gives the vest this pretty slightly fluffy look and creates perfect soft fabric. Thanks to the waist length, the vest takes minimum quantity of DK weight yarn and can be easily completed in a few weeks. Simple textured stitch at front, which reminds wheat spike lets, add interesting detail to the minimalistic design. 

Spelt slipover designed in wide range of sizes from S to 3XL. Written pattern has a photo tutorial for the stitch used at front of vest and can be obtained from Ravelry .  

Browsing on Ravelry you can see a number of Spelt slipovers knitted by my gorgeous test knitting team in different shades and yarns. 

In addition, enjoy special 10% discount on Ravelry with code SS10. Offer valid until 21st of August, 2022. 

To see some behind the scene photos you can follow me on Instagram.

You are also welcome to join my Facebook knitting group to share your work and get some help with my patterns.

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Bloksy Sweater - pattern release

Bloksy sweater is a classic unisex garment which I designed for my children this summer. Knitted in neutral shades, the sweater makes a perfect to the wardrobe. It can be easily combined with any trousers, leggings, skirts and is also perfect for layering. 

The sweater is knitted with simple geometrical stitches - bloksy stitch around the waist and matching vertical stripes around the chest. The construction of sweater is simple and does not involve a lot of sewing. The front and back of sweater are knitted bottom up on straight needles. After the shoulder seams are closed the stitches are picked up along the armholes for sleeves and neck finishing. The sleeves are knitted top down which allows to adjust their length easily. Ignore the sleeves and you can get a perfect vest.

For this project I use DK weight yarn and US 6 (4.0 mm) knitting needles for sweater body and US 4 (3.5 mm) needles for the neck band and cuffs.

I recommend to knit this sweater in solid or semisolid shades of yarn to show the beauty of geometrical stitches. You can see below some yarn ideas:

- Baby Merino Silk DK by Rowan;

- Poetry by Willow and Lark;

- Cascade 220 Superwash by Cascade Yarns

- Sirdar Snuggly Baby Cashmere Merino DK

- Patons Diploma Gold DK

- Sublime Extra Fine Merino DK

Remember to check you gauge before starting your next project. You can find some useful information about correct swatching process here.

Sweater has been successfully test knitted on Ravelry. You can see the projects from my test knitting team following this link. 

Knitting pattern for Bloksy sweater can be obtained from Ravelry and Lovecrafts. 

The pattern is available with 10% off from Ravelry until 7th of October 2020. Use code BLOKSY10 to get the discount.

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Cable Leisure Vest

Don't you think it is a time for warm and cozy knits? I think it is :) So please welcome my new knitted design - Cable Leisure Vest.

I designed this vest for my older daughter to keep her warm and stylish this winter.

The vest is knitted with very pretty and simple textured stitch which accompanied with fancy cable at the front. The T-shape design forms naturally lowered shoulder line. The round "close to neck" collar will keep you warm and cozy during windy autumn/winter days.

The vest is knitted with Drops Lima wool yarn. Front and back of the vest are knitted bottom up on straight needles. The neck is knitted in the round after the shoulder seams are closed.

The knitting pattern for Cable Leisure vest has been test knitted on Ravelry Thank you to Ladies for testing it for me!

The knitting pattern for the vest is available from one of my pattern stores:

On Ravelry:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cable-leisure-vest

On Etsy:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/485543277

on Craftsy:
https://www.craftsy.com/knitting/patterns/cable-leisure-vest/459119

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Cross-Bow Vest

Today I would like to share my latest knitted design - Cross-Bow Vest. I have been thinking about this beautiful bow stitch for a couple of months. I wanted to knit something simple and stylish at the same time. I also wanted to keep the bow pattern through the whole garment. So I came up with an idea of t-shape vest with boat neck shape.

This vest is very easy to knit. Both parts front and back are knitted similar but it takes some time to make up each bow and fix their centers with couple of stitches. It requires a bit of time and patience but the result is worth it.

Also this vest is perfect garment for all seasons. It can be knitted with wool yarn and combined with long-sleeve top for cold autumn/winter days. Also it can be knitted with summer cotton yarn and be a perfect spring/summer top for any outfit.

The sleeves edge is decorated with I-cord which match the pattern and looks really beautiful on this vest. I used sport/5-ply weight merino wool for my vest.

I wrote a knitting pattern for my Cross-Bow Vest. It is very detailed and contains row-by-row instructions for all sizes and very detailed assembly process in pictures.

The knitting pattern can be downloaded from one of my pattern stores:

on Ravelry:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cross-bow-vest

on Craftsy:
http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/knitting/clothing/cross-bow-vest/204202

on Etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/292114545

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