Bee Vest
The bee stitch looks a lot like the moss stitch, it´s just even prettier. And so we had to make another vest. We´re guessing it´s the last one in a while... The size on the photo is M.
Sizes
M
Buy S, L and XL here
Across chest:
S=16 M=18 L=20.5 XL=23 inches
The meeasurements may seem small, but the knit is very stretchy, an the vest looks best open.
Needles
Circular needles US 10 and crochet hook US 7.
Yarn
Abuelita Merino Worsted
2 skeins
(We made the vest in the photo with 2 skeins, but it was just about enough yarn. You might want to consider 3 skeins.) 3 skeins for L and XL.
Gauge
12 stitches = 4 "
Cast on 97 stitches on circular needle US 10.
Always knit the first and the last four stitches, they will make the front bands. And always slip the first stitch on each row.
Start knitting the rib, K1, P1 between the frontbands.
AT THE SAME TIME you will start making button holes after 0.7". You´ll make these by knitting stitch 2 and 3 together and then a YO. Repeat this every 2" until you have 6 button holes.
When the piece is 1.5" knit one row while increasing 12 stitches evenly. Do this from the inside of the vest. Do not increase where the frontbands are.
You will now have 109 stitches.
Repeat these 4 rows:
Row 1: Slip 1, K3 *K1, K1 into the stitch on the row below* repeat from * to * until 4 stitches remain. K4.
Row 2: Slip 1, knit the rest of the stitches
Row 3: Slip 1, K3 *K1 into the stitch on the row below, K1* repeat from * to * until 4 stitches remain. K4.
Row 4: Slip 1, knit the rest of the stitches
Repeat until the piece is 11".
Cast off for arm holes like this on a row 2 or 4:
K 24, cast off 4, K 53, cast off 4, K 24.
Start knitting the frontpiece where your yarn is. Knit 1.5" and then start decreasing for neck. You will decrease by knitting the 5th and 6th stitch from the end together on a row 2 or 4 in the pattern..
Decrease like this, starting from the arm hole:
Knit until 6 stitches remanin, K2tog, K4.
K 3 rows in pattern.
Repeat 4 times
Decrease like this, starting from the arm hole:
Knit until 6 stitches remanin, K2tog, K4.
K 5 rows in pattern.
Repeat 3 times
Knit until the piece is 18". Cast off, but leave the 4 front band stitches on a thread.
Knit the back piece until it is 18". Cast off.
Knit the other front piece. Increase in the same way, but start knitting from the front band instead (Slip 1, K3, K2tog).
Cast off, but keep the 4 front band stitches on the needle. Assemble the shoulders.
Cast on a stitch towards the neck= 5 stitches for each front band. Knit back and fort until the front bands meet inthe back. Use the kitchener metoden to assemble the pieces. Assemble the rest of the vest. Single crochet around the armwholes if you want to.
bee stitch, vest
Reader Comments (16)
Ooooh - how pretty!
ohhh I love this. great work.
what is the colour of this yarn called?
Erica, it is Marzipan Pig
I can't find the colour for sale online anywhere- will you get any more of the Marzipan Pig shade in your online shop soon? I love it!
This pattern is very beautiful, but I have a question. Are the even rows (knit stitches) the wrong side or the right side? I am ending up with rows of purl stitches and they don't look right. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Can anyone help?
Nice pattern. Thanks for sharing. You might wish to edit - button wholes should be button holes. Whole buttons are expected, a hole to put them through is too. (^_^).
Cute! One question though. At the part where I'm doing decreases for the armholes and it says "Repeat 4 times", does that mean that altogether I've completed a total of 4 sets, or a total of 5 sets (the original set plus 4 repeats)?
Oh and thank you for your simple yet adorable pattern creations!
I find it hard to understand one set of stitches cast on for the different sizes? Should there be different amounts of stitches for each size? Please respond.......Thanks, Margy
Yes, there are different amout of stitches for each size, but we only give one size away for free. If you need anothe rsize than the free one over, please purchase the pattern in our shop.
I have read over your pattern about 5 times and I find that there is no place that the amount of stitches in the body is decreased. If it is done according to the pattern you will end up with several thousand stitches......K1, K1 into the stitch on the row below, etc. that makes the 109 stitches increase to 201 stitches. The second row knits all those stitches and then on row 3 you do the same again and add yet again the increasing amount. Am I missing something or just dense? Please HELP! Thanks.
Sorry, we don´t really get the problem. How does knitting into the row below instead of knitting llike usual add stitches? Please explain;)
Dixie - I had a similar confusion when I started this pattern, but you actually pull the top stitch off the needle as you're knitting into the stitch below - this video might help http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8KgeMUwj2E
I am having difficulty understanding the decreases for the arm holes - I assume the first set of decreases (the casting off for the arm holes) is done on a knit row? And after that I should keep knitting and decreasing in the pattern??
We've tried clarifying it now:)
I am trying to figure out how I can work 2 stitches from * to * on row 1 and 3 when there are 101 stitches to be worked. When you get to the end of the row you do not have 2 stitches to work in the pattern. So what do you do with the last stitch?
Knit it:)