Cabled spinning vest

A while back we got hold of some gorgeous yarn from Spinn-Spinn. Tove, who runs the store, makes the yarn herself, and it’s hand dyed and hand spun. She even runs classes, if you feel like visiting Lillehammer this fall.

The yarn blew us away, and we’ve tried to use it in the best way possible. As it’s quite expensive, we’ve put it into projects mixed with other yarn. Here’s the first project - a cabled vest for cool boys and girls.
Yarn
ca 60 g Paradis 2, 2 ply hand-spun Wensleydale yarn
2 balls cotton-angora

Gauge
4"= 16 stitches / 24 rows

Size
2 y

Needles
Circular needle US 8

Cast on 92 stitches in the grey colour. Knit in the round.
(Knit stripes with the hand spun yarn where you want to, we don’t state anything specific in the pattern)
K1, P1 for 0,8"
Then:
K 10, P 2, K 8, P 2, K 8, P 2, K 8, P 2, K 56
The round starts from the right side, seen from the front.
On the 7th round you start making a cable by knitting like this where you usually K 8.
Slip 4 stitches on to a new needle. Knit the following 4. Then slip the 4 stitches on the extra needle back on the main needle and knit.
Keep knitting one round with cables every 15th round.
Continue until the piece is 8.3".
Cast off for the arm opening like this:
Cast off 2, K 5, P 2, K 8, P 2, cast off 8, P 2 (The first purl is part of the casting off. Just make sure you purl where you have purled before), K 8, P 2, K 5, cast off 4, K 42, cast off 2.
Knit the right front piece back and forth; remember to purl where you knit in the back and vice versa. Continue making the cables in the same way as before.  Cast off when the piece is 13.7". Knit the other front piece and the back piece.

Assemble loose ends and sew the shoulders together.
Pick up 43 stitches around the neckline, but not along the lower opening, as you’ll attach the collar to this bit later on.
Knit stockinet 1.1". Cast off LOOSELY!! Make sure you consider your child’s head when you cast off, so it’s not too tight.

Pick up 38 stitches around the armhole. K1, P1 for 0.8". Cast off. Repeat on the other side. Finished!