Vest Bets: 30 Designs to Knit for Now

Pattern Rags to Riches, page 56

Updated: 06May2015

Corrections are underlined. 

Shape Armhole
Next (dec) row (RS) K2, k2tog, k to last 4 sts, SKP, k2—2 sts dec’d.
Cont in St st (k on RS, p on WS) and rep dec row every other row 3 (4, 5, 8, 7, 11) times more—59 (67, 73, 75, 77, 77) sts.

Shape Left Neck and Shoulder
Place markers to mark center 11 sts.
K to marker, place 11 sts between markers on st holder, turn.
Next (neck dec) row 1 (WS) P2, p2tog tbl (p2tog tbl, p3tog tbl, p3tog tbl, p3tog tbl, p3tog tbl), p to end.
Knit one row.
Next (neck dec) row 2 (WS) P2, p2tog tbl, p to end.
Rep neck dec row 2 every other row 8 (8, 8, 8, 9, 9) times more, AT THE SAME TIME, when armhole measures 7 (7 ½, 8, 8 ½, 9, 9 ½)”/18 (19, 20.5, 21.5, 23, 24)cm, shape shoulders by binding off at beg of RS rows 4 (6, 6, 7, 7, 7) sts, then 4 (6, 7, 7, 7, 7) sts, then 6 (6, 7, 7, 7, 7) sts.

Shape Right Neck and Shoulder
Rejoin yarn to work a RS row, k to end.
Next (neck dec) row 1 (WS) P to last 4 (4, 5, 5, 5, 5) sts, p2tog tbl (p2tog tbl, p3tog tbl, p3tog tbl, p3tog tbl, p3tog tbl), p2.
Knit one row.
Next (neck dec) row 2 (WS) P to last 4 sts, p2tog tbl, p2.
Rep neck dec row 2 every other row 8 (8, 8, 8, 9, 9) times more, AT THE SAME TIME, when armhole measures 7 (7 ½, 8, 8 ½, 9, 9 ½)”/18 (19, 20.5, 21.5, 23, 24)cm, shape shoulders by binding off at beg of WS rows 4 (6, 6, 7, 7, 7) sts, then 4 (6, 7, 7, 7, 7) sts, then 6 (6, 7, 7, 7, 7) sts.

Back, Shape Shoulders
Bind off 4 (6, 6, 7, 7, 7) sts at beg of next 2 rows, then 4 (6, 7, 7, 7, 7) sts at beg of next 2 rows, then 6 (6, 7, 7, 7, 7) sts at beg of next 2 rows. Bind off rem 31 (31, 33, 33, 35, 35) sts.