How Do You Knit A Sweater Vest?
If you want to knit a garment, but you don’t think you have the patience to complete an entire sweater, try knitting a sweater vest. Sweater vests take less time to knit than full sweaters, since they have no sleeves and often hit higher at the waist. Unlike sweaters, which might provide too much coverage for transitional weather in the fall and spring, sweater vests give just enough warmth and are ideal for layering. If you know how to knit and purl and increase and decrease, you’ll have no trouble knitting a basic sweater vest. Measure the person for whom the garment is intended. You need to know bust circumference, length from underarm to the point where the finished vest will hit at the waist, and shoulder depth. Record your measurements to uses as a guide while knitting the sweater vest. Knit a 6-by-6-inch square swatch with the needles and yarn you intend to use. If you want to use a special stitch pattern over the majority of the garment, knit the swatch in pattern. Wash and blo
