How to Knit a Stylish Mohair Vest with Katia Aire Yarn

You'll Need:

Katia Aire yarn (35% mohair, 35% alpaca, 30% polyamid; 150m/25g) - 7 pink skeins and 9 violet skeins;

Straight or circular needles size 10;

Stitches control (3-fold yarn) 10 sts and 13 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Back

Fold violet yarn three times and cast on 64 sts. Knit with garter stitch. Add 4 sts from the edges of the row in order to make garter stitch.

Knit 25 cm, change one of the threads to the pink color, and knit until the length is 50 cm. Then change the second thread to the pink color and knit to 75 cm from the 1st setup row. Last part of the back is knitted with pink yarn three times folded; change the last violet thread to pink. When the length of the back reaches 93 cm from the 1st row, divide your work into 2 parts. Then create 4 sts with garter stitch along the edges of the back. Knit it to a length of 100 cm and then finish your work.

Front

Fold violet yarn three times and cast on 37 sts. Make the right front the same way as you did for the back. After knitting 40 cm from the very beginning, cast on 1 st from the left side and knit with stockinette stitch plus 4 sts of garter stitch along its edges. Knit 100 cm from the setup row and bind off all sts of the final row. The left front of the mohair vest is formed in symmetry with the right front.

Assembly

At this stage, you just need to collect all the parts into one. Sew the details with side and shoulder seams. Remember that armholes should start at the height of 75 cm from the lower part of your work, and the width of placketings is 40 cm.