{"product_id":"bodi-mens-zip-vest-knitting-pattern","title":"Boði — Men’s Zip Vest Knitting Pattern","description":"\u003cp\u003eBoði, by Védís Jónsdóttir from Ístex’s Lopi 25: a men’s zip vest in Álafosslopi, knitted flat in three pieces from charts. Speckled stripe blocks — navy and garnet red Léttlopi knitted together as one strand — cross the back yoke and sit at different heights on the two fronts, and the high folded collar is navy with a red line at its base. One colour version, sizes S to L. The blue, sapphire blue heather (9968, printed “saphire blue”), is no longer made; the navy and the garnet red still are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSizes S, M and L\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharts for the back and the fronts, with the size lines marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bodi-mens-zip-vest-knitting-kit\"\u003ethe space blue kit\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYarn used in the pattern\u003c\/strong\u003e (not included)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eÁlafosslopi — 100 g balls\u003c\/strong\u003e · sizes S (M L)\u003cbr\u003e\nA 9968 sapphire blue (printed “saphire blue”) — 4 (4 5) · \u003cem\u003eno longer made — the kit uses 1233 space blue, brighter and more vivid than the muted blue in the photo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLéttlopi — 50 g balls\u003c\/strong\u003e · sizes S (M L)\u003cbr\u003e\nB 9420 navy blue — 2 (2 2)\u003cbr\u003e\nC 1409 garnet red — 1 (2 2)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSizes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eS\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eM\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eL\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChest\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e104 cm\u003cbr\u003e41″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e109 cm\u003cbr\u003e43″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e115 cm\u003cbr\u003e45¼″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBody length\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 cm\u003cbr\u003e23½″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e62 cm\u003cbr\u003e24½″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e64 cm\u003cbr\u003e25¼″\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGauge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13 sts × 18 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6 mm needles (Álafosslopi).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeedles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 mm (US 10) circular needle, 80 cm, for the back and the fronts\u003cbr\u003e4.5 mm (US 7) circular needle, 80 cm, for the first row of each piece, the front bands and the collar\u003cbr\u003e4.5 mm (US 7) circular needle, 40 cm, or double-pointed needles, for the armhole edges\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou will also need\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 55–60 cm zip (in the pattern’s list; the vest opens all the way, so it needs to be an open-ended, separating zip — the pattern does not say), sewing thread to sew it in, and 2 stitch holders for the front neck stitches, which the instructions use but the list leaves out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it is knitted\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe back and the two fronts are knitted flat, back and forth. Each piece is cast on in the blue (A) on 4.5 mm and knitted one row from the wrong side, which makes a single purl ridge — there is no rib at the hem — then goes on in stocking stitch on 6 mm from its chart, with an increase at the side edges at 13 (14, 15) cm and again 12 cm later. Stripe blocks run across the back yoke and, at different heights, across the two fronts. In these rows the blue is stranded with navy and garnet red Léttlopi held together as one strand, which gives a speckled navy-and-red stitch. The armholes and necklines are shaped, and the shoulder and side seams are sewn. Narrow garter bands in navy Léttlopi are picked up along the fronts. The collar is K1, P1 rib — 6 cm in the blue, 5 cm in navy and 2 rows in red — folded in half to the outside and sewn down stitch by stitch, so it shows navy with a red line at its base. The armholes get a purl round and a rib round in navy and a last rib round in red. The zip is sewn in by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesign: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 25 (no. 10), Ístex.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ístex","offers":[{"title":"English","offer_id":67601126948917,"sku":"PAT-EN-BODI","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1662\/1057\/files\/lopi25-bodi-1_ffe9e6b6-e632-49ea-854a-ec4828003f3e.jpg?v=1790999319","url":"https:\/\/icelandicstore.is\/products\/bodi-mens-zip-vest-knitting-pattern","provider":"The Icelandic Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}