Goldwyn Folly
Goldwyn Folly was a little something I whipped up from stash over the holidays, without any intention of publishing the pattern. I saw someone wearing a short cropped vest over a long white button down while working my weekly volunteer shift and decided I needed to own that very outfit. A week later, did!
I absolutely love this vest in a rich color, and this gorgeous green called Button Jar is deep and modern and perfect. The vest is a simple piece, with a deep crew neck, lots of stockinette, and ribbed edgings at collar, hem, and armholes.
Of course I played with that rib detail just a bit. The deep hem ends with a cool little edging that gives the transition to stockinette just a bit of polish. That technique appears again on the collar, staggering the ribbing neatly a few rounds before the top.
The vest is worked from the bottom up and split at armholes. The upper body pieces are worked flat to shoulder, and once seamed the collar and armhole ribbings are picked up and worked in the round.
With such a simple piece, you know I've added notes about modifying this in a number of ways. It's a perfect canvas for playing with your wardrobe silhouettes, experimenting with yarn choices, adding stripes, or messing around with shaping.
And it totally uses up those not-enough-for-a-sweater yarns!
I might just check my stash and make one more…
Scroll down for more details.
Goldwyn Folly was a little something I whipped up from stash over the holidays, without any intention of publishing the pattern. I saw someone wearing a short cropped vest over a long white button down while working my weekly volunteer shift and decided I needed to own that very outfit. A week later, did!
I absolutely love this vest in a rich color, and this gorgeous green called Button Jar is deep and modern and perfect. The vest is a simple piece, with a deep crew neck, lots of stockinette, and ribbed edgings at collar, hem, and armholes.
Of course I played with that rib detail just a bit. The deep hem ends with a cool little edging that gives the transition to stockinette just a bit of polish. That technique appears again on the collar, staggering the ribbing neatly a few rounds before the top.
The vest is worked from the bottom up and split at armholes. The upper body pieces are worked flat to shoulder, and once seamed the collar and armhole ribbings are picked up and worked in the round.
With such a simple piece, you know I've added notes about modifying this in a number of ways. It's a perfect canvas for playing with your wardrobe silhouettes, experimenting with yarn choices, adding stripes, or messing around with shaping.
And it totally uses up those not-enough-for-a-sweater yarns!
I might just check my stash and make one more…
Scroll down for more details.
Goldwyn Folly was a little something I whipped up from stash over the holidays, without any intention of publishing the pattern. I saw someone wearing a short cropped vest over a long white button down while working my weekly volunteer shift and decided I needed to own that very outfit. A week later, did!
I absolutely love this vest in a rich color, and this gorgeous green called Button Jar is deep and modern and perfect. The vest is a simple piece, with a deep crew neck, lots of stockinette, and ribbed edgings at collar, hem, and armholes.
Of course I played with that rib detail just a bit. The deep hem ends with a cool little edging that gives the transition to stockinette just a bit of polish. That technique appears again on the collar, staggering the ribbing neatly a few rounds before the top.
The vest is worked from the bottom up and split at armholes. The upper body pieces are worked flat to shoulder, and once seamed the collar and armhole ribbings are picked up and worked in the round.
With such a simple piece, you know I've added notes about modifying this in a number of ways. It's a perfect canvas for playing with your wardrobe silhouettes, experimenting with yarn choices, adding stripes, or messing around with shaping.
And it totally uses up those not-enough-for-a-sweater yarns!
I might just check my stash and make one more…
Scroll down for more details.
Yarn: Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% Targhee-Columbia wool, 140yds/128m per 1.76 oz/50g skein). Shown in Button Jar.
If substituting yarn, use a fiber that works to gauge. A speckle, a heathered natural shade, a subtly variegated yarn, or a solid or tweed worsted weight wool should work beautifully. Adding stripes, maybe working a mohair doubled, or even just colorblocking this vest are all amazing ways to bust your stash. Swatch to ensure you have gauge and like the fabric on your needles, then have some fun!
Gauge: 20 sts and 28 rounds per 4”/10cm in stockinette.
Needles: US#7/4.5mm
Sizes:
34.5(37.5,40,43.25,45.5)(48.75,52,55.25,58.5)(61.5, 64.75,66.5,68.75)”
87.75(95.25,101.5,109.75,115.5)(123.75,132,140.25,148.5)(156.25,164.5,169,174.75)cm
For fit shown, I suggest 6”/15.25cm of positive ease.
Yardage:
500(550,600,650,700)(750,800,850,900)(1000,1050,1100,1200)yds
460(505,550,595,640)(685,730,780,825)(915,960,1005,1095)m