MOTIF WAISTCOAT
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YOU WILL NEED
■ James C. Brett Top Value DK (100% acrylic, 100g/290m) Yarn A White (28)
Yarn B Black (30)
See table for measurements and yarn quantities
■ ▼e used 1 ball of DK stash yarn in the following 16 colours:
Yarn C mustard, Yarn D light yellow, Yarn E orange, Yarn F light pink, Yarn G green, Yarn H pastel green, Yarn I blue green, Yarn J light blue, Yarn K light turquoise,
Yarn L turquoise, Yarn M dark purple, Yarn N lilac, Yarn O purple,
Yarn P neon light pink, Yarn Q red, Yarn R neon pink
■ A 4.5mm (US 7) hook
For yarn stockists contact James C. Brett www.jamescbrett.co.uk
TENSION
Motif measures 10 (11: 12: 13)cm 4(4 : 4 : 5 )in square using a 4.5mm hook or size required to obtain tension
ABBREVIATIONS For a full list, see page 94
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NOTES
Waistcoat is made from Motifs, which are sewn together afterwards according to the Diagram on page 30.
Shoulder and side seams are joined leaving a gap for the armholes, and a dc edging is added to armhole and lower hem edges. A row of dc and a dc rib is worked around the entire front edge.
WAISTCOAT MOTIF
For Small and Medium make 99.
For Large make 90.
For X Large make 81.
For all Motifs work Round 4 in Yarn B and Round 5 in Yarn A.
COLOURWAY 1 MAKE 11 11: 9: 9 Round 1 Yarn C. Round 2 Yarn F. Round 3 Yarn P.
COLOURWAY 2 MAKE 9 9: 9: 7 Round 1 Yarn I. Round 2 Yarn C. Round 3 Yarn O.
COLOURWAY 3 MAKE 11 11: 9: 9 Round 1 Yarn P. Round 2 Yarn E. Round 3 Yarn D.
COLOURWAY 4 MAKE 9 9: 9: 7 Round 1 Yarn M. Round 2 Yarn H. Round 3 Yarn I.
COLOURWAY 5 MAKE 11 11: 9: 9 Round 1 Yarn N. Round 2 Yarn L. Round 3 Yarn R.
COLOURWAY 6 MAKE 9 9: 9: 7 Round 1 Yarn L. Round 2 Yarn J. Round 3 Yarn C.
COLOURWAY 7 MAKE 11 11: 9: 9 Round 1 Yarn Q. Round 2 Yarn P. Round 3 Yarn E.
COLORWAY 8 MAKE 9 9: 9: 8 Round 1 Yarn R. Round 2 Yarn G. Round 3 Yarn K.
COLOURWAY 9 MAKE 10 10: 9: 9 Round 1 Yarn E. Round 2 Yarn M. Round 3 Yarn N.
COLOURWAY 10 MAKE 9 9: 9: 7 Round 1 Yarn D. Round 2 Yarn R. Round 3 Yarn L.
MOTIF
Using suggested yarn, ch4, ss to first ch form a ring.
Round 1 (RS) Ch3 (counts as tr throughout), 15tr in ring, ss to top of beg ch-3, turn. [16 tr] Fasten off.
Join suggested yarn in any tr.
Round 2 (WS) Ch5 (counts as tr and ch2), (tr, ch2) in each tr around, ss to top of beg ch-3, turn. [16 tr, 16 ch-2 sps] Fasten off.
Join suggested yarn in any ch-2 sp. Round 3 Ch3, (2tr, ch2, 3tr, ch1) in same ch-2 sp, (3htr, ch1) in next 3 ch-2 sps, *(3tr, ch2, 3tr, ch1)
in next ch-2 sp, (3htr, ch1) in next 3 ch-2 sps; rep from * twice more, ss to top of beg ch-3, turn. [4 corner groups of (3tr, ch2, 3tr), 12 3-htr groups, 16 ch-1 sps]
Fasten off.
Join Yarn B in any corner ch-2 sp.
Round 4 Ch1 (does not count as st),*(dc, ch2, dc, ch3) in corner ch-2 sp, (dc, ch3) in each ch-1 sp to next corner ch-2 sp; rep from * three more times, ss to first dc, turn.
[24 dc, 4 ch-2 sps, 20 ch-3 sps]
Fasten off.
SIZE SMALL ONLY
Join Yarn A in any corner ch-2 sp.
Ch2 (counts as htr), (htr, ch2, 2htr, ch1) in same ch-2 sp, (2htr, ch1) in each ch-3 sp to next corner ch-2 sp, *(2htr, ch2, 2htr, ch1) in ch-2 sp, (2htr, ch1) in each ch-3 sp to next corner ch-2 sp; rep from * twice more, ss to top of beg ch-2, turn. [28 2-htr groups, 4 ch-2 sps, 24 ch-1 sps]
Round 5 Fasten off.
SIZES MEDIUM, LARGE AND X LARGE ONLY
Join Yarn A in any ch-2-sp.
Round 5 Ch3, (tr, ch2, 2tr, ch1) in same corner ch-2 sp, (2tr, ch1) in each ch-1 sp to next corner ch-2 sp, *(2tr, ch2, 2tr, ch1) in corner ch-2 sp, (2tr, ch1) in each ch-1 sp to next corner; rep from * twice more, ss to top of beg ch-3, turn.
[28 2-tr groups, 4 ch-2 sps, 24 ch-1 sps]
Fasten off Medium size only.
SIZES LARGE AND X LARGE ONLY
Round 6 Ch1, dc in each st and ch-1 sp and (dc, ch2, dc) in each corner ch-2 sp around, ss to first dc, turn. [88 dc, 4 ch-2 sps]
Fasten off Large only.
SIZE X LARGE ONLY
Round 7 Ch1, dc in each st and (dc, ch2, dc) in each corner ch-2 sp around, ss to first dc to join. [96 dc, 4 ch-2 sps] Fasten off.
TO MAKE UP
Join Motifs for Fronts and Back as shown on Diagram on page 30 using a neat whip stitch
and Yarn A.
Join Fronts to Back at shoulders.
ARMHOLE EDGING
Join side seams leaving a 20 (22: 24: 26)cm gap for armhole.
With RS facing, join Yarn A at underarm seam.
Row 1 (RS) Ch1 (does not count as st throughout), dc in each st and ch-sp around armhole, ss to first dc, turn.
Row 2 (WS) Ch1, dc in each st around, ss to first
dc. Fasten off.
HEM EDGING
With RS facing, join Yarn A to bottom of Left Front.
Row 1 (RS) Ch1, dc in each st and ch-sp around, ss to first dc, turn.
Row 2 (WS) Ch1, dc in each st around. Fasten off.
FRONT EDGING AND RIB
With RS facing, join Yarn A to bottom of Right Front.
Row 1 (RS) Ch1, dc in each st and ch-sp around entire front edge of garment ending at bottom of Left Front, turn.
Work in Rib as folls. You may need to use a smaller hook to keep the Rib from ruffling:
Row 1 (WS) Ch9, dc in second ch from hook and in each ch to end, ss in next dc on main body. [8 dc]
Row 2 Ss in next st on main body, turn, dc in bl of each dc to end, turn.
Row 3 Ch1, dc in bl of each st across, ss in next st of main body.
Rep Rows 2-3 around entire front edge. Fasten off.
Weave in all ends.