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1980s

The Sloane Ranger Vest

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Your size Choose the size nearest your actual bust measurement. The pattern adds the ease the original design had.

Yarn weight The original: Worsted (Aran), at about 16 sts and 24 rows to 4 in (10 cm) over stockinette. For the closest match to the photo, use a yarn that knits to this gauge. Super bulky yarn isn't offered (the intarsia and darned lines get bulky), and nor is anything finer than DK: the intarsia gets very slow and the vest loses its cosy, woolly look.

Your gauge Not a swatcher? Most of us aren't! Just enter the gauge printed on your yarn's label (most labels give stitches and rows over 4 in or 10 cm). It's a good starting point, and the pattern gives you measurements to check against as you go. Want it to fit perfectly? Knit a swatch, wash it, let it dry and measure it over plain stockinette on your main needles. The argyle is knitted in intarsia (no strands carried across the back), so it knits to the same gauge.

per 4 in per 10 cm

Stitches Rows

This pattern can be written for 13 to 24 stitches per 4 in (10 cm). How to measure your gauge

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