Fireworks Side-Buttoning Vest by Australian Women's Weekly

Fireworks Side-Buttoning Vest

Knitting
July 1972
DK (11 wpi) ?
20 stitches = 2 inches
in rib
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
575 - 690 yards (526 - 631 m)
32", 34", 36" bust
English
This pattern is available for free.

Fireworks burst on the knit scene. Create your own pyrotechnic show with these new knits, specially designed for us to introduce the dazzling, multi-colored yarn. A new process provides five distinct colors in one thread.

Sleek, V-necked vest is worked in knit one, purl one rib to accentuate the brilliant effect of five colors, all in one yarn. Side-buttoning opening gives a touch of today.

Materials: 8 (9, 10) balls main color, 2 balls contrast Patons Totem (1 oz. balls); 1 pair each Nos. 9 and 11 Disc knitting needles; 1 stitch-holder: 9 buttons.

Measurements: To fit bust, 32 (34. 36) in., actual 31 (33,
35) in.; length, 20 (20, 21) in.

Tension: 20 sts. to 2 in. over rib.