Kimpouge by Tokuko Ochiai

Kimpouge

Knitting
January 2026
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 29 rows = 4 inches
in St st with US 5 needle
US 5 - 3.75 mm
530 - 1030 yards (485 - 942 m)
Finished measurements (widths of back): 1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8) = 18½ (20, 21½, 22¾) (24¾, 26¼, 27½, 29½)” / 47 (51, 55, 58) (63, 67, 70, 75) cm
English Japanese

It will be featured in Travel vol.3 – A Day in Kanazawa, to be released on January 28, 2026.

2026年1月28日発売の「Travel vol.3 A Day in Kanazawa」に掲載予定です。

Yarn
Worsted weight yarn
Approximately 530 (570, 630, 700) (820, 890, 930, 1030) yards / 490 (520, 570, 640) (750, 810, 850, 940) m
3 (3, 4, 4) (5, 5, 5, 6) skeins of amirisu Waltz (100% Merino wool; 205 yards / 188 m, 100g)
Sample is shown in Lemon moon

Needles
A US 5 (3.75mm) 32” / 80 cm circular needle
Or, needle required to obtain gauge
Sleeves are worked with Magic Loop.

Gauge (after blocking)
18 stitches & 29 rows = 4” / 10 cm in St st with US 5 (3.75mm) needle

Sizes
Finished measurements (widths of back): 1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8) = 18½ (20, 21½, 22¾) (24¾, 26¼, 27½, 29½)” / 47 (51, 55, 58) (63, 67, 70, 75) cm
The sample is in size in size 2 on a 5’ 5” / 166 cm tall model with 4½” / 11.5 cm positive ease at bust.

Tools
Stitch marker (1), removable marker (1), cable needle, tapestry needle, stitch holder or waste yarn, crochet hook in size JP 6 / E-4

Note
This is a front open vest worked from the top down. Back is worked to hem with shoulder shaping with short rows. For front, stitches are picked up from left and right shoulders, and it is worked to hem with stitch patterns and increases. Fringes are attached at the bottom of front. Sleeve stitches are picked up around armhole and worked.


Yarn
Worsted weight yarn
約530 (570, 630, 700) (820, 890, 930, 1030) yards / 490 (520, 570, 640) (750, 810, 850, 940) m
amirisu Waltz (100% Merino Wool; 205 yards / 188 m, 100g) を3 (3, 4, 4) (5, 5, 5, 6)カセ
サンプルはレモンムーン

Needles
1 × US 5 (3.75mm) 80 cmの輪針
または, ゲージが取れる太さの針
袖はマジックループで編んでいる.

Gauge (ブロッキング後)
US 5 (3.75mm) の針を使用し, メリヤス編みで18目 & 29段 = 10 cm

Sizes
出来上がり後ろ身頃幅: 1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8) = 47 (51, 55, 58) (63, 67, 70, 75) cm
サイズ2のサンプルを身長166 cmのモデルが余裕11.5 cmで着用.

Tools
目数マーカー (1), 段数マーカー (1), なわ編み針, とじ針, ステッチホルダーまたは別糸, JP 6号 / E-4のかぎ針

Notes
トップダウンで編む前開きベスト. 後ろ身頃を肩の引返しを行いながら裾まで編む. 左右の肩から目を拾い, 模様編みと増目をしながら裾まで編む. 前身頃下にフリンジを付け,袖を拾って編む.