Lorelai Knit Sweater Vest Pattern
🧶 Lorelai Knit Vest – A Timeless and Versatile Layering Piece! by Marly Bird
Looking for a chic and cozy addition to your handmade wardrobe? The Lorelai Knit Vest is the perfect project for knitters who love creating stylish, functional garments. Featuring the elegant Stockinette Windows stitch pattern, this vest offers a modern texture that’s both eye-catching and versatile.
✨ Pattern Features
✔️ Skill Level: Adventurous Beginner to Intermediate
✔️ Sizes Included: XS (S, M, L–XL, 2X, 3X, 4X–5X)
✔️ Yarn: Roll With It Melange (Worsted Weight #4)
✔️ Gauge: 17 sts & 28 rows = 4" in Stockinette Windows Pattern
✔️ Needles: US 8 [5 mm] circular or size to obtain gauge
✔️ Language: English, written in Standard American Knitting Terms
✔️ Format: Instant PDF digital download
📦 What’s Inside
🧶 Written instructions for all 7 sizes
📏 Schematic + size chart
🧵 Full instructions for the Stockinette Windows stitch pattern
📌 Row-By-Row Checklist for each step of the pattern
📸 Optional pocket instructions for added flair
🎥 Companion video tutorials from Marly Bird
💡 Styling Tips
Layer it over a button-down for work, toss it on with jeans for weekend errands, or cozy up with it while binge-watching your favorite small-town drama. This sweater looks amazing in tweeds, solids, or tonals — and yes, you will want to make more than one!
📥 PLEASE NOTE
This listing is for a digital PDF knitting pattern – not a finished sweater.
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Not suitable for children under 16 without adult supervision due to potential risks from tools or materials used with this pattern.
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Note that this pattern is designed for those with basic knitting and crochet skills, including the ability to read and understand patterns. Although the instructions aim to be clear, a fundamental knowledge of knitting and crochet stitches and terminology is necessary.
We do not support modifications outside of those specified in the pattern. Any alterations you wish to make will need to be undertaken independently.
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Craft:Knitting
Difficulty: Advanced Beginner
Gauge:
17 sts in and 28 rows in Stockinette Windows pattern = 4 x 4” [10 x 10 cm]
- Note: Work a gauge swatch in the Stockinette Windows pattern stitch over 36 stitches and at least 3 full repeats, then rows 1-4 once more. Bind off and measure.
✨ Be sure to do a gauge swatch! Wash and block the swatch as you would the finished piece.
✨For this project it is VERY important to do a hanging gauge swatch as well to account for the stretch of the yarn + the weight of the finished garment.
Helpful Resources:
Chart, Schematic, Video TutorialsMood: Netflix & Chill
Needle Size: 5.0 mm
Project Categories: Clothing
Project Subcategories: Vests
Technique: Bottom Up, Pockets, Seamed, Worked Flat
Time Required: A few weeks
Yarn Suggestions:
Red Heart, Roll With It Melange (100% acrylic, 389 yds / 356 m, 5.29 oz / 150 g CYCA #4 worsted) 3 (3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5) skeins: #Autograph Note: Yarn amounts include an extra ball for color-matching when working the upper front sections.Yarn
Yarn Weight: Worsted