Aran Vest

Knitting
February 2011
DK (11 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches
in pattern stitch
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
3.0 mm
650 yards (594 m)
bust 92cm (36.2")
English Japanese
This pattern is available for free.

Pattern is Japanese but fully charted using standard knitting and/or crochet symbols. The main pattern page is no longer live on Pierrot Yarn’s website, but the PDF file itself is. (Direct PDF link) The main pattern page was saved on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, at the link shown below.

For help using Japanese charted patterns, please visit the Japanese knitting & crochet group.

Japanese version available here.

Tools/Materials:

  • Japanese size 5 & 6 straight knitting needles (3.6 & 3.9mm)

  • Japanese size 5 double-pointed knitting needles (3.6mm)

  • Japanese size 5/0 crochet hook (3.0mm)