A kit to knit this design is available from the KDD shop

Read about the development of this pattern

Con Alma

A light and simple vest, with a lace panel, knitted in our fresh new Asphodel shade. My soundtrack as I worked on this design was one of my favourite recordings of Dizzy Gillespie’s Con Alma (from 1963, with Mimi Perrin’s “Les Double Six”) You can listen to this track here

Yarn
Kate Davies Designs Milarrochy Tweed (70% Wool; 30% Mohair; 100m / 109yds per 25g ball)
Asphodel: 8 (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) x 25g balls
Check sizing table for garment dimensions. If you wish to add length to the body, you may need an extra ball of yarn.

Needles and Notions
Gauge-size and below gauge-size circular needles of appropriate lengths for working body
Gauge-size and below gauge-size needle(s) of your preferred type for working body, armscye and neckline
Stitch markers of two types, x and y
Waste yarn for holding stitches
Tapestry needle

Gauge
28 sts and 36 rounds to 10cm / 4in over stockinette in the round and back and forth using gauge-size needle. Use 3.25mm needle as a starting point for swatching.

Sizes
Finished bust circumference: 81.5 (91.5, 101.5, 112, 122, 132, 142) cm / 32 (36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56) in
Select the size above your actual bust measurement. Shown in the second size with 10cm/ 4in positive ease.

Special Techniques
Three needle bind off

Pattern notes
This vest with a central lace panel is knitted from the bottom up, working in the round to the underarms, and back and forth through the upper body and neck. After the shoulders are joined with a three-needle bind off, a ribbed edging is worked around the neck and armscyes. Where one number is given this applies to all sizes.