The Librarian vest is a v-neck vest adaptation of The Librarian pullover. It is worked seamlessly in the round to the underarms and then the back and fronts are worked flat separately. The vest has no cables at all, but rather a twisted stitch pattern.

For this pattern I used the wonderful Rauwker DK Bavarian Merino, which I would argue leans more towards worsted weight. So you can work with aran, worsted or heavy-DK weight yarn for this vest.

I hope you will enjoy this pattern, and if you need any help, please do not hesitate to contact me in my Ravelry group ‘Skeindeer Knits’. It’s the best place for swift support.

Yarn
Rauwerk DK (100% Bavarian merino wool, 220 m / 241 yds, 100 g).

Alternatives: Hillesvåg Varde or Vidde, Sandnes Peer Gynt, De Rerum Natura Gilliatt etc.
You will get the best results with an Aran-worsted (or heavy DK) weight sheep’s wool yarn with a good stitch definition.

Yarn amount: (404, 451, 498, 547) (596, 646, 697, 750) m / (442, 493, 545, 598) (652, 707, 762, 820) yds.

Needles
Two sets of circular gauge-size needles for body and sleeves, and 1 mm below gauge-size needles for hem, armholes and neckline.

The sample was made using 5.5 mm (US 9) and 4.5 mm (US 7).

Gauge
16 sts x 28 rnds = 10 cm / 4” in stockinette stitch.

Sizes
(1, 2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8)

To fit bust: (80, 90, 100, 110) (120, 130, 140, 150) cm / (31, 35, 39, 43) (47, 51, 55, 59)”.
To be worn with 0-5cm /0-2” positive ease.
The sample is knit in size 4.

Notions
6 stitch markers

Construction
The Librarian Vest is worked bottom-up, seamlessly in the round. After working the length of the body, the underarm stitches are bound off, and the back and fronts are worked flat separately.

The pattern uses a simple twisted stitch pattern that gives the appearance of a cable pattern, without working any cables.

Both the back and the fronts decrease towards the final shoulder width. The back is then worked straight and finishes with short-rows to simultaneously shape the shoulders and lower the back neck.

The two fronts decrease for the v-neck, and finish with short-rows that shape the shoulders. Finally pick up stitches for the neckline and armholes and finish with rib in the round.