Lavender Squares 💜

Lilac checkerboard — a cozy vest with a relaxed silhouette and pronounced texture. Alternating stockinette and reverse-stockinette squares create a relief fabric that does not require elaborate decoration. The round neckline, armholes and lower edge are finished with ribbing. The top appears deep purple, the bottom light lavender; from a single photo one cannot confidently separate a color-change in the yarn from lighting effects. Stitches are generally neat, but there are areas with uneven tension, pulling at the square borders and slight waviness in the finishing. A pleasant, practical piece that would benefit from a final shaping press.

Article Creation Wizard

The garment is knitted with needles in a textured "checkerboard" pattern. Stockinette squares alternate with reverse-stockinette squares; their placement shifts after an equal number of rows. Block size is determined from a washed gauge swatch. It is important to maintain yarn tension when transitioning between sections, otherwise the boundaries will pull in. The likely construction is separate front and back pieces joined at the shoulders and sides. However, seam placement is not visible from this angle. For the round neckline the center stitches are bound off, then both sides are finished separately, shaping the curve with decreases. The hem is finished with a rib that appears close to 1 × 1. For finishing the neckline and armholes stitches are usually picked up along the edges and knit as ribbed bands. They are bound off elastically without stretching the edge. Exact knitting direction and assembly method cannot be confirmed from a single image. The work is finished by weaving in ends and careful steam/heat-and-moisture blocking.

Materials

• Medium-weight yarn in a lilac-lavender palette; exact fiber content and whether the yarn has a color transition cannot be determined from the photo.
• Estimated yarn usage for an adult vest of this volume: 350–500 g with a yardage of about 200–250 m per 100 g; requires clarification of dimensions and gauge.
• Knitting needles approximately US 4–7 (3.5–4.5 mm) for the main fabric; size should be chosen based on the gauge swatch.
• Circular needles for finishing the neckline and armholes, optionally 0.5 size smaller than the main needles.
• Tapestry needle, stitch markers, scissors, stitch holders.

Instruction sent

Until fiber content is confirmed, hand-washing is preferable at up to 30 °C with a detergent for knits. Do not rub, wring or soak for a long time. Rinse in water of similar temperature, then gently press out through a towel. Dry flat, shaping the neckline, armholes and lower ribbing. Do not hang wet. Do not press the texture with a hot iron; steaming is acceptable only taking the fiber content into account. Store folded.

Additional info

Terms of Use: Advanced
Recommended: ~ For adults; size and fit should be confirmed with measurements.
Production time: ~ 21 hours
Recommended: ~ 8,940.00 rubles
Main color: Gray