JÄLKI Vest by Camille Romano

€46,67 EUR

We are delighted to present JÄLKI Vest, designed by Camille Romano, French knitwear designer based in Finland, with the Biches & Bûches Wools Le Lambswool and Le Petit Lambswool — in the original colorway Soft Gold 🐚

'Jälki means tracks (like animal tracks or imprints) in Finnish. This was my inspiration for the eyelet pattern on the vest. It reminds me of forest walks and time outdoors, where you might stumble upon a footprint and wonder what it is. It’s also one of the perfect settings to wear the vest.' — Camille Romano

The Pattern

The Pattern is sold separately on Camille Romano and Ravelry
The Pattern is available in English, French

Colors & Wool Bundle

The original Edition is with:
- Le Petit Lambswool in Soft Gold
- Le Lambswool in Soft Gold
You can also knit your JÄLKI Vest in any color you like in Le Lambswool and its matching color in Le Petit Lambswool. Select then 'Custom Colorway' to add the Wool Bundle to your cart, and write your color choice in the Order Notes Section, in your cart (Example: 'Autumn Evening')
You are welcome to contact us through the chat for color ideas and any question you may have 💌

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JÄLKI Vest by Camille Romano

€46,67 EUR

Details

Construction
The vest is meant to be worn open, so there are no buttons and the fronts do not meet. It is sleeveless and worked from bottom to top until the underarms. Then, the fronts and back are separated and worked individually. They are seamed at the shoulders using the 3-needle bind off technique (you can use another technique if you want to). The armhole edgings are picked up and worked in the round. The collar is the special part of this vest, you pick up the stitches with even smaller needles so that you work a polo collar in double knitting- it’s a nice finishing. The yarn used for the collar is the thinner version of the working yarn, you’ll need one ball of Le Petit Lambswool for it.

All lengths can be customised but keep in mind that this will affect the yardage.

The original Wool
Biches et Bûches Le Lambswool and Le Petit Lambswool

Quantity
Le Lambswool: 3 (3) 4 (4) 5 (6) 6 skeins
Le Petit Lambswool: 1 skein for all sizes

Original Colorway
Soft Gold for both

Knitting needles (suggested)
- 4 mm / US 6 / UK 8 — 80 cm / 32" circular, main needle
- 3.5 mm / US 4 / UK 10 — 80 cm / 32" circular, armhole ribbing & button bands
- 3 mm / US 2.5 / UK 11 — 60 cm / 24" circular, double knitted collar

Gauge
18 sts x 26 rows = 10 cm / 4” on 4 mm / US 6 needles, in main patt knitted flat, after blocking

Sizes & Measurements of the finished knit
Sizes: 1 (2) 3 (4) 5 (6) 7

Back width (flat- at the widest) of the finished knit
45 (51) 56 (61) 69 (77) 85 cm
18 (20) 22 (24) 27 (30) 33”

Armhole width
21.5 (22.5) 23.5 (24.5) 25.5 (26.5) 27
8.5 (9) 9.2 (9.5) 10 (10.5) 10.5”

Length (from underarm to hem) with ribbing: 27.5 cm / 11” for all sizes (can be customised)

Sample shown in size 2. Model bust size is approx. 90 cm/ 35.5”

How to wash
Always handwash and lay flat to dry — Handle with care and make sure to stretch your knit to measurements while wet

The original Wool

Le Lambswool

The delightful DK weight in our iconic Lambswool range. 100% Natural fiber. Woolen Spun. It is dyed, spun and finished in the UK. We find Le Lambswool particularly soft to knit with and wear.

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