MAILE YARN KITS USING OUR FABULOUS HAND-DYED EXCELANA NORTH DK WEIGHT, 100% BRITISH WOOL ARE NOW AVAILABLE. CHOOSE WHETHER YOU REQUIRE YARN ONLY OR THE YARN PLUS PDF PATTERN OPTION.
A simple knit, the Maile vest knits up quickly and is both an enjoyable knit for seasoned knitters and also a great pattern for beginners.
The vest is knitted in flat pieces from the bottom up, and then sewn together before contrasting striped bands are added.
Maile is knitted using [productlink: Susan Crawford Excelana North Lightweight DK = excelana-dk :productlink] and is shown here in two colourways;
Colourway One is worn by Charlie and uses [productlink: Trefusis = excelana-dk-trefusis :productlink] a deep teal green as the main colour with contrasting shades of Limestone and Red Granite used for the contrast stripes.
Colourway Two worn by Denis is knitted using [productlink: Cornflower = excelana-dk-cornflower :productlink] a pleasing mid-blue as the main colour with constrasting stripes of Snowdrop and Saharan Sand used for the contrast stripes,
[description_box:Choose from one of the two colourways shown or alternatively choose the ‘custom’ option to select a shade of your choice from the beautiful range of colours in Excelana North DK.:description_box] [split]After choosing your colourway, select which of the six kit sizes you require. Each kit provides yarn to knit a range of pattern sizes:
Kit Size One: To knit either 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th pattern sizes (71-86cm/28-34in) short length and 1st-3rd pattern sizes (71-81cm/28-32in) long length; this includes 3 x 100g skeins of Excelana North DK in yarn A, plus 2 25g mini-skeins for contrast stripes.
Kit Size Two: To knit 5th-10th pattern sizes (92-117cm/36-46in) short length and 4th-10th pattern sizes (86-117cm/34-36in) long length; this includes 4 x 100g skeins of Excelana North DK in yarn A plus 2 25g mini-skeins for contrast stripes.
Kit Size Three: To knit 1th-14th pattern sizes (122-137cm/48-54in) short length and 11th-12th pattern sizes (122-127cm/48-50in) long length; this includes 5 x 100g skeins of yarn A plus 2 25g mini-skeins for contrast stripes.
Kit Size Four: To knit 15th-18th pattern sizes (142-157cm/56-62in) short length and 13th size (132cm/52in) long length; this includes 6 x 100g skeins of Excelana North DK in yarn A, plus 2 25g mini-skeins for contrast stripes.
Kit Size Five: To knit 14th-16th pattern sizes (137-147cm/54-58in) long length; this includes 6 x 100g skeins of Excelana North DK in yarn A, plus 4 25g mini-skeins for contrast stripes.
Kit Size Six: To knit 17th-18th pattern sizes (152-177cm/60-62in) long length; this includes 7 x 100g skeins of Excelana North DK in yarn A, plus 4 25g mini-skeins for contrast stripes.