Ribline Vest | Purl Soho

Our Ribline Vest slips right between the layers, over shirts and sweaters, under coats and wraps. It’s as interesting as a layered conversation and as irresistible as a layered cake! A breeze to knit, you’ll work each hem flat in half-twisted rib, then join them together to knit in the round to the underarms. There, you’ll split for front and back, and in the end, rejoin your live stitches for the short-row shaped collar. Simple!

Ribline Vest | Purl Soho

And cherry on top, we knit our Ribline Vest in our gorgeous Cashmere Tend so that the making feels as good as the wearing. The perfect knit to satiate your sweater urges without tumbling down sleeve canyon, make life more layered!

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Ribline Vest | Purl Soho

UPDATE: NOW IN PLENTY

FEBRUARY 2023

Ribline Vest | Purl Soho

With its distinctive high twist, our 100% extra fine merino Plenty is a wonderful yarn for this crisp, stylish knit. Plenty is ridiculously soft, so it’s a perfect choice if you’re wearing this vest on its own, and at the same time, its plump worsted-weight warmth ensures you’ll be cozy if you’re layering. We love this gorgeous Sapphire Blue, but Plenty has over twenty colors to pick from, so choose your own gem and cast on!

Designed by Purl Soho designer, Adam Aronowitz.

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Materials

Ribline Vest | Purl Soho
  • 8 (8, 9, 10) (12, 12, 14, 15) skeins of Purl Soho’s Cashmere Tend, 100% cashmere. Each skein is approximately 82 yards/ 50 grams; approximately 590 (650, 740, 810) (920, 985, 1075, 1165) yards required. We used the color Ice Gray.
  • US 7 (4.5 mm), 16-inch circular needles
  • US 7, 24-inch circular needles
  • US 7, 32- or 40-inch circular needles (depending on size you are making)
  • Stitch markers, including one unique
  • Stitch holders or scrap yarn
  • A Ribline Vest Pattern PDF

GAUGE

18 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch

19 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches in half-twisted rib stitch

SIZES

NOTE For help picking a size, please check out our Understanding Ease + Selecting Size Tutorial!

37 (40½, 44, 47½) (51¼, 54¾, 58¼, 61¾)

To fit actual chest circumference of 31–34 (34–37, 38–41, 41–44) (45–48, 49–52, 52–55, 56–59) inches, with approximately 3–6 inches of ease

  • Finished Chest Circumference: 37 (40½, 44, 47½) (51¼, 54¾, 58¼, 61¾) inches
  • Finished Length Fom Shoulder To Bottom Edge: 20¾ (21, 22¼, 22¾) (24¼, 24½, 25¼, 26) inches

Sample: The sweater pictured here is size 40½, worn with 7 inches of ease.

PATTERN

Ribline Vest | Purl Soho

The Ribline Vest Pattern is available as a PDF download only.

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