The Beekeeper Vest Knitting Kit

The knitting kit for the Bee Vest consists of a printed pattern, yarn to make the vest and the yarn to embroider the bees (cream, dark brown and yellow).

This cropped vest is designed to be worn with 2-4" of positive ease and the measurements shown are the actual finished size. It is easy to make the vest longer if you don't want a cropped style but you will need another skein of yarn, available here.

This lovely vest is knitted bottom up, in the round up to the armholes and then splits for the armholes to work the back and front separately and is knitted using Daughter of a Shepherd 'Ram Jam' here are the pattern details...

Size 1 - 78.5cm / 31", size 2 88cm / 34¾", size 3 - 98cm / 38½", Size 4 - 108cm / 42½", Size 5 - 117.5cm / 46¼,", Size 6 - 127.5cm / 50¼", Size 7 - 137 / 54", Size 8 - 147cm / 57¾", Size 9 - 156.5cm / 61½"

Knitted using Daughter of a Shepherd ‘Ram Jam’ Sport (100% wool from mixed breeds (169m/185yds) per 50g skein)

Shades MC: Light Grey 3 (3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6) 50g skeins

Needles: One circular needle in size 3.25mm / UK 10 / US 3 circular needles (a suitable length for the number of stitches, I used 80cm for size 3)

One circular needle in size 2.75mm / UK 12 / US 2, in length / 16” (or preferred needles suitable for working small circumferences in the rnd)

Tension: 24.5 sts and 34 rows to measure 10cm / 4” over stocking stitch after blocking using 3.25mm needles.