Honeycomb Vest Waistcoat Knitting Pattern

Honeycomb Vest in Noro Geshi

What is Being Made

The Honeycomb Vest is an intermediate-level knitted waistcoat designed in seven size options ranging from Small through XXXX-Large. This sleeveless garment features a honeycomb stitch pattern and is constructed using two coordinating colorways of Noro Geshi yarn. The finished bust measurements span from 37½ inches (95 cm) for the smallest size to 59 inches (150 cm) for the largest size, with length measurements ranging from 25½ to 27½ inches (64.5 to 70 cm) depending on the size selected.

Techniques Used

The Honeycomb Vest employs several fundamental knitting techniques appropriate for intermediate crafters. The pattern utilizes increase methods including make one stitches worked from the strand between stitches, executed by inserting the left-hand needle from front to back under the strand and knitting into the back loop. Decrease techniques are incorporated through slip, slip, knit (SSK) and slip, slip, purl (SSP) methods, where two stitches are slipped knitwise or purlwise individually before being knitted or purled together. The pattern includes stitch markers for tracking pattern repeats and shaping points, and uses pick up and knit techniques along edges to add stitches for finishing details. Selvage stitches are employed at garment edges to facilitate seaming. The pattern also incorporates charted sections where no stitch spaces indicate areas where stitches have been decreased or not yet made, requiring the knitter to skip over shaded spaces while working the remaining stitches.

Stitches Used

The Honeycomb Vest features a honeycomb stitch pattern as its primary design element. The pattern employs knit and purl stitches as foundational elements, with purl stitches created by inserting the needle as if to purl. Slip stitches are used throughout, executed by passing stitches from the left-hand needle to the right-hand needle without working them. The pattern incorporates decrease stitches created through the slip, slip, knit technique, where two stitches are slipped and then knitted together to reduce stitch count. Increase stitches are added using make one methods that lift strands between existing stitches. The pattern works even in sections where stitches continue without shaping changes.

Materials

The Honeycomb Vest is knitted using Noro Geshi yarn in two colorway options. The yarn requirements are one 200-gram ball each of Noro Geshi in colorway #2 (A) for sizes Small through X-Large, with two 200-gram balls required for the larger sizes (XX-Large, XXX-Large, and XXXX-Large). Similarly, one 200-gram ball of Noro Geshi in colorway #8 (B) is needed for smaller sizes, increasing to two balls for the largest sizes. The pattern calls for size US 8/5mm straight needles for flat knitting sections and a size US 8/5mm circular needle measuring 24 inches (60 cm) long for working in the round or managing larger stitch counts. Stitch markers are required to track pattern repeats and shaping throughout the construction.