Tahki Yarns Garden Trellis Vest Crochet Pattern

Tahki Yarns Garden Trellis Crochet Vest

What Is Being Made

The Garden Trellis Crochet Vest is a lace sleeveless garment designed by Dora Ohrenstein. This vest features an open front design with a 5-inch gap, making it suitable for layering over other pieces. The vest is available in six sizes ranging from Small to 3X, with finished bust measurements from 28 inches to 56 inches and lengths from 29 to 31 inches.

Construction Techniques

This crochet vest is constructed using a bottom-up, seamless, worked-flat approach. The garment is built from the bottom edge upward in a single piece without seaming, allowing for a smooth, continuous construction process. Working flat means the piece is worked back and forth in rows rather than in the round, making it accessible for crocheters of various skill levels.

Stitches and Stitch Patterns

The Garden Trellis Vest employs a sophisticated lace pattern as its primary design element. The pattern utilizes several key crochet stitches:

• Two Petals (TP): A specialty stitch consisting of (treble, chain 4, slip stitch, chain 4, treble, chain 1) in a designated stitch, creating decorative petal-like motifs throughout the lace design
• Treble crochet (tr): A tall stitch that forms the foundation of the Two Petals technique
• Treble crochet 2 together (tr2tog): A decrease technique that combines two treble stitches into one, used for shaping the garment
• Double crochet (dc): A medium-height stitch used for structural elements and variations within the lace pattern
• Half double crochet (hdc): A shorter stitch incorporated into pattern variations
• Chain (ch): The foundational stitch used to create spaces and openwork in the lace
• Slip stitch (slip st): Used to join and secure stitches within the decorative motifs

The lace pattern creates an intricate, open texture with repeating motifs. Gauge is critical for this project: 4 Two Petals measure 5.5 inches in pattern width, and 5 rows measure 3 inches in pattern height.

Materials and Tools

The Garden Trellis Vest is made with Tahki Yarns Cotton Classic Lite, a 100% mercerized cotton yarn. This fiber choice provides a lightweight, breathable fabric ideal for a lace vest. The yarn comes in 1.75-ounce balls with 146 yards per ball. The pattern requires 4 to 9 balls depending on size, with color #4406 brick specified in the pattern. Construction uses a size C-2 (2.75mm) crochet hook, which is a small hook appropriate for creating the delicate lace openwork. A yarn needle is needed for finishing.