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Girl’s Bolero Vest – Free Vintage Knitting Pattern
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Download PDF instantly – Knit a cropped Fair Isle-style vest for your little one with this 1980s vintage pattern, worked in sport weight yarn on US #4 and #5 needles. Featuring a repeating floral jacquard motif and a buttonless, sleeveless silhouette, it’s sized for 3 and 4 year olds.
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Girl’s Bolero Vest – 1980s Knitting Pattern: Instant PDF Download
Size: 3 and 4 Years (Chest 23¾” and 25″)
This cropped fair isle/nordic style vest brings a folk-inspired charm to any little one’s wardrobe, its floral jacquard motif repeating across a soft sport/baby yarn patterns weight body. A buttonless, sleeveless design worn open over blouses or dresses, it’s an approachable jacquard project among children’s knitting patterns, worked with a bordered ribbing trim at the neckline and armholes for a clean, finished edge — a lovely handmade layering piece for spring.
Download free PDF: Girl’s Bolero Vest
Design & Construction Details
Skill Level: Intermediate.
Construction: Back and both fronts worked flat separately on larger needles in stockinette jacquard from a charted floral motif, with armhole and neck shaping worked at the same time as the color pattern; finished with k1, p1 ribbing picked up and worked on smaller needles around the armholes, neckline, and front edges, plus a hemmed lower border.
Finished Measurements: Chest 23¾” for the size 3 and 25″ for the size 4; length 12-13″ underarm to hem.
Pattern Style: Written in standard US knitting terms, with a full charted jacquard motif and finishing schematic included.
Stitches: Stockinette stitch, K1 P1 ribbing, stockinette jacquard (charted colorwork) using the intarsia/stranded technique.
Recommended Materials & Tools
Yarn: Sport weight — Blue 2(2) balls, Oriental 1(1) ball, Vanille 1(1) ball (Anny Blatt Angor’Anny in the original).
Substitute yarn: standard modern sport/baby weight yarn such as Debbie Bliss Eco Baby or Cascade Yarns Botanika.
Knitting Needles Size: US 4 and 5 (3.5mm and 4mm), or size needed to obtain gauge.
Notions: Tapestry needle for seaming and weaving in ends.
Gauge: 25 sts and 28 rows = 4″ (10 cm) over stockinette stitch jacquard on larger needles.
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