A vest is a sweater where you have removed exactly the part people find hardest.
Sleeves are where most people lose count. You have to keep track of two of them, they have to be the same length, and the decreases have to land in the same place on both. A vest has none of this.
That is why Black & Gold is marked beginner, even though it doesn't look like a beginner's garment. Rib all the way, three colours — black, off-white and gold melange — and sequins that catch the light when you move.
The gold is blended into the yarn, not laid on top. That means the shine is evenly spread, and the vest doesn't become a party piece you only get to wear one evening a year.
It is knitted on 5 mm needles, tighter than most of my patterns. The rib needs it to get a firmer, neater look. Expect it to go a little slower than the numbers would suggest — a vest isn't big, but 5 mm needles are 5 mm needles.
Beginner · 5 mm needles · rib, three colours and sequins
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Did you know …
Gold discs resembling sequins have been found sewn onto the clothes of Tutankhamun. Behind the English word sequin lies the Arabic sikka, meaning coin, and zecchino, the name of the gold coins of Venice in the 1200s.
Source: Smithsonian Magazine: A History of Sequins.
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