Description

The Saar vest by Aleks Byrd is based on a particular version of atroi sweater (an Estonian fisherman sweater made on the island of Kihnu) that was made in the 1950s for Kihnu native and historian Theodor Saar (also referred to as Kaeramets Veeda).

The kit includes the following colourways in the required quantities on British Sport from Les Garons. The pattern is not included; it is available on Ravelry.

Main colour (2 to 4 skeins, 100 g): Chris’s Pine Green
Contrasting colour 1 (1 or 2 skein(s), 100 g): Twyla’s Sand
Contrasting colour 2 (1 skein, 100 g): Aleks’s Red Squirrel Friend

British Sport
70% Bluefaced Leicester Wool
30% Masham Wool
Non-superwash
365 yd / 330 m per 100 g skein

Sizes (finished chest circumference)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
34 (37, 41, 44, 48) (51, 54, 58, 61, 65)
85.5 (94.5, 103, 111.5, 120) (128.5, 137, 145.5, 154.5, 163) cm

Colour A
2 (2, 3, 3, 3) (3, 3, 4, 4, 4) skeins
631 (695, 768, 838, 904) (970, 1054, 1145, 1227, 1323) yd
577 (636, 702, 766, 827) (887, 964, 1047, 1122, 1210) m

Colour B
1 (1, 1, 2, 2) (2, 2, 2, 2, 2) skein(s)
296 (327, 360, 393, 424) (448, 495, 536, 575, 620) yd
271 (341, 330, 360, 388) (410, 453, 490, 526, 567) m

Colour C
1 skein
74 (81, 90, 98, 106) (120, 123, 134, 144, 155) yd
68 (74, 82, 90, 97) (110, 113, 123, 132, 142) m