Colour Adventures and Knitting Adventures: Zephyrus

Zephyrus is part of my new summer collection, “La Isla Bonita”, and as other pieces in the collection, it is knit with fingering weight/4-ply yarn to a DK gauge and requires just 1-2 balls of yarn.

Zephyrus is a very charming lacy vest that makes a great layering piece for all year round wear. Make it in fingering weight cotton to throw on top of a bathing suit or to dress up a T-shirt in hot summer months or make it in wool to dress up long sleeved cotton jerseys and polo-shirts in transitional weather or winter months.

The vest is knit seamlessly from the top down and features elegant Butterfly Wings Lace as an allover lace pattern for the top portion of the vest; then the lace gracefully transitions into the beautiful Butterfly Kisses Lace panels.

Size	Chest Size		Armhole depth		Yardage
Size	cm	inches	cm	inches	m	yds
12m	48.5	19	9.5	3.75	247	270
18m	50.5	20	11	4	265	290
24m	53	21	11	4	293	320
3T	56	22	11.5	4.25	320	350
4T	58.5	23	12	4.5	366	400
5T	61	24	13	4.75	411	450
6-7	63.5	25	13.5	5	457	500
8-9	66	26	14	5.25	503	550
9-10	68.5	27	15.5	5.75	549	600
10-12	73.5	29	16.5	6.25	617	675
12-14	76	30	18	6.75	731	800

Suggested Yarns

Exquisite Sport by Colour Adventures (75% merino, 15% cashmere, 10% silk; 366 m/400 yds in 115 g/4 oz);
Cashmere Sock by Colour Adventures (70% merino, 20% cashmere, 10% nylon; 366 m/400 yds in 115 g/4 oz)
Dia Sock by Colour Adventures (75% merino, 25% nylon; 423m/463 yds in 100g/3.5 oz);
Dia Merino Sock by Colour Adventures (100% merino; 423m/463 yds in 100g/3.5 oz);
Mandarin Petit by Sandnes Garn (100% cotton; 178m/195 yds in 50g/1.76 oz);
“Pure” 100% Merino Superwash by Wollmeise (100% merino; 526 m/575 yds in 150 g/5.3 oz);
CoBaSi by HiKoo by Skacel Collection (55% cotton, 21% nylon, 16% bamboo, 8% silk; 201m/220 yds in 50g/1.76 oz);