Short Sleeveless V Neck Cardigan Vest
The Knitting Fiend ! 

Well, August in Chicago is certain to be hot. 

I knit this top using directions I created using  The Knitting Fiend program.  You can create directions in your own size!

The top is knit using Yeoman Brittany, which is a 100% cotton yarn.  The welts are knit in full needle rib.  The body is knit in a tuck rib using a Passap stitch technique.

I've set this first order page to tailor the 2nd page to create this top-- at least as much as it is possible to do right now.

To make this vest, exactly like mine, you must make a few modifications to the second form. I will eventually program in the appropriate ease for a sleeveless top, but right now, we are adapting a cardigan program!

So, find the appropriate boxes, and make these changes on the second form.

• Swatches:
• Pick a main stitch that spreads a lot compared to the "welt"  stitch.  That will cause the bottom to draw in nicely at the waist! (Otherwise, use the "hip rib shaping preference and make this draw in however much you like.)  I used a tuck rib for the "main" stitch pattern and full needle rib for "welt" and "button band" stitch patterns.
• Knit your 3 swatches, and type in the welt, main and button band gauge information. I won't tell you my gauges because I want you to knit your own swatches.  It's important!
• "Style Selection" table, 
• Set the sweater length to 19".  (Yes, this is short!)
• Increase the bottom ribbing (or welt) depth to 3.5"
• "Upper Torso " table, 
• Decrease the shoulder ease to 0".
• Decrease the chest ease to 1.5".
• Decrease the hip ease to 2.5".
• "Armhole and Shoulder Slope" table, 
• Decrease the armhole depth ease to 0" and the armscye ease to 1.85".  (You don't want armholes to reveal too much.  Now do you?)
• Record information your needle choice etc. in the "Additional information" table. 
• When knitting, ignore the sleeve directions! I finished the armholes with one row of single crochet.