Create a cosy extra layer for cooler days with our Easy Chunky Waistcoat Knitting Kit. Featuring a simple, timeless shape and a natural coconut button, this versatile waistcoat looks lovely layered over shirts, dresses and lightweight jumpers.
Made using our soft chunky merino wool, the waistcoat knits up quickly and is an ideal next project for knitters who have mastered the basics. The pattern includes six sizes and introduces simple shaping through increasing and decreasing.
Kit Contents:
Waistcoat knitting pattern
3 (4: 4: 5: 5: 6) balls of The Chunky Yarn or The Chunky Yarn with a Twist (colour A)
1 coconut button
Sewing needle
SKU: SS247
Included: 12mm x 35 cms knitting needles
Skill Level: Easy
Stitches used: Knit, purl, increasing and decreasing
Sizing: Our Waistcoat pattern includes instructions for six sizes:
| Size |
To fit chest |
Finished length |
Yarn required |
| XS |
28–30in / 71–76cm |
19in / 48cm |
3 balls |
| S |
32–34in / 81–86cm |
19.5in / 50cm |
4 balls |
| M |
36–38in / 91–96.5cm |
21in / 53cm |
4 balls |
| L |
40–42in / 101.5–106.5cm |
21.5in / 55cm |
5 balls |
| XL |
44–46in / 112–117cm |
22.5in / 57cm |
5 balls |
| XXL |
47–48in / 120–123cm |
23.5in / 59cm |
6 balls |
Choose your size using your actual chest measurement. If you are between sizes, select the larger size for a more relaxed fit.
Yarn Info:
Depending on your colour choice the yarn supplied with be either The Chunky Yarn or The Chunky Yarn with a Twist
Yarn Weight: 100g Ball
Yarn Care: Hand Wash Only
The photographs show the waistcoat in Chunky Yarn with a Twist in Mint (colour A) yarn and is a size small.
