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Wednesday Addams Vest Knitting Pattern

March 3, 2023 by Sarah White

We are a little slow to be watching it in our household, but I love all the knit and crochet projects I see inspired by the Wednesday series that came out a few months ago. I have seen so many cute Wednesday/Enid crochet sweaters (where half is black and white and half is pastel rainbow) and, of course, variations on the black and white vests and tops Wednesday wears throughout the show.

Wednesday wears a couple of different black and white vests in the show. The knit one is a basic checkerboard and can be seen in episode 7 of the show. It’s a boxy sweater vest with ribbing on the armholes that’s white on one side and black on the other. The ribbing on the V-neck is also half white and half black.

Laura Rachelle has a video tutorial showing how she made her version of the Wednesday sweater vest, which she constructed in columns of alternating black and white squares that she stitched together before picking up the stitches for the ribbing.

This avoids having to do intarsia but if you’re comfortable with that you can also work the front and back separately from the bottom up (she suggests working in the round but doing intarsia flat is a lot easier).

She quickly walks through how she developed a pattern that fit her, so you’ll need to determine your gauge and figure out what size you need your squares to be in order for the project to fit you.

If you don’t want to do all that, there are some pattern options with sizing done for you, like the Day of the Week sweater vest by Jenny Kiefer. This pattern uses worsted weight yarn and the intarsia method, and is available in five sizes. You can get the free download on Ravelry.

Or try Feels Like Wednesday, a bulky vest that comes in three sizes as a free pattern from We Are Knitters. There’s also the Wednesday Checkered Vest from Wiam’s Crafts, which comes in four sizes and uses worsted weight yarn.

[Photo: Laura Rachelle.]

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Book Review: Cable Knitting Stitch Dictionary

Stitch dictionaries are a fun way to learn new-to-you knitting stitch patterns or to take a deep dive into a particular technique. Debbie Tomkies offers 100 cable stitch designs and thoughts on how to incorporate them into projects in her Cable Knitting Stitch Dictionary.

Each stitch pattern is shown in a large swatch photo and with written and charted instructions. Any special stitches are included on the page. The stitches are rated on a difficulty scale of 1 to 3, and the pattern notes also indicate how many extra stitches you should add to a project if you’re going to work this cable (since cables pull the fabric closer together you need to compensate for that) as well as how many stitches and rows are in the repeat if you want to design a project yourself.

The cables are arranged into sections: classic cables, combinations, all-over panels, creative cables, motifs and panels and cabled edges and borders.

It’s fun to flip through the designs to think about projects you can add a single cable or two to or make with an allover cabled design. Or you could make swatches of different cables and sew them together into a pillow cover or a throw.

At the back of the book there’s a section on general cable knitting techniques, reading charts, working swatches and avoiding errors (though it mentions working the wrong number of rows between cable turns, it doesn’t share how to count rows between cables to avoid this mistake).

It also talks about how to design your own cables, combine cables in a project, choose the right yarn and needles and determine how many more stitches you need to cast on when working cables instead of stockinette stitch. There’s also a glossary of symbols and abbreviations you may find in cable knitting and other patterns.

The book provides a good overview of things you can do with cables, as well as some fun things you might not have tried like infinity cables and horizontal cables. It’s a great book for a designer who likes to work with cables or a knitter who wants to play with different stitches in their projects.

About the book: 176 pages, paperback, 100 stitch patterns. Published 2024 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $26.99.

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