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.]
