knit vest tutorial 💕 pt. 2 (step by step)

[@menaknits]

Hello everyone! I just made another vid talking about what I learnt & things I did differently while making this vest again (including using alternative neckline option 2). Check it out because you may find some of the information helpful (: xx kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYPZaWyjocirpbs

[@druwaahbadu7019]

i have a question if my vest has 80 stitches for my stitch mark placement what would be the best way to place them?

[@menaknits]

Welcome back everyone (: lemme know if you have any questions and I'll answer them for you (:

[@catherineb6889]

This series was super helpful, I'm a beginner and the only thing I've even knit before was a scarf in gartner stitch, thank you so much for helping me learn so many new things! ❤️

[@menaknits]

You are very welcome, so glad it's helpful (:

[@susantainter9760]

I absolutely loved your instructions on how to bind the shoulder seams. I can't wait to see you do the rest of this sweater. Thank you.

[@ilincagruia48]

Can you do a tutorial on how to knit a cardigan or a sweater please? PS i love your channel

[@menaknits]

Thank you! And thanks for your suggestion (:

[@lherskov]

Yay so happy you uploaded part two!!

[@menaknits]

:)

[@angelacedeno1296]

Thank you so much Miss Mena for yours tutorial thanks that I am working in my second vest

[@Lucas-jr3lq]

I’m knitting along and loving how it’s looking! If I do the back neckline with the alternative decrease method, would that change the way I have to do the ribbing later? And if so, can you kind of summarize what that would be? Thank you, love the pattern and that you walk through alternatives!

[@menaknits]

Heya, that’s great to hear it’s going well 🙃 it won’t affect the method at all, possibly the total number of stitches picked up might change but that doesn’t matter as long as it’s divisible by 4!

[@Lucas-jr3lq]

@@menaknits awesome, thank you!!

[@mattiehiggins5161]

Thank for taking the time to explain

[@hannahadlergontard7057]

Thank you so much Mena!❤❤❤

[@samarzein1237]

Dear mena Thank you for your fruitful explanation But I have question re the right neckline On the video you said we should bind off on the purl row Then a written comment appeared on the top of video that you should bind off on the knit row I am confused Kindly clarify Thanking you in advance

[@angelacedeno1296]

Thank you so much

[@Tommy-dp6dp]

Hi! So I'm at the 16 minute mark of the knit vest tutorial part 2 and just bound off the 2nd side of the back. Your video says you don't have footage of 'finishing' the back so do I go straight to joining the straps together or is there something else to do 1st on the back?

[@estherpoireng5290]

I like the stitch method the most....

[@SuperFrogger33]

Hi Mena- I am so confused about the neckline (back) I have knit to the middle six stitches and then tried to follow instructions from there but I guess I messed up. So I take the right side stitches off onto another needle while I work on the left side of the 6 stitch bindoff?

[@marlena15824]

Thank you !🙂

[@leticiadaloski2495]

thanks so much!

[@nicolen3177]

You look so cute in that vest omg

[@menaknits]

awww thank you (:

[@suzukiyukiko]

I’m following the blue vest as well but idk how many rows I have to do after the armhole. Also how many stitches will be mark up for both sides and bind off how many stitches.

[@alicehenley1328]

Hi I’m looking for video on petite knit slip over about how to join everything in the round yes she has videos but I can’t follow what she’s doing do you have a video by chance

[@mkulla8267]

I'm almost done with my front panel, coming here from the first video. I thought she would explain how she did the orange ribbing for the neckline and armholes but I don't think she does and I don't know how to do it?? does anybody know how please I've been working on the front pannel for like a month D:

[@menaknits]

Hey, the ribbing is done after you join the front and the back panels (in part 3). Good luck!

[@AlexHdez01]

Hi Mena! I’m following the pattern for the blue vest. How many rows do I have to knit in stockinette after knitting the 16 rows for the armhole? Hope you can answer, thank you so much 😊

[@menaknits]

Sorry for the very late reply! I think you mean after placing half the stitches on the scrap yarn? In that case you knit another 44 rows (decreasing 22 stitches) and then another 6 rows with no decrease and bind off. Hope that answers your question!

[@ami-bt5zs]

Hello, I'm following the same. I've noticed for the front side we did a total of 130 rows for the blue vest and I'm guessing we need to add same number of rows for the backside. Like after 16 sts decreases for the armhole, we knit either 42 rows or 44 (same as front) and then afterwards do the neckline shaping till we have 21 sts for both left and right strap.

[@ami-bt5zs]

I'm a bit confused but I hope this works

[@nourzakut8742]

hi i loved this tutorial, its really nice with good instructions, but i have one question, how many hours/days did it take u to finish it all?

[@menaknits]

hey! Thanks. It's hard to say.. I think it knit it over about a 2 month period but I wasn't knitting everyday. Filming at the same time also slowed me down a bit.

[@henniesoraya7101]

For the neckline you use 4mm or 3mm?

[@samarzein1237]

Dear mena I wrote previously a comment and had a question Now I have 2nd question Regarding the blue vest after shaping the two armholes, we should work 38 rows stockinette without decreasing, is that correct? Thanking you in advance

[@menaknits]

Hi Samar, Thanks for following the tutorial. tbh I made this series a long time ago and can't really remember the details :( Have you checked the written pattern in the description? Sorry I can't be of more help and good luck with the rest of the vest! xx

[@AK4Uwolfen]

Hi! I'm doing the 2nd neckline method since you said you think it'd be neater but I'm wondering why do you bind off 26 stitches and then decrease 5 on either side? I casted on 74 stitches instead of 90 on both the front and back, decreased the 16 stitches for the sides on both, but on the front I decreased the neck 20 to match the 19 stitches for the straps you have. I have 58 stitches now and have no clue how to divide them! I dont know what I'm doing with my numbers to be honest! I only measured waist and bust and adjusted the cast on but honestly just hoping for the best!

[@menaknits]

Hey sorry for the late reply. I chose those numbers because I thought it would give a good shape. If you do a similar ratio to that I think it will work out. Perhaps bind off 20 in the middle and decrease 4 on each side? Good luck! (:

[@AK4Uwolfen]

@@menaknits Hi I'm sorry for the late reply too, but I realized I couldn't divide it evenly and have decreases with my straps, so i decided to just bind off the whole row. however my friend was able to put it on and it fit her, now im on your third video about it!

[@ljyonel2205]

i need a crochet version of this

[@menaknits]

haha you won't find that here unfortunately, I'm not very good at crochet! 🙃

[@ljyonel2205]

​@@menaknits I really liked your design thooo and can't find anything close to yours in crochet version. It's beautiful, keep it up.

[@missesmukta3415]

@@ljyonel2205 I recommend the vest from emma p’s channel. It’s quite similar! Maybe edit it a bit and it should look similar. I also recommend doing the waistcoat stitch for that knitted effect (does use a bit more yarn tho)

[@justanartsygurl4867]

Hey, what do i do because my 38th row is purl and not knit

[@jun-on2vq]

when u finished shaping the neckline on the right im confused how did u add another row if u binded off on the next purl row? if on the left neckline u knit 1 row, purl 1 row then bind off is it not the same if you purl 1 row, knit 1 row then bind off on the right side? also thank u for sharing the pattern!!

[@menaknits]

I can't remember exactly my logic behind this.. 🤔 I think it's because when I was setting up the row, I actually knit 1 row (before binding off the centre stitches) on the right side but not the left.. does that make sense?

[@jun-on2vq]

@@menaknits yeah that actually does!! thanks

[@anne-tv7sv]

is it ok if my first row of decreases for the armholes is the 42nd row? or did i do something wrong hehe i get so confused about this stuff. thank you so much!!!

[@rql6769]

6:24 -11:55 how many rows did you knit in total? I added more rows in the front part and now I don't know how to match it :(

[@menaknits]

hey! it was a total of 12 rows. Which method are you using for the neckline?

[@eriickaugusto474]

about the holes... what if knit stitch the picked up ones, then doing the rib?

[@eriickaugusto474]

i believe that because the stitches are picked up from a bind off in knitted... might be needed to knit a first row in knit for making it uniformed

[@menaknits]

I think the holes appeared because I was using needles larger than the recommended size for the yarn. Let me know though if you try a row of knits first how that looks!

[@elizabethmoraleshuaman3908]

Hola mena por favor podrías poner traductor español muchas gracias saludos desde PERÚ 🇵🇪😘

[@jaegerkarina]

Can you do this with crochet?

[@menaknits]

I believe you can, I can't but I have seen a lot of crochet vest videos floating around!

[@kellylineberger7247]

what size is this vest approximately? small, medium, large?

[@menaknits]

hello, about a medium I would say

[@kellylineberger7247]

@@menaknits thank you! i'm making the vest currently :)

[@yiagsit3770]

Hi! I'm sorry for bothering but what happens if i don't do KF&B in 4.10

[@yiagsit3770]

Why do i have to duplicate stitch? İ could have bind of without creating that extra sticth, right?

[@menaknits]

Doing the duplicate stitch ensures you have the right stitch count, also it looks neater as well but yeah you could do it without creating the extra stitch. I didn’t do it for the blue vest & it was ok. I can’t exactly remember how it affected the stitch count because I was experimenting a bit with that vest but nothing bad happened. Hope this helps!

[@yiagsit3770]

Thank you for your answer. I've finished part two too. Today I'll move onto third video:)

[@marinettejones445]

Bonjour madame. Pouvez vous mettre traduction française je suis des haut de france merci

[@yiagsit3770]

@@marinettejones445 I couldn't understand but do you want me to translate my question into French?

[@gracemelissa9578]

Bonjour, Vos œuvres sont magnifiques, je suis en France, ne peux comprendre votre explications verbalement, cependant j’ai suivi vos gestes, et j’arrive à comprendre. Autant plus , je suis complètement débutante….. je vous prie de recréer les cardigans, gilets, pulls pour nous aider avec votre manière le plus simples possibles, svp, svp, jolie jeune fille. Merci sincèrement. Vos œuvres sont de la class, mais dommage que vous faites très rarement des tricots dans la gamme : gilet, cardigan, pulls est.

[@nadettegalinie8068]

Manifique mais ce n'est pas en français

[@magdatovat635]

Por favor con subtitulos en ESPAÑOL!!!!

[@kimyeonming5784]

Hi, thanks for this tutorial. But... I have a problem. Is that normal? My back is a little bit smaller than front. I don't know what I did wrong. What should I do? ℙ. 𝕊. 𝔼𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕚𝕤𝕟'𝕥 𝕞𝕪 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕘𝕖. 𝕊𝕠 𝕤𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕪 𝕚𝕗 𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 🥺

[@menaknits]

hello.. they should be the same size, is the difference big? If not maybe you can still attach it and no one will notice :)

[@natalif796]

Did u follow 'same until here' on 1:53?

[@veniestagourdine3881]

How many do I cast on for large / XL

[@menaknits]

Hey Veniesta! I reccommend knitting a gauge swatch with your chosen yarn to work out your tension and then measuring a sweater or shirt you like the fit of to calculate how many stitches to cast on. Hope this helps!

[@veniestagourdine3881]

@@menaknits Thank you for responding .