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Dress it up, dress it down – you can’t go wrong with this custom waistcoat front pattern. By Emma Friedlander-Collins ■ Stylecraft Special DK (100% acrylic, 100g/295m), 1 ball of each: Yarn A Purple S

■ Green floral fabric – One (1) fat quarter ■ Coral spot fabric – One (1) fat quarter ■ Red fabric – One (1) fat eighth (more if fussy cutting) ■ Cream fabric – ⅝yd ■ Pale blue fabric – ½yd ■ Gold fab

The pattern is worked in the round with the clove stitch pattern worked in rows. When working in rows, turn work at end of row, and work a w&t into the last st worked. This will allow you to work in r

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Notes Leave long tails at the cast-on and bind-off edges of each piece for sewing. Sew the seams with the RS facing, using mattress stitches unless instructed otherwise. For pieces with colourwork, wo