Notte from Yumiko Alexander: While I was designing this pattern, I had so much fun playing with textures using basic techniques - knit, purl, slip stitches, and eyelets.
To make this unique texture without being complicated, some sections are worked with one strand of yarn, and other sections are worked with two strands of yarn held together. This produces a fabric where some sections are light, delicate, and see-through, and other sections are textured and a bit thicker. Slip stitches make wavy, horizonal lines without using short rows.
The instructions have an option to make a top without sleeves.
Instructions include the following adjustment/options:
- Sleeve opening depth adjustments
- Sleeves length adjustments
- Kimono/straight sleeves instead of Gathered cuffs
- Sleeveless option
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Chest: 45 (49, 53, 57)“/112.5 (122.5, 132.5, 142.5)cm
Length (laid flat): Choice of 19 ½”, 22” or 24 ¾“ /48.5cm, 55cm or 62cm
Choose the chest size for your ease preference and length.
Shown here on model with 33” chest and 5’ 5” tall
YARN
DanDoh Silk+ (76% silk, 24% cotton, 227yds/50g); color: Vanilla, Lava Rock
19 ½“ long: 6 (6, 7, 7) skeins or 1203 (1285, 1367, 1449)yds
22” long: 6 (7, 7, 8) skeins or 1328 (1421, 1513, 1606)yds
24 ¾” long: 7 (7, 8, 8) skeins or 1439 (1542, 1644, 1747)yds
Note: These amounts are for a top with sleeves. If you make a sleeveless top, you need 220yds less (about 1 skein).
TOOLS
US10/6.0mm needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
4 removable markers
2 stitch markers
Darning needle
Blocking wires
GAUGE
16 sts x 21 rows = 4”/10cm in Stockinette stitch with two strands of yarn held together (blocked)