#07 Fair Isle Heart Top by Jenn Jarvis

#07 Fair Isle Heart Top

Knitting
December 2007
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
19 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in chart pattern
US 6 - 4.0 mm
930 - 1395 yards (850 - 1276 m)
S (M, L, 1X), see notes
English
This pattern is available from store.vogueknitting.com for $5.00.

This cropped number features a heart-motif band, deep ribbing at the waist and a bird’s eye pattern across the yoke, giving you every reason to wear your heart on your sleeve.

KNITTED MEASUREMENTS
• Sized for Small (Medium, Large, X-Large). Shown in size Small.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
• Bust 35½ (40½, 43, 48)“/90 (103, 109, 122)cm
• Length 19½ (20½, 21 22)”/49.5 (52, 53, 56)cm
• Upper arm 11¼ (12¾, 13½, 14¾)“/28.5 (32.5, 34.5, 37.5)cm

MATERIALS
• 8 (9, 11, 12) balls in #10 Natural (MC) of Julia by Nashua Handknits/Westminster Fibers, 1¾oz/50g balls, each approx 93yd/85m (wool/alpaca/mohair)
• 1 (1, 2, 2) balls in #6085 Geranium (A)
• 1 ball in #8141 Pretty in Pink (B)

GAUGE
• 19 sts and 24 rows to 4”/10cm over bird’s eye chart pat using size 6 (4mm) needles.
• 23 sts and 25 rows to 4”/10cm over k2, p1 rib (slightly stretched) using size 6 (4mm) needles.