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Alice Top
Inspired by Alice in Wonderland, this is a beautiful delicate fitted top knit in three different lace stitches. Wear it in the summer as a top or in the winter as a vest with a blouse. Worked in one piece from top down, the top has a Garter stitch square neck and a short raglan shoulder sleeve. Add frills on sleeves and on the bottom or finish it with Garter stitch edgings.
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Techniques: yarn over, single decreases, double decrease, chart reading, following several charts.
Pattern comes in 2 sets of sizes.
2 sets of sizes:
Set 1 Sized for 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40” / 76, 81, 86, 91.5, 96.5, 101.5 cm.
Set 2 Sized for 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52 and 54” / 106.5, 111.5, 117, 122, 127, 137cm.
Shown in size 34”/ 86cm with 2”/5cm negative ease.
Yarn requirements
Set 1 525 (555, 600, 640, 665, 720) yd/480 (510, 550, 585, 610, 660) m of DK weight yarn
Set 2 745 (785, 820, 860, 890, 930, 950) yd/680 (720, 750, 790, 820, 850, 870) m of DK weight yarn
You need yarn that blocks well, in DK weight yarn with recommended gauge 22 sts x 30 rows in 4”/10cm in Stockinette Stitch.
Needles
Size 6 (4mm) circular needles
See photos and more information here.
See tips on techniques used in the top here.
Blogged about it here.
- First published: November 2009
- Page created: November 4, 2009
- Last updated: July 30, 2021 …
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