Are you ready to put your mohair suit? Keep it cropped, make it long. The Bennie Top is versatile, fun, and a great way to bust through all that gorgeous mohair in your stash. Make it with a single thread of 100g/100m mohair or hold 3 strands of 50g/459 yds held together. If you want a thicker fabric, add more strands. Note that yardage estimates will change based on which technique you choose.

Materials:

• 9mm circular needles (24”-36” cord)
• 5.5mm circular needles (24”-36” cord)
• 2 (2) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (4) 4 skeins All yarn is mohair 50 g/100m (can also hold 3 strands of 50 g/400m)

Yarn Suggestions:

• Qing Fibre, Melted Baby Suri, 2 strands held together
• Wool and the Gang, Take Care Mohair
• Wool and the Gang, Feeling Good Yarn (size up)
• Any 50g/400m mohair, hold 3 strands together
• Pingouin, Pingo Fluffy, 2 strands held together
• Abbey Road, Truly Madly Mohair, 2 strands held together
• Sirdar, Temptations
• Blue Sky Fibers, Brushed Suri, 2 strands held together
• Lang Yarns, Suri Alpaca
• Cloudborn, Brushed Alpaca Wool DK
• Knitato, Fluffy Cloud
• Debbie Bliss, Nell
• Sandnes Garn, Borstet Alpakka
• Ice Yarns, Mohair Kan
• Loopy Mangom Mohair So Soft
• Hip Knit Shop, Fluff
• Pickles, Big Fuzz

Gauge:
10 stitches x 16 rows in stockinette on 9mm needles to make 4”x4”
12 stitches x 20 rows in 1x1 ribbing on 5.5 mm needles to make 4”x4”

Measurements:
XS:
Width - 16”
Length - 12”

Small:
Width - 18”
Length - 13”

Medium:
Width - 20”
Length - 14”

Large:
Width - 22”
Length - 15”

XL:
Width - 24”
Length - 16”

2X:
Width - 26”
Length - 17”

3X:
Width - 28”
Length - 18”

4X:
Width - 30”
Length - 19”

5X:
Width - 32”
Length - 20”

This pattern is suitable for beginners! You should be familiar with stockinette stitch! This pattern uses the following techniques: increases, joining stitches, and knitting in the round. I’ll be posting tutorials on my instagram!

Check on my instagram @karas.knit.eng and the tag #bennietop for more images!