Cabled Summer Top by Lee Gant

Cabled Summer Top

Knitting
January 2010
DK (11 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 4 - 3.5 mm
492 - 984 yards (450 - 900 m)
26 (28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52)" finished bust
English
This pattern is available from knitpicks.com for $3.99.

Surf’s up! Great summer tank with lots of sizes in easy care cotton and linen!

V-necked, tank-style sleeveless summer top with enough shoulder coverage to conceal bra straps. Vertical cables trim the V neckline and run down the center front and back. A vertical column of diagonal ribs runs over each shoulder blade and each side of the bustline, from the top of shoulders down to the hem.

Supplies:

  • Needles: #4 circular or straight for body, plus #4 16” circular or DPNs for neck and armholes.
  • Cable needle
  • Tapestry needle

Sizes and yarn requirements:

  • Finished chest measurement (inches): 26 (28, 32, 36) (40, 44, 48) 52”
  • Total garment length (inches): 19 (19½, 20, 22½) (23, 23½, 26) 27
  • Knit Picks CotLin DK 70% Tanguis Cotton/30% Linen; 50 gr = 111 m / 123 yards: 4 (5, 5, 6) (6, 7, 7) 8 skeins

Pattern format: Downloadable .pdf in text (not charted).