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The Eileen Crop Top is knit from the top down with a detailed lace border. The front and back pieces are knit flat separately and then joined in the round at the bust. An open folded hem allows for a drawstring tie to join the pieces delicately around the wearers neck. Knit with a fingering weight yarn this top is perfect for spring/summer.

Difficulty:
The Eileen Crop Top is and Intermediate pattern perfect for Advanced Beginners looking to venture into lace and garment construction. The lace in this pattern is charted only.

Required Skills:
Provisional Cast On, Increases, Decreases, Icord, Lace Chart

Sizes:
Bust 28, 32 (36, 40, 44) 48, 52, 56, 60 inches
Ease: -2” to 0” - fitted to bust with no waist decreasing

Yarn: Fingering - yarns used:
Sweet Sparrow Yarns ‘All About That Bass’ 100g, 463yards 75/25 SW Merino/ Nylon
Atomic Fiber Co. ‘Jawbreaker’ 100g, 400yards 80/20 SW BFL/Nylon

Yardage: approx. 300, 370 (420, 500, 580) 670, 750, 850, 950 yds

Gauge: 24 sts and 36 rows per 4”/10cm in stockinette

Needles: US 2.5 (3mm) - or size needed to maintain gauge - circular in preferred length for bust, plus one shorter length as a spare - example: I used a 32” circular with a 16” circular as a spare

Model is wearing size 32” and has a 32” bust