The cabled braid in Elegantia echoes the wave of your wand while casting spells by the palace fountain in the gardens.
A cabled braid forms the empire waist on this charming top,featuring a flared picot eging.

Elegantia is knit in the round from the bottom up with front pleats before flowing into the shapely braided waist. A zip fastening ensures the top is easy to put on.

Elegantia is a pattern from Beautiful Knits for Beautiful Sticks book

Sizes:
To fit bust size:
81 (86, 91, 97, 102, 107, 112, 117, 122, 127, 132, 137) cm
32 (34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54) in
Designed to be worn with 0 cm/in ease around the bust

Yarn:
Fingering weight yarn shown in:
baa ram ewe Titus: 50% Wensleydale Longwool, 20% Blue-Faced Leicester, 30% alpaca, 320 m (350 yds) in 100g, colour way Aire
880 (960, 1050, 1120, 1210, 1290, 1360, 1440, 1510, 1580, 1650, 1720) m
960 (1050, 1150, 1220, 1320, 1410, 1490, 1570, 1650, 1730, 1800, 1880) yds

Needles & Notions:
2.75 mm (US 2) needles for small and large diameter circular knitting (sleeves and body)
3 mm (US 2.5) needles for small and large diameter circular knitting (sleeves and body)
Spare 3 mm (US 2.5) needle for Three needle bind-off
6 stitch markers
Cable needle
56 cm (22 in) concealed zip
Waste yarn or 2 stitch holders
Tapestry and sewing needles

Gauge:
26 sts x 28 rows in 10 cm x 10 cm (4 in x 4 in) measured over St st on 3 mm needles

Skills required:
Knit and purl stitches
Increases and decreases
Knitting in the round
Cables from chart or written instructions
Zip insertion (tutorial here)

Pattern information:
Originally published September 2016.
Current version: Elegantia_v1.0.pdf
PDF file size: 1.1MB
Blog post with more information can be found here
Technical Editor: Gwen Wagner-Adair
Model: Suzi T
Photography: Joelle Trousdale