Ember Crop is a quick and easy backless crop top with a little bit of bold texture, a little bit of mosaic colorwork, and a lot of i-cord.

I had some yarn I loved and too much work to do anything other than ignore it and start a new project. From that spark of love and procrastination came the Ember Crop. It is worked flat, from the top down, and is the epitome of cool and comfortable summer lounge wear.

This recipe is just a slightly cleaned up version of my working notes, to help you along if you want to make your own Ember Crop. This is not a carefully crafted, edited, or tested pattern. Your mileage will vary.

_Size_
Flexible fit that is based on your actual chest measurement, trying on as you go, and adjustable straps in the final garment. My chest is about 36 inches (I typically wear a US Medium), and I think you are likely to get a good fit from this recipe if your chest is within about 10 inches of that size. But I haven’t tested it, so no promises.

If your chest circumference is larger than about 46”, you may need to make some more significant modifications. I am looking to learn more about designing to fit larger bodies, so I am eager for feedback on fit with this recipe, and I may be able to help with knitting math if you want support with making adjustments for a larger chest. Please message me if you are crafting for a chest of about 45 inches or larger and want to work with me on adjusting this design to fit you. I am a one-person operation and a fairly new knitting designer, so I can’t promise anything but I will do my best.

_Yarn_
Size Medium took about 230 yards total in sport weight yarn, approximately equal amounts of each color. 2 colors. Yarn characteristics: approx 130yd/50g, sport weight yarn that is next-to-skin soft and reasonably strong.

I used stash yarn that had been calling out to me for over a year to be paired together into something, but I only had 50g of each so it needed to be a small project.
MC: Lang Yarns Omega, 50% nylon/50% acrylic, plied yarn, 130m/50g. Unknown color name, but it looks like a medium heather grey.
CC: Schoeller+Stahl Bahia, 50% viscose/50%acrylic, plied yarn, 106m/50g. Unknown color name, but it looks like a deep tangerine.