Fruit Cocktail O'Clock by Sarah Bishop

Fruit Cocktail O'Clock

Knitting
July 2020
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
1200 - 1300 yards (1097 - 1189 m)
One size L/XL
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

This summer top is decorated with all the ingredients you might add to your traditional spiced gin based fruit cocktail. No brands mentioned. It is worked from the bottom up, in the round, featuring fully charted stranded colourwork. It steadily decreases towards the waist, with eyelet detail to represent the fizz, and gently increases again for the bust. For now, I have only been able to write this in my size, one day when I have more time and experience I hope to come back and recalculate for other sizes. I have made sure all the charts work on a repeat of 20 stitches, so you can increase or decrease the cast on number by multiples of 20 and the charts will stay correct. You will have to do a bit of maths to work out your stitch count to meet your waist and bust measurements if they differ from mine.
Measurements - One size, L/XL, 50” at hem , 36” at waist, 42” at bust