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What I love about ferns is their graceful, slender leaves… and amazing resilience not only in nature but indoors as hanging plants that make our spaces more attractive and liveable.

The Hanging Ferns top reflects this duality, being suited to year-round indoor or outdoor wear if you slip on a jacket over top. I selected a hand-dyed, fingering-weight, 100% superwash merino wool (col. sea grass) whose subtle tonalities remind me of ferns as they return to life in the damp woods each spring.

Construction
The Hanging Ferns top features nature-inspired lacework in a top-down, seamless design. The lace yoke is worked circular to the armhole band, then separated and continued flat around the fitted armholes. The body is rejoined at the underarms for circular knitting and continued with lace side panels. The hem is finished flat, turned under and sewn in place. The raised back and fitted waist are both optional. The pattern contains a schematic, sizing table, written instructions, and charts for the lacework.

Sizes and Fit
Finished measurements:
Bust - 77 (80, 86, 91, 97, 104, 110, 116, 122) cm / 30.25 (31.5, 33.75, 36, 38.25, 41, 43.5, 45.5, 48) ins
Armhole circumference - 30 (31, 32.5, 33.5, 35, 38, 41.5, 43, 44.5 cm / 11.75 (12.25, 12.75, 13.25, 13.75, 15, 16.25, 17, 17.5) ins
Body length (adjustable) - 33 cm/13 ins
The sample garment (size 2) is shown with the raised back and shaped waist profile. It is worn fitted with slight to negative ease of approx. 4.0 cm/1.5 ins, depending on personal preference. The armhole circumference, body length, and shaping are all adjustable.

Materials
Yarn: Lichen and Lace 1 ply Superwash Merino Fingering (100 g/3.53 oz skein, 366 m/400 yds) - col. sea grass, hand-dyed

Quantity:
skeins required - 2 (2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5)
Weight/length (approx.):
grams/oz - 160 (175, 195, 220, 250, 280, 320, 370, 420) / 5.6 (6.2, 7.0, 7.8, 8.8, 10, 11.3, 13.1, 14.8)
meters/yds - 585 (640, 715, 805, 915, 1025, 1170, 1355, 1540) / 640 (700, 780, 880, 1000, 1120, 1280, 1480, 1680)

Needles and Notions
3.25 mm (US 3.0) circ needle (40, 60, 80 cm)
3.25 mm (US 3.0) needles
2.75 mm ( US 2.0) circ needle (40 cm)
stitch markers
tapestry needle
spare yarn
blocking tools

Knitting Gauge (blocked)
28 sts and 36 rounds to 10 cm/4 in measured over st st using 3.25 mm (US 3.0) needle

Techniques Used
joining and working in the round
yarn over increases
reading a lace chart
German short-row shaping
backward cast-on (at underarm)

Skill Level
Intermediate