This cropped circular yoke top is an adorable homage to the magical girl genre with some gender fun thrown in. Girls, boys, and anyone who doesn’t fit into our arbitrary binary are encouraged to enjoy this pattern with any colors they like! The colorwork design harkens back to shows like Sailor Moon and Card Captor Sakura, with hearts and (optional topstitched) sparkles abound.

Sizes

• Neck: 56 cm (63 cm, 70 cm, 77 cm, 83 cm, 90 cm, 97 cm, 104 cm, 111 cm)
• Bust: 90 cm (101 cm, 115 cm, 127 cm, 141 cm, 154 cm, 167 cm, 183 cm, 197 cm)
• Shoulders: 151 cm (169 cm, 189 cm, 207 cm, 224 cm, 243 cm, 260 cm, 280 cm, 297 cm)

Yarn

• 300 (350, 410, 460, 520, 600, 660, 740, 800) yards MC
• 100 (120, 120, 140, 160, 160, 180, 180, 200) yards CC1
• 50 (50, 50, 60, 60, 60, 80, 80, 80) yards CC2
• 50 (60, 60, 80, 80, 80, 80, 100, 100) yards CC3

Note: Yardage calculated based on cropped length and short sleeves.

Needles

• US size 3 circular needles

Notions

• Stitch markers, 1 unique
• Waste yarn or yarn holder
• Yarn scissors
• Tapestry needle

Pattern Stitches

• Tubular cast on
• Sewn tubular cast off
• Top stitch
• Short Rows
• Catching floats

Notes
I tried to keep the number of colors being used together at two, but the heart in the middle of the design requires 3 colors simultaneously, as do portions of the wings in the Magical Boy chart.
You can add “sparkles” to the chart wherever you like to keep floats shorter, or you can do as I did on my first knit and “catch” the longer floats every four to five stitches. It is very important to check your tension regularly if you use this second method, as it lends itself to bunching very easily. I would recommend stretching your stitches out every repeat, if not twice every repeat, to keep it from scrunching up too much.