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Melanie is knitted bottom-up & in-the-round to underarms. Then the front & back body are knitted flat separately. The shoulder straps are later combined to form contiguous shoulder seams. Finally, garment is finished with garter stitch neckband knit in the round.

Sample garment in size Small is very fitted with ~2” or ~5.1 cm of negative ease from body measurements, cropped, & falls to low waist. The designer is pear body-shaped, & petite (5’4” or 163 cm).

The garment ease for each of the sizes are ~2” (0’, 2”, 0”, 2”) or ~5.1 (0, 5.1, 0, 5.1) cm for S (M, L, XL, 2XL). For sizes M & XL, garment will fit looser but still be fitted because of waist-shaping.

Difficulty Level: Intermediate/Advanced.

Sizes: Small (32” B, 26” W) or (81.3 cm B, 66 cm W), Medium (34” B, 28” W) or (86.4 cm B, 71.1 cm W), Large (36” B, 30” W) or (91.4 cm B, 76.2 cm W), X Large (38” B, 32” W) or (96.5 cm B, 81.3 cm W), 2X Large (40” B, 34” W) or (101.6 cm B, 86.4 cm W).

Sample garment (S) weighs 230 g with yarns untrimmed & including the gauge swatch, which is equivalent to 391 m of the recommended yarn, listed in the Materials section below.

The suggested skeins of yarn for the whole project are 3 (4, 4, 5, 5). When in doubt, always get an extra skein.

Materials, Tools, & Notions:
-Yarns: Lion Brand Yarns 24/7 Cotton in Ecru #098C 100% Mercerized Cotton Medium Weight #4– 3.5oz/100g & 186 yd/170 m.
-Needles: 1) 29” or 73.7 cm & 16” or 40.6 cm circular needle (CN) in US 6 or 4.00 mm.
2) Crochet hook in US6 or 4.00 mm (optional).
-All else: Stitch markers, 4 split ring markers, waste yarn or stitch holders, tape measure, yarn needle & scissor.

Gauge:
-Blocked gauge in St st (knit in-the-round): 11 sts x 15.5 rounds = 2” x 2” or 5.1 cm x 5.1 cm.

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