Oopsy Daisy Top by Kara Eng

Oopsy Daisy Top

Knitting
September 2022
Bulky (7 wpi) ?
10 stitches and 16 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette on 8mm
US 10 - 6.0 mm
US 11 - 8.0 mm
219 - 437 yards (200 - 400 m)
XS- 5X
English
This pattern is available for $8.50 USD buy it now

You might say “oopsy daisy” when you drop a stitch, but you’ll be dropping everything to make this top. With its top down construction and intarsia, the Oopsy Daisy top is one final hurrah to summer.

Materials:

  • 8mm circular needles (24”-36” cord)
  • 6mm circular needles (24”-36” cord)
  • 2 (2) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (4) 4 skeins
  • 20m of petal color
  • 5m of center color All yarn is 100g/100m

Yarn Suggestions:

  • Qing Fibre, Melted Baby Suri, 2 strands held together
  • Wool and the Gang, Take Care Mohair
  • Wool and the Gang, Feeling Good Yarn, held double
  • Wool and the Gang, Alpachino Merino
  • Cascade Yarns, 128 Superwash
  • Any 50g/400m mohair, hold 3 strands together
  • Pingouin, Pingo Fluffy, 2 strands held together
  • Abbey Road, Truly Madly Mohair, 2 strands held together
  • Sirdar, Temptations
  • Blue Sky Fibers, Brushed Suri, 2 strands held together
  • Lang Yarns, Suri Alpaca
  • Cloudborn, Brushed Alpaca Wool DK
  • Knitato, Fluffy Cloud
  • Debbie Bliss, Nell
  • Sandnes Garn, Borstet Alpakka
  • Ice Yarns, Mohair Kan
  • Loopy Mangom Mohair So Soft
  • Hip Knit Shop, Fluff
  • Pickles, Big Fuzz

Gauge:
10 stitches x 16 rows in stockinette on 9mm needles to make 4”x4”
12 stitches x 20 rows in 1x1 ribbing on 5.5 mm needles to make 4”x4”

Measurements:
XS:
Width - 16”
Length - 12”

Small:
Width - 18”
Length - 13”

Medium:
Width - 20”
Length - 14”

Large:
Width - 22”
Length - 15”

XL:
Width - 24”
Length - 16”

2X:
Width - 26”
Length - 17”

3X:
Width - 28”
Length - 18”

4X:
Width - 30”
Length - 19”

5X:
Width - 32”
Length - 20”

This pattern is suitable for beginners! You should be familiar with stockinette stitch! This pattern uses the following techniques: increases, intarsia, joining stitches, and knitting in the round. I’ll be posting tutorials on my instagram!

Check on my instagram @karas.knit.eng and the tag #oopsydaisytop for more images!