Interweave SKU: EP1143

This pattern also contains a matching skirt.

Pattern Description from Interweave Online Store:
This cropped top and belly-baring drawstring skirt is designed for the bold to wear over a bathing suit or with strategic underclothes such as leggings, a slip, and/or a pretty bra that’s meant to be peeked at through open stitches. Both pieces are worked in the round in a knitted pattern that resembles crochet, then trimmed with picot crochet.

Finished Size: Tank: 33½ (36½, 37½, 40½, 45, 50½)“ (85 (92.5, 95, 103, 114.5, 128.5) cm) bust/chest circumference. Tank shown measures 33½” (85 cm).

Yarn: Garnstudio Muskat (100% mercerized cotton; 109 yd [100 m]/50 g): #41 red (MC), 10 (11, 12, 12, 13, 14) balls; #38 violet (CC), 4 (4, 5, 5, 6, 6) balls. Yarn distributed by Aurora Yarns.

Yarn weight: #3 - Light

Gauge: 20 sts and 38 rows = 7” (18 cm) in Roman stripes pattern worked back and forth in rows.

Needles: Size 9 (5.5 mm): 24” (60-cm) circular (cir). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions: Marker (m); size G/6 (4.25-mm) crochet hook; tapestry needle.

Originally Published: Interweave Knits, Summer 2003