A simple, fun knit - this is the perfect top for some cute buttons!

Featuring an easy-to-memorise lace pattern (perfect for beginners), this top is designed to fit with 0-2” ease. Length is easily adjusted to suit your taste. Armholes are shaped using sloping decreases, rather than the usual cast off method. Garter stitch frames all around create stability. Available in single colour and striped versions.

Sizes available: 30” - 62” bust (at 4” intervals)

Gauge:
In Garter St: 16.5 sts and 40 rows (20 ridges) = 4 in/10 cm
In Lace Pattern: 18 sts and 25 rows = 4 in/10 cm
(all measurements after blocking)

Materials:
Single Colour version knitted in Louise Harding Colline -
600 - 1400 m required
Striped Version knitted in Sirdar Simply Recycled Aran -
MC - 500-1000 m required
CC - 300-600 m required

Needles:
4.5mm/US7 needles

Notions:
14 buttons (more needed if lengthening top: 2 for every inch)
wool needle for sewing up
4 markers
1 locking st marker (optional for marking RS of work)
waste yarn for holding live shoulder sts