This lightweight top is ideal for spring and summer—its pretty lace detail alludes to beach holidays, ocean breezes and frothy sea waves. This is a feminine, relaxed, and casual sweater, to be worn equally well with a dress, pretty skirt, or your favorite shorts. Most of the knitting is easy, with a combination of stockinette and reverse stockinette as the main pattern.
Worked in one piece starting with a provisional cast on at the underarms, the top features the classic Seawaves Stitch on the sleeves, highlighting the curve of the shoulders. There are two option lengths for sleeves, long and three quarters.
The neck opening is obtained by a simple bind-off followed by a cast on. After working the other side from top to the underarms, the rest of the body is worked top down in the round, using the provisional cast on stitches and the live stitches from the other end.

Recommended yarn
Due to a relatively simple construction, row gauge is not essential, as one needs to complete a certain amount of cm/“ for each section, not rows/rounds. Stitch gauge is very important as that will determine length of sleeves. Yarn choice should be determined by composition, with a focus on fibres with drape and stitch definition, like silk, cotton, linen, merino or blends of these.

Materials
3/4 sleeve: 3 (3, 4, 4, 4)(5, 5, 5, 5) skeins Malabrigo Susurro 5 ply (Sport weight) - 50% Silk, 25% Linen, 25% Merino (297 metres/325 yards per 100 grams). Exact yardage: 888 (975, 1032, 1221, 1281)(1353, 1515, 1602, 1668) metres/968 (1063, 1125, 1331, 1396)(1475, 1651, 1746, 1818) yards.

Long sleeve: 4 (4, 4, 5, 5)(5, 6, 6, 6) skeins Malabrigo Susurro 5 ply (Sport weight) - 50% Silk, 25% Linen, 25% Merino (297 metres/325 yards per 100 grams). Exact yardage: 975 (1065, 1122, 1320, 1380)(1458, 1620, 1713, 1779) metres/1063 (1161, 1223, 1439, 1504)(1589, 1766, 1867, 1939) yards.

Pictured in Plomo.

Long sleeve sample knitted in Oenling 21 Sofistica yarn, 60% cotton/40% linen, 195m/214 yards per 50g ball, colour Lime.

Gauge
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22 stitches & 36 rows/rounds = 10 cm (4”) in Main Stitch Pattern, blocked.

17 stitches & 36 rows/rounds = 10 cm (4”) in Seawaves Stitch Pattern, blocked.

Needles and notions
120cm/47” circular needles, 2.75mm (US 2) or size needed to obtain gauge for working the sleeve section.
80cm/32” circular needles, 2.75mm (US 2) or size needed to obtain gauge for working the body in the round.
Waste yarn.
Crochet hook.
Ring markers.

Finished dimensions and sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9) sizes, finished chest circumference between 91 and 173cm/35.75 and 68”. To be worn with 10 to 20cm/4 to 8” positive ease. Pictured in size 3 with 15cm/6” positive ease.

This is the 4 ply/fingering weight version of Seawaves Top, originally designed for a 2 ply/lace weight gauge. For that pattern, please go to https://www.knitpicks.com/seawaves-top/p/54149D

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