Summer may not last forever, but the sweet memories of hot days and strawberry picking fun are always within reach with this cotton and linen cropped raglan top :)

Strawberry Patch is a loose cropped shirt, knit top down with raglan shaping and intermittent rows of strawberries throughout. The hem on the body and the sleeves is finished with a picot bind off giving the edges a looser fit, all the more helpful if you wear it out to the patches to get a fresh basket of these sweet summer berries :) just because the strawberry plants I grew in my backyard for the summer were more for the squirrels than they were for me doesn’t mean that I have to be without strawberries somehow!

Charts are included for the strawberry motif.

What You’ll Need:

yarn:
MC: (750, 750, 900, 1000) (1200, 1400, 1650, 1900) yds // (685, 685, 823, 915) (1100, 1280, 1510, 1740) m
CC 1: (50. 50, 60, 60) (70, 80, 90, 100) yds // (46, 46, 55, 55) (64, 73, 82, 92) m
CC2: (100, 100, 150, 150) (200, 200, 250, 300) yds // (92, 92, 137, 137) (183, 183, 229, 274) m
fingering weight 70% linen, 30% pima cotton

test knit completed with Knit Picks Lindy Chain Fingering in MC Blush, CC1 Ivy, CC2 Hollyberry

needles:
main: 2.75 mm circular needles for magic loop method or DPNs
neckline: 2.25 mm circular needles for magic loop method or DPNs

notions:
stitch markers
tapestry needle
scissors
scrap yarn for stitches on hold

sizes:
(1, 2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8)
all dimensions shown are of the finished and blocked garment.

select a size that gives 0 to 4 inches (0 to 10 cm) of positive ease to replicate the loose fit of the crop shirt.
the test knit was done in a size 2 for a 32 inch (81 cm) bust

gauge:
32 sts x 40 rnds is 4 in (10 cm) with larger needles in stockinette st