The Tongue Tied Top! With its tied collar and tied sleeves, the tongue tied top is pure elegance. Make it long sleeve or keep it short, wear it with the tie in the front or the tie in the back, or make it with mohair or thicker yarns, the world is your oyster with this one.

Materials:
-8mm circular needles (24”-36” cord)
-5mm circular needles (24”-36” cord)
Short sleeve: 2 (2) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (4) 4 skeins
Long sleeve: 4 (4) 5 (5) 5 (5) 6 (6) 6 skeins
All yarn is mohair 50 g/100m (can also hold 3 strands of 50 g/400m)

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 (size up)
• 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
• Knit Picks, Wonderfluff
• Ice Yarns, Mohair Kan

Gauge:
10 stitches x 16 rows in stockinette on 8mm needles to make 4”x4”
12 stitches x 20 rows in 1x1 ribbing on 5mm needles to make 4”x4”

Note that the sleeve is measured from the neck to the end of the cuff.

Measurements:
XS:
Width - 18”
Length - 12”
Short sleeve length: 4”
Long sleeve length: 16”

Small:
Width - 20”
Length - 13”
Short sleeve length: 4”
Long sleeve length: 17”

Medium:
Width - 22”
Length - 14”
Short sleeve length: 4.5”
Long sleeve length: 18”

Large:
Width - 24”
Length - 15”
Short sleeve length: 4.5”
Long sleeve length: 19”

XL:
Width - 26”
Length - 16”
Short sleeve length: 5”
Long sleeve length: 20”

2X:
Width - 28”
Length - 17”
Short sleeve length: 5”
Long sleeve length: 21”

3X:
Width - 30”
Length - 18”
Short sleeve length: 5.5”
Long sleeve length: 22”

4X:
Width - 32”
Length - 19”
Short sleeve length: 5.5”
Long sleeve length: 22”

5X:
Width - 34”
Length - 20”
Short sleeve length: 6”
Long sleeve length: 22”

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

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