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Circus top in 1950s style
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Finished
August 13, 2024
August 19, 2024

Circus top in 1950s style

Project info
Kauniita käsitöitä II (1954)
Knitting
Swimwear
Tops → Other
moi
custom
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
465 yards
Novita Wool Cotton
0.8 skeins = 98.0 yards (89.6 meters), 40 grams
285
Yellow
minimani
Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine Silky Soft 120
2.8 skeins = 367.5 yards (336.0 meters), 140 grams
565 Pool
Blue-green
pukkila
Notes
  • Based on picture of a children’s swimsuit pattern seen in a book from 1954: Kauniita käsitöitä II…
  • Improvising the shape 1st top-down for the top and later on for the circular collar…
  • Collar knitted sideways with short-rows to shape the circular form…
  • Button at the back to close the collar…
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Finished
August 13, 2024
August 19, 2024
About this pattern
Personal pattern (not in Ravelry)
About this yarn
Merino Extrafine Silky Soft 120
by Schachenmayr
DK
68% Merino, 32% Tencel
131 yards / 50 grams

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About this yarn
Wool Cotton
by Novita
DK
55% Merino, 45% Cotton
122 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: August 14, 2024
  • Updated: August 19, 2024