Line Top Kit including FREE Knitting Pattern

Line Top Kit

Featured Pattern by Pernille Larsen as Published by Knitting For Olive

The gorgeous Line Top is worked sideways as one continuous piece, back and forth. You start with a provisional cast-on and continue with the right armhole, front, left armhole and lastly the back. Armholes, straps and neckline are shaped with a combination of increases and decreases as well as by casting on new stitches, binding off stitches and German short rows. The body is grafted in one side using Kitchener stitch for an invisible join. Lastly, armholes, straps and neckline are finished with i-cord edges that serve as a decorative element as well as making the top more durable and long-lasting.

Line Top is worked in a striped pattern with two alternating colors. The stripes in one of the colors are worked over more rows throughout than the other, making it the dominate color (MC). The contrast colour (CC) is that suggested for the neckline. How you choose your coluors can dramatically alter the look of the top – you can go for high contrast with two very different coluors or for low contrast with two coluors that are fairly similar to achieve a more subtle look.

It should be noted that apart from the first two sizes XS and S all other sizes require the same number of balls of main colour and contrast colour so you can decide at a later date which you would like to be the Ian colour and contrast colour.

Gauge 28 sts and 38 rows = 10 cm [4”] in st st with 3 mm / US2.5 needles (or needles required to get gauge). However, since the top is worked sideways, the gauge changes to approx. 25 sts and 40 rows when the top is worn

Size & Kit Information:

Your kit Includes:

• Knitting for Olive Pure Silk [(250 m [273 yd] / 50 g] in your two selected colours and quantity for selected size (see details below).
• A FREE PDF copy of the Line Top knitting pattern emailed to you from Knit With Me.

Your kit does not include other items required by pattern such 2.5 mm / US1.5 and 3 mm / US2.5 circular needles in 80 cm / 32” cable length, or in size to obtain gauge, tapestry needle, scrap yarn and stitch markers.

The Line Top is intended to be fitted and is therefore designed with negative ease and measurements are given for the finished top and the bust measurement for which each size is recommended. 

Sizes are intended to fit chest circumference:

XS: 76-83cm/30-32.75" (your kit will include 2 balls of MC & 1 ball of CC)

S: 84-91cm/33-35.75" (your kit will include 2 balls of MC & 1 ball in CC)

M: 92-99cm/36.25-39" (your kit will include 2 balls of MC & 2 balls in CC)

L: 100-107cm/39.5-42.25" (your kit will include 2 balls of MC & 2 balls of CC)

XL: 108-117cm/42.5-46" (your kit will include 3 balls of MC & 3 balls of CC)

2XL: 118-127cm/46.5-50" (your kit will include 3 balls of MC & 3 balls of CC)

3XL: 128-138cm/50.5-54.25" (your kit will include 3 balls of MC & 3 balls of CC)

4XL: 139-149cm/54.75-58.75" (your kit will include 4 balls of MC & 4 balls of CC)

5XL: 150-160cm/59-63" (your kit will include 4 balls of MC & 4 balls of CC)

Finished garment measurements:

Chest circumference: approx: 75 (80, 85, 93, 100, 110, 120, 135, 145) cm [29 (31., 33., 36., 39., 43., 47., 53., 57)]”

Body length from underarm to edge: 29 (30, 32, 34, 38, 41, 45, 48, 52) cm [11. (11., 12., 13., 15, 16., 17., 19, 20.)]”