Suzanne top – PDF

Description

Meet Suzanne: 

Discover Suzanne: adorable top to wear tucked into your skirt or your trousers. Suzanne is knitted bottom up and offers many techniques to keep you entertained and to give rhythm to your knitting.

Suzanne is a pattern that will delight experienced knitters or those who dream of learning new techniques.

The techniques: 

• The back and sides are knitted in Moss stitch
• 2 delicate cables delimit the central panel until they become the straps of the top
• The central panel is composed of diagonal stitches leaning right and left in order to form a visual effect in symmetry.
• A fine cable draws the center of the panel
• A delicate V-neck highlights the bust without revealing too much
• The straps are knitted in icord then grafted in the back

Sizes: 

1 (2 – 3 – 4 – 5)
Bust circumference: 82 (90 – 98 – 110 – 121) cm. 32 (35,5 – 38,5 – 43,5 – 47,5) inches
The measurements are given for the finished bust circumference.
This pattern is designed with an approximate ease of between
-3cm and +3cm* -1’’ and +1’’ and is intended for a height of
165 cm 5.5 ft. Feel free to adjust the length to fit your height.

Gauge: 

Moss stitch: 4’’ / 10 cm = 29 sts x 39 rows (3 mm – US 2.5 needle)
Adjust your needle size to achieve the correct
gauge.

Yarn: 

Merino & silk Lise Tailor (70 % Merino SW – 30 % mulberry
silk)- fingering. 200 m + for 50 gr
Approximately:
• Size 1: 150 gr / 600 m 660 yds – 3 balls of our merinos silk
• Size 2: 170 gr / 680 m 750 yds – 4 balls of our merinos silk
• Size 3: 190 gr / 760 m 830 yds – 4 balls of our merinos silk
• Size 4: 210 gr / 840 m 920 yds – 5 balls of our merinos silk
• Size 5: 230 gr / 920 m 1000 yds – 5 balls of our merinos silk

Notions: 

Row counter, markers, cable needle, scrap yarn or cord,
tapestry needle.

Video tutorials: 

To help you in making your top, find all the technical stitches on our YouTube channel:
– Alternating cast-on
– Diagonal stitch leaning right
– Diagonal stitch leaning left
– Moss stitch
– Cable A
– Cable B
– Slip, knit, pass over (skp)
– Knit two together (k2tog)
– Slip, knit 2 together, pass over (sk2p)
– Knit 2 together, slip back, pass over (k2sp
– I-cord strap
– Sewn bind-off
– Strap grafting