Vestvågøy Top

€4.00

Vestvågøy Top is a boxy and seamless transitional top with a boatneck, and short sleeves worked from bottom to top. This top has an i-cord finish, garter ridges and dropped stitches, giving it a unique structure. This pattern includes the option to make the top sleeveless. The top has a recommended positive ease of ca. 4-8 cm.

Inspiration behind the top comes from the sea around Lofoten, Norway, where pearl inspiration can be found everywhere. The garter ridges represent the beautiful texture of sea urchin shells, pebbles and cloudberries, while the dropped stitches represent nets and moss.

Vestvågøy Top is a boxy and seamless transitional top with a boatneck, and short sleeves worked from bottom to top. This top has an i-cord finish, garter ridges and dropped stitches, giving it a unique structure. This pattern includes the option to make the top sleeveless. The top has a recommended positive ease of ca. 4-8 cm.

Inspiration behind the top comes from the sea around Lofoten, Norway, where pearl inspiration can be found everywhere. The garter ridges represent the beautiful texture of sea urchin shells, pebbles and cloudberries, while the dropped stitches represent nets and moss.

Yarn & Measurements

 Size: (XS) S (M) L (XL) 2XL (3XL)

Positive ease: ca. 4-8 cm

Chest circumference of finished top: (79) 86 (99) 109 (119.5) 127 (140) cm

Full top length (measured mid-back): (54) 54 (54) 60 (60) 67.5 (67.5) cm washed and blocked

Needles: 5 mm (60 cm) circular needles

Yarn: two strands Lima by Lamana – 50 g = 200 m (50% wool, 25% silk, 25% alpaca)

Yarn amount: (250) 300 (350) 400 (450) 450 (500) g

Two strands Lima, as modelled in the picture, gives a thicker, squishier and denser texture.

Alternatively, any yarn that meets the gauge, for example:
one strand Regina by Lang Yarns - 50 g = 175 m (50% cotton, 24% baby alpaca, 20% silk, 6% wool)

Gauge: 15.5 stitches 22 x rows with 5 mm in the pattern back and forth washed = 10 x 10 cm

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