#08 Loose Fitting Top by Laura Demme

#08 Loose Fitting Top

Knitting
January 1984
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
1134 - 1450 yards (1037 - 1326 m)
English

Summary Loose-fitting top with front and back openwork panels. Daytime (pg 49) and Evening (pg 77) versions given.

Size Info

  • To Fit: 32, 34, 36, 38”/81, 86, 91, 96 cm.
  • Finished: 36, 38, 40, 42”/91, 96, 101, 106 cm.

Additional Gauge Info
Mandarin Silk:

  • 21 sts x 28 rows = 4”/10cm in stockinette with 3.75mm needles.
  • 21 sts x 34 rows = 4”/10cm in mesh pattern with 3.5mm needles.

Sonata:

  • 21 sts x 28 rows = 4”/10cm in stockinette with 4mm needles.
  • 21 sts x 34 rows = 4”/10cm in mesh pattern with 3.75mm needles.

Additional Yarn Info
Top only requires one of the two yarns listed depending on the version selected.

Daytime:

  • MC: 8, 9, 9, 10 skeins Mandarin Silk
  • CC: 1 skein

Nighttime: MC: 8, 9, 9, 10 Sonata
NB Nighttime yarn weight also require 3.75mm and 4mm needles instead of those listed above.

Additional Materials
NB Nighttime version only

  • 82 rhinestones or rhinestone buttons 1/2”/1.5cm
  • 84 drop pearls 3/8”/1cm