Corset Pullover by Robin Melanson

Corset Pullover

Knitting
April 2003
Aran (8 wpi) ?
19.5 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 8 - 5.0 mm
990 - 1584 yards (905 - 1448 m)
XS (S, M, L, 1X, 2X), see notes
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This pattern is available from interweavestore.com for $3.25.

Sizes: 33 3/4 (35 1/4, 37 1/4, 40 1/4, 43 3/4, 46 3/4)“ (85.5 [89.5, 94.5, 102, 111, 118.5] cm) finished bust/chest circumference

First published in Interweave Knits, Spring 2003.

Knitting Daily featured a gallery of pictures of the corset on several women of different shapes and sizes and talked about mods to the corset but it is no longer online.

The original yarn (Filatura Di Crosa Elena) is no longer available. Yarn substitution information from Knitting Daily:

Yarn: Filatura di Crosa Elena (100% mercerized Mako Egyptian cotton; 99 yd 90 m/50 g): #1 ecru, 10 (10, 12, 13, 15, 16) balls.

We suggest substituting St. Charles Collezione Victoria (60% cotton, 40% viscose; 70 yd 63 m/50 g): #2 ecru, 15 (15, 17, 19, 22, 23) balls. Yarn distributed by Tahki Stacy Charles. #4 Worsted; 12 wraps per inch.