Innamorata by Deb Hoss

Innamorata

Knitting
August 2019
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
25.6 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
865 - 1540 yards (791 - 1408 m)
31¼, 35, 38¾, 42½, 47½, 51¼, 55" / 79.4, 88.9, 98.4, 108, 120.7, 130.2, 139.7 cm
English
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Reintroducing Innamorata – a delicate Stockinette tee with wide front and back V-necklines, named for a favorite Dean Martin love song. Jumping from my Both Sides Now design and following its lead, Innamorata has been reworked with fingering weight yarn and is now top down. Its short, trimmed sleeves are top down now too, and worked in the round. This is a seamless design except for the sleeve caps that are set in. Enjoy!

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Bust: 31¼, 35, 38¾, 42½, 47½, 51¼, 55” / 79.4, 88.9, 98.4, 108, 120.7, 130.2, 139.7 cm
Waist: 27½, 31¼, 35, 38¾, 43¾, 47½, 51¼“ / 69.9, 79.4, 88.9, 98.4, 111.1, 120.7, 130.2 cm
Hip: 31¼, 35, 38¾, 42½, 47½, 51¼, 55” / 79.4, 88.9, 98.4, 108, 120.7, 130.2, 139.7 cm
Length: 24¼, 24¾, 25, 25¼, 25½, 25¾, 26” / 61.6, 62.9, 63.5, 64.1, 64.8, 65.4, 66 cm
– shown in size 35”/ 88.9 cm, worn with no ease.

MATERIALS
Yarn
Shown in Tern yarn by Quince & Co. (75% American wool / 25% silk; 221 yards / 202 m per 50g skein); color – Sea Star #428; 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7 skeins, or for comparable yarn, approximately 865, 975, 1085, 1200, 1320, 1435, 1540 yards / 790, 890, 995, 1100, 1210, 1315, 1410 m.
I always have additional yarn on-hand for swatching.

Needles
US4 / 3.5mm or size to obtain gauge
• 1 24” / 60 cm circular (for upper bodice and sleeve caps)
• 1 24” / 60 cm to 32” / 80 cm circular (for lower bodice – use length shorter than waist measurement)
• 1 set double-pointed or preferred needle style for working small circumferences of the sleeves in the round

US3 / 3.25mm, one size smaller than above
• 1 24” / 60 cm circular (for neckline trim)
• 1 set double-pointed or preferred needle style for working small circumferences of the sleeves in the round (for sleeve trim)

Notions
• Stitch markers
• Stitch holders
• Tapestry needle
• Pins (blocking wires, optional)

GAUGE (after blocking)
• 25.6 sts and 40 rows to 4” / 10.2 cm in Stockinette Stitch

SKILLS REQUIRED
Long-tail CO, Cable CO, decreases (ssk, k2tog), increases (m1R, m1L), short row shaping, picking up stitches, circular knitting, setting in sleeves, and blocking.

10 page pdf includes pattern instructions, photographs, schematics, tutorial links, definitions for relevant abbreviations, and a row tracker for managing at-the-same-time upper bodice instructions.

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