Stay cool with Zinone. This casual summer top features a variety of options. You can choose between a partial-lace back or a full-lace back, and you can choose between a cropped length or a full, hip length. All of the options are easily interchangeable, so you can make the summer top of your dreams. The smallest sizes are a classic drop-shoulder, while the largest sizes feature a modified drop to provide the same look across the size range.

Simply start with the upper back of your choice, and the pattern will guide you from there. After the upper back is completed, the fronts are picked up from the upper back’s cast-on edge and knit down. The body is joined in the round after the underarms, and the rest of the body is knit with some shaping. At the bottom of the waist, you can decide between adding a ribbed edging and binding off for the cropped length or adding hip shaping and more stockinette for the full length. The neckline is finished with a simple i-cord bind-off for a clean look.

Zinone was designed with a 100% linen, fingering weight yarn that has a classic multi-ply construction. Fingering weight blends with a high percentage of linen or cotton will make the best substitution while staying nice and breezy! If you don’t enjoy knitting with plant fibers and want to use another fiber, make sure your chosen yarn drapes well.

The pattern includes both written and charted instructions for the lace pattern.

Gauge in Stockinette
24 sts x 28 rows = 4 in x 4 in
24 sts x 28 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm

Skills to Know
Knit, purl, cast on, bind off, slip stitches, increase, decrease, yarn over, picking up stitches, i-cord, placing stitches on hold, removing stitches from holders, working in the round, working flat, matching gauge

Sizes
XS (S, M, L {1X, 2X, 3X} 4X, 5X, 6X)

Finished Chest
32.5 (36.5, 40.5, 43 {47, 51, 55.5} 59.5, 63.5, 67.5) in
82 (92, 102, 109 {119, 130, 141} 151, 161, 171) cm

Suggested Ease
0-3 in / 0-8 cm positive ease

Supplies
3.75 mm / US 5 circular needles with 16-in, 32-in, and 40-in cables.
410 (460, 510, 550 {590, 640, 690} 740, 790, 840) yds / 375 (420, 470, 510 {540, 590, 630} 680, 730, 770) m fingering weight 100% linen yarn for cropped length option.
OR
580 (640, 710, 760 {830, 900, 970} 1040, 1100, 1200) yds / 530 (590, 650, 700 {760, 830, 890} 950, 1010, 1110) m fingering weight 100% linen yarn for full length option.
Stitch markers A, B, C, and D.
Yarn needle.