This is my first test for Lucy (Yeon Hwa Lee) of Hamburg, Germany. Check out her cute designs here.

The lace pattern is a variation of the “Feather and Fan” stitch which has always been a favorite of mine. This is not a quick knitting project, but well worth a little extra time. Simply beautiful! The pattern has 3 options: sleeveless, short sleeves and long-sleeves. It’s knitted bottom-up in the round for the body and then switches to all flat knitting after front and back are separated under the arms. Note that the lace weight yarn used in this design is not held double. The yarn I used is very thin lace weight cotton, but surprisingly, the top is not very see-thru due to the pattern stitch. Nice air-conditioning for warm weather wear!

Normally I would knit a size 2 (and sometimes even 3). However, this pattern calls for considerable negative ease, so I knitted the smallest size. Fit is excellent on me.

I did 18 lace pattern repeats from bottom (cast on) edge to the underarm.

The lace pattern is a repeat of 17 sts. I strongly recommend the use of markers even though the pattern does not call for them (for the lace pattern repeats).

I did some additional lace pattern repeats for each shoulder straps (total of 2” for each shoulder) because I’m tall. I wasn’t sure I’d have enough yarn for sleeves, so I allowed a little extra room for ribbing around the armholes, just in case I had to make this sleeveless. The pattern does not intend for there to be any ribbing around the armholes. However, I think I’d prefer it in my case (broad shoulders).

The pattern calls for an Italian bind off around the neckband which is a lovely, very stretchy bind off that I sometimes use. However, I did my bind off like this because I wanted a little more structure on this top (due to my cotton yarn). The bind-off I used is plenty stretchy, and the neckline is fairly wide.

After completing the body and neckband, I only had 2.8 oz (79.4 grams) of yarn left. I divided this ball into 2 equal parts, hoping to get some kind of short sleeves out of it. However, for the purposes of the test, my photos are showing the garment as sleeveless.

After completing the test, I did knit short sleeves, but mine are completely different than in the pattern. You can message me if you want instructions on how I did my sleeves. If you leave your email address, I’ll be happy to share the info with you.

Weight of finished sleeveless garment: 4.3 oz (122 grams)

Weight of ONE of my finished short sleeves: .6 oz (17 grams or 80 yards) So double this amount for both sleeves.