Swing top
Finished
June 9, 2018
June 14, 2018

Swing top

Project info
Knitting
TopsSleeveless Top
Julia
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
20 stitches and 26 rows
in Stocking Stitch
Outlaw Yarn Bohemia (was Worsted)
70 yards in stash
2.68 skeins = 586.2 yards (536.0 meters), 268 grams
Fog
Notes

Copying the one of Julia’s beloved sleeveless knits no longer available from Elf. The Outlaw Bohemia Worsted is not the same gauge, but the shaping is pretty easy. Interesting side panels under the arms adds to the shaping and slip stitch ribbing edge on the inside of the arm scythe which is knitted in at the same time.

The yarn is beautiful and warm, but the alpaca and possum content makes me itch.

12 July 2021

In answer to a question, here are my very rough notes. This is not a pattern and it is not sized and I can’t guarantee your finished garment will look the same..

I didn’t have a pattern, but followed an existing vest that my friend already had. I just counted the rows and stitches and calculated the shaping based on the tension of the yarn she chose. It was much easier than I thought.

I measured the garment flat and worked out the number of stitches I needed to start with and the number I needed to end up with at the underarm, so in this instance it was 65cm at the bottom and 48cm at the top (flat) and the side seam was 31cm. I worked out my tension and knit to the underarm, decreasing, in my case every 9 rows (I was knitting in the round with a faux seam stitch at each side seam).

The underarm shaping was different for the front and back with more on the front (7 every two rows, and 3 every 4 rows) than the back (7 every two rows) cutting in the front arm scythe and making the back broader. The numbers are for each side. I did 29 ‘slipped rows’ (the stitches on the inside of the arm holes are slipped to created a facing) so 58 rows from underarm to shoulder. All these decreases are based on my tension for that particular yarn.

The neck shaping was pretty easy. I subtracted the centre 10cm from my remaining stitches and measured the number of stitches I needed on the top of the shoulder (12 stitches) and worked out my decreases from there. On the back I decreased every row (19 decreases each side). To calculate when to start the back neck shaping, subtract the number of shaping rows from the total arm hole depth required. I started the front neck shaping about 5cm after the last front arm scythe shaping, but as I had 3 less stitches to decrease each side, I decreased every row as before to 12 stitches and then did a few final rows without any decreases.

I picked up and purled the neckband before starting the rib. I’m pretty sure I used a 3:4 ratio.

The cast on is crochet to match the the cast off for the neck. The shoulder seams joined with a three needle bind-off.

It was interesting to see how the original garment was constructed, much more like a sewing pattern than a contemporary knitting pattern. Everything was seamed including the neckband.

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Finished
June 9, 2018
June 14, 2018
 
About this pattern
Personal pattern (not in Ravelry)
About this yarn
by Outlaw Yarn
DK
45% Alpaca, 45% Polwarth, 10% Possum
219 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: June 12, 2018
  • Finished: June 14, 2018
  • Updated: July 8, 2022
  • Progress updates: 2 updates