Brandilyn Top by Quenna Lee

Brandilyn Top

Knitting
March 2015
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette, blocked
US 5 - 3.75 mm
765 - 1305 yards (700 - 1193 m)
38.5 (40.75, 43, 45.75, 48.75, 52.25, 56.75, 60.25, 64.75)” finished bust measurement, worn with 6-7" of ease
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A sweet A-line top with front and back mock pleats for a comfortable fit.

Construction
Top is worked in one piece from the bottom up. At the underarm, the body is divided into front and back and worked back and forth. Garter sleeve sts are picked up from the armhole and worked top down.

Fit
Top is worn with 6-7” of positive ease

Yardage
5 (5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8) balls. 765 (810, 840, 900, 975, 1055, 1145, 1215, 1305) yards

Notions
Cable Needle
Scrap Yarn or Stitch Holders
Spare DPNs
Stitch Markers
Yarn Needle

Gauge
22 sts and 30 rows = 4” over Stockinette St in the round, blocked.
22 sts and 32 rows = 4” over Stockinette St in the round, unblocked.

Notes
Since the recommended yarn relaxes after blocking, the unblocked row gauge is used to determine vertical measurements in the pattern. If row gauge remains constant after blocking, use the blocked measurements in schematic.