The Chainmail Blouse is a sheer floaty delight featuring a light airy fabric for the body and sleeves, accented by solid
ribbing, cuffs, puffy sleeves, and a Peter
Pan collar. The body and sleeves are knit
with the stamen st, which gives the
blouse its chainmail look.

Construction:
The blouse is worked from the top down with a provisional CO, and short row shaping for the shoulders. The body and sleeves are knit in the round. The collar is then picked up and knit flat, with a facing for a neat finish.

Gauge:
Body: Fluffy Lace weight yarn (Shibui Silk Cloud)
20 stitches and 31 rows in 4” / 10 cm in Stamen Stitch on US 8 / 5 mm needles

Collar and ribbing: Lace weight held double (Shibui Lunar)
24 stitches and 40 rows in 4” / 10 cm in Stockinette on US 1.5 / 2.5 mm needles

Instead of holding a laceweight double for the collar and ribbing, you could use a fingering or sport weight yarn that gets you gauge instead.

Sizing:
The blouse is meant to be worn with 2” /
5 cm of negative ease to 1” / 2.5 cm of
positive ease, so choose the size that has
a finished bust measurement closest to
your actual bust measurement. Also
check the sleeve cuff measurement,
although it is adjustable.

The length of the body and the sleeves
is easily adjusted.

Sample is size 2, worn with 0 ease.

Yardage:
Body:
Shibui Silk Cloud 2, 2, 3, (3, 3, 3), {3, 4, 4} skeins (330 yards / 302 meters per 25 g)

OR 522, 618, 704, (780, 856, 943), {990, 1117, 1216} yards /
478, 565, 645, (714, 784, 863), {906, 1023, 1113} meters of a fluffy lace weight yarn.

Collar and ribbing:
Shibui Lunar 1, 1, 1, (1, 2, 2), {2, 2, 2}, skeins (401 yards /365 meters per 50 g) held double,

OR 151, 163, 181, (194, 209, 223), {241, 253, 268} yards / 137, 149, 164, (177, 190, 203), {219, 231, 244} meters of fingering weight yarn held alone.

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Difficulty: Intermediate
Pattern is color coded by size and separated into sections for ease of use.

Recommended tutorials for techniques:
German Short Rows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3S9cl47PYw

Long Tail Provisional Cast On:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVi7jAHyl1o