Circus Top

Knitting
June 2020
DK (11 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
738 - 1033 yards (675 - 945 m)
XS (S) M (L)
Danish English

The Circus Top is characterized by wide frills at the armholes and vertical stripes from knitting the top across. Normal fit with deep armholes.
The Circus Top consists of a front and a back. It is decorated with different stripe patterns. Sts for the ribbing at the armholes, neck edge and at the bottom are picked up and knitted. The straps are in ribbing, continued from the neck edges. Sts for the frills at the armholes are picked up from the straps and worked in stocking st. The yarn Soft LIno is a mixture of linen and cotton and feels soft to the touch. Oeko -Tex Standard 100.

Sizes: XS (S) M (L)

Measurements
Chest: 78 (84) 90 (96) cm
Total length: 49 (52) 55 (58) cm
Length from armhole: 25 (27) 29 (31) cm

Chest: 30.7 (33.1) 35.4 (37.8) inches
Total length: 19.3 (20.5) 21.7 (22.8) inches
Length from armhole: 9.8 (10.6) 11.4 (12.2)

Yarn
100 (100) 150 (150) g Soft Lino Natural Line, Laines du Nord (80 % Linen, 20 % Pima Cotton), 50 g = 135 m, colour 6.
150 (150) 200 (200) Soft Lino Natural Line, Laines du Nord (80 % Linen, 20 % Pima Cotton, 50 g = 135 m, colour 7.
Oeko-Tex Standard 100

You can use other yarns, but make sure that the gauge fits..

Recommended needles
Straight needles 3 mm (US 2 ½)
Circular needles 2.5 mm, 80 cm (US 1 ½, 32 inches)

Gauge
10 x 10 cm/ 4 x 4 inches = 26 sts x 40 rows on needles 3 mm (US 2 ½) in stocking st.

Patterns
Stripe pattern 1: 4 rows of red (colour 6), 4 p of burgundy (colour 7) in stocking st.

Stripe pattern 2:4 rows of burgundy (colour 7), 10 rows of red (colour 6) in stocking st.