The Classic Lace Top is a sleeveless top with a square neck, that is knitted in an interesting slipped stitch pattern combined with the classic ribbing.
It´s knitted bottom up. First the body is knitted in rounds to the desired length until the armholes. Then front and back are separated. On both pieces the square neck is formed and the straps are knitted to the desired length in rows, which are then sewn together using the three-needle-bind off method.
Finally the 1x1 ribbing is knitted in rounds at the armholes and the square neck.

Sizes

XS / S / M / L / XL / 2XL / 3XL / 4XL
80-85/85-90/90-95/95-100/100-105/105-110/110-115/115-120 cm bust circumference

The top is designed with a negative ease of about 10-15 cm. That means that the finished top will be about 10-15 cm smaller than your actual bust circumference.

Measurements of the finished top

bust circumference: 70/75/80/85/90/95/100/105 cm
length (from shoulder to end of body): individual (on the photo the cropped top is about 46 cm long)
armhole length: 17/17/17/18/19/20/20/22 cm

Yarn

single thread of Vianos by ONline (appx. 140 m/50 g)
cropped top: 200/200/200/250/250/250/300/350 gr
long top: 250/250/250/300/300/300/350/400 gr

Alternative yarn options: Mayflower Premium Merino Silk, Lana Grossa Cotton Silk, Hobbii Tencel Bamboo Double, Drops Safran, Pascuali Cumbria

Needles

circular needles + DPNs
3.5 mm + 3.0 mm

Gauge

single thread
28 sts x 44 r = 10 cm in slipped stitch pattern on 3.5 mm needles after blocking (knitted in rows). The gauge should be slightly stretched out, layed flat and fixed with needles for correct measurements. Don´t overstretch the stitches. Just enough to make all stitches even.

The needle size is not mandatory, just make sure to hit the gauge.

Difficulty level

advanced

If you have any question please feel free to ask!

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