Welcome to cleopatra top!
Maybe this is the last perfect summer top for you to shine into the (late) summer!

This top is knitted top-down seamless. The yoke has certain repeats of dropped sts, which reminded me of cleopatra’s clothing like the exceptional collar jewelry or clothing.
This pattern has calculations to make it fit your body. You may start within a standard size, but will knit the top to fit your unique body along the way. You can also choose, if you want it to be fitted or less fitted.

This top has several options to make it your own.

1. Normal dropped st look with cropped length I really adore this look. It’s easy to wear with high waist pants, or long skirts. It looks so effortlessly cool.

2. Normal dropped st look with regular length If you don’t like cropped length, you can just make it as long as you want.

3. Modified dropped sts You can modify the dropped sts to look like litte dragonflies. It looks absolutely different than Normal lace pattern and is so adorable.

4. Lace hem If you want to add some little extra to your top, you can also add lace border instead of doing garter st finish.

It’s an easy beginner friendly top, which is fun to make. But careful, dropping stites intentionally requires a bit of bravery :)

Measurements :
look at the second picture to get an impression.

Yarn :
I used 2 different yarns for my samples. The green one is made in merino singles 366m/100g. I used exactly one skein to get a cropped version. ( sample size XS)
The orange one is made in super wash merino fingering 400m/100g and I needed 110g to get a regular length top with lace hem.

Needles :
3,5mm needles

Gauge :
23sts x 33 rows in stockinette in flat and in round

Yardage in g:
cropped version approx. 100 (120) 130 (145) 155 (170)g
regular version approx. 110 (135) 150 (175) 185 (200)g

Yardage in m:
cropped version approx. 366 (415) 460 (510) 550 (600)m
regular version approx. 470 (530) 580 (640) 700 (760)m

All sizes have been tested. Size XXXL got deleted, because I couldn’t find any testers.

I hope you enjoy this knitting pattern!

If you should have any questions along the way, pls don’t hesitate to ask me. I would very appreciate it, if you address your questions in the spoonfuloftalent group first.

I wish you happy knitting!
Lucy