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With a lace yoke that blossoms as you go, a sweet picot collar, and bobbles like little flower buds, Flower Child brings a touch of vintage charm to your needles. Worked seamlessly in the round from the top down in fingering-weight yarn, it’s the kind of project you ease into and don’t want to put down.

Our samples were knit in Black Elephant Sock and Singles, and both yarns brought out something special in the lace. Singles, sock, gently speckled or solid—choose the yarn that lights up the lace and make it yours.

Construction Overview

Flower Child is knit seamlessly from the top down with a circular yoke. A delicate picot cast-on at the collar adds a vintage-inspired touch. The lace yoke features leafy eyelets and little bobble buds, worked with both written and charted instructions. After dividing for sleeves, the body is knit in the round in stockinette and finished with 1x1 ribbing and a sewn bind-off. Sleeves are picked up and worked in the round, with matching ribbing.

Top-down construction makes it easy to adjust the length of both the body and sleeves.

Why You’ll Love It

• Vintage-inspired details: Picot collar, lace yoke, and dainty bobbles
• Soft & seamless: Fingering-weight yarn + no seams = a dream to knit and wear
• Customizable fit: Adjust the body and sleeve length to your liking
• Stash-friendly: Works beautifully in sock yarns or singles

Not sure which size to knit? Abbye walks through sizing and fit in this video.

Yarn in Sample

Black Elephant Sock – 100% Superwash Merino, 400 yd / 100 g
Black Elephant Singles – 100% Superwash Merino, 400 yd / 100 g

Sock yarn adds definition to the lace, while singles give it a softer, hazier vibe. Both options show off the texture beautifully.

Yardage Requirements (Approximate)

620 (700, 850, 1000, 1150, 1300)(1450, 1600, 1750, 1885, 2000) yd
566 (640, 778, 914, 1052, 1190)(1326, 1464, 1600, 1724, 1830) m

Needles

• US 3 (3.25mm) circulars, 16–40” (for collar)
• US 4 (3.5mm) circulars, 16–40” (for body and sleeves)
• Crochet Hook E (3.5mm) for bobbles

Gauge:
26 sts x 32 rows on US 4 (3.5mm) in stockinette (flat and in the round) = 4” / 10 cm
(wet blocked and pinned)

Finished Measurements

Choose a size with 2–6” (5–15 cm) of positive ease for a relaxed fit.
For example, if your full bust is 42”, we recommend the 46” size.

You’ll find examples of varying ease in the photo section.

• Bust: 32 (36, 40, 43.5, 46, 50)(53, 56, 60, 64, 68)“
  81.5 (91.5, 102, 110, 117, 127)(135, 142, 152, 163, 173) cm
• Bicep: 10 (10.5, 11, 12, 13.5, 15)(17, 18.5, 20, 22, 23.5)“
  25.5 (26.5, 28, 30.5, 34.5, 38)(43, 47, 51, 56, 60) cm
• Yoke Depth: 7.5 (8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 9.75)(10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12)“
  19 (20.5, 21.5, 23, 24, 25)(25.5, 26.5, 28, 29, 30.5) cm
• Body Length from Underarm: 13.5” / 34 cm (adjustable)

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