A knit you can wear everywhere. From the club to brunch at Grandma’s. The Lara Neckholder Top is versatile, comfortable, stylish and functional. With this top you’ll be ready for every occasion.
Designed with comfort, elegance and flexibility in mind. This piece works beautifully for many different lifestyles and occasions. It’s airy and the neckband allows for adjustments, wether that means, knitting it up in a different colour, inserting some lace as the strap or even making nursing convenient. While I’m not a mother myself, many women in my life are, their feedback has inspired me to make sure this design suits as many needs as possible, without fitting into one box.

Sizes:
(1, 2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8)
Sizes 7 & 8 have not been tested yet, so if you are interested in knitting those sizes and testing for me, then you are more than welcome to email me (cassiesknits@gmail.com). I am striving for size inclusiveness and have decided to keep these sizes in the pattern, with the option to test knit.

Finished garment measurements:
Bust circumference: approx. (74, 80, 84, 90) (96, 102, 108, 115) cm/ (29.1, 31.5, 33.1, 35.4) (37.8, 40.2, 42.5, 45.3) inches. The top is designed with a positive ease of 6 cm, meaning the top will be 6cm larger around the bust as the listed measurements.
Body length underarm to cuff: approx. (28, 28, 29, 30) (31.5, 33, 34.5, 36.5) cm/ (11, 11, 11.4, 11.8) (12.4, 13, 13.6, 14.4) inches.
Length from centre of cast on edge to the height the joining of front and back (straight down the centre): approx. (16.9, 16.4, 17.4, 19.2, 20.6, 21.6, 23.15, 24.3) cm/ (6.65, 6.46, 6.85, 7.56) (8.11, 8.50, 9.11, 9.57) inches.

Sample is knitted in a size 3, Cassie has a bust measurement of approx. 84 cm/ 33.07”.

Needles:
3mm/ US 2.5 circular needles 40-60 cm/ 16-24 inches

Notions: Needle to weave in ends, stitchholder, BOR marker, optionally a smaller needle to pick up stitches.

Suggested Yarn:
The neckholder top is knitted up with one strand of fingering weight yarn.
You will need approx. (500, 550, 600, 650) (700, 800 850, 900) metres/ (547, 602, 656, 711) (766, 875, 930, 984) yards of yarn.

The sample worn is a size 3, knitted up in Knitting for olive silk in the colour ballerina, using approx. 580 metres/ 634 yards and 116g of knitting for olive silk.

Alternative yarn suggestion: tynn line by sandnesgarn

Gauge: 28 sts x 38 rows = 10 x 10 cm/ 7 sts x 9.5 rows = 1 inch (stockinette stitch)