Lethed
is a round yoke blouse worked from the top down with the possibility of adjusting the length of the sleeves and the body.

Work starts with a few rounds of 1x1 rib at the neck and afterward short rows for a lowered neckline. The increases for yoke and arms create a rounded yoke. The increase rounds will be worked according to your personal body shape.

Work the yoke

• for narrow/rounded or sloped shoulders with increase rounds more spaced
• for wide/straight shoulders with more increases at the shoulders.

Work the body

• straight down
• with bust darts.
• and adjust the width of the body.

The blouse is designed to be worn without positive ease at upper chest. Too much fabric at the yoke will create folds. Full bust and/or body circumference can be adjusted by bust darts, increasing or decreasing stitches.
Upper chest circumference is measured just below the underarm break, with your arms down and relaxed.

Sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
Measurement of upper chest/body circumference: 86.5 (91, 96.5, 101, 108.5) (113, 121, 130.5, 138) cm/ 34 (35.75, 38, 39.75, 42.75) (44.5, 47.75, 51.25, 54.25)”

Yarn
The samples play with yarn in two colors. If 1-2 skeins of yarn have another color, it is possible to work part of sleeves/cuffs or part of the body with another color. To blend the colors, it is possible to work approximately 8 rounds with two colors before changing to another color.

Two threads held together of 1300 (1350, 1400, 1450, 1500) (1550, 1600, 1650, 1700) m/1422 (1476, 1531, 1586, 1640) (1695, 1750, 1804, 1860) yd, Bella by Lana Grossa, Sport, 35% Cotton, 30% Nylon, 25% Alpaca, 10% Merino, 250 meters/273yd per 25 g/0.88oz.
Note! Yardage is an estimate for a long sleeve version with body length 34cm/13.5”.

Yarn alternatives (held double): Silk Mohair by Isager Yarn, Cowgirlsblues or silk-mohair by any other yarn company
Supersoft by Holstyarn held together with Titicaca by Holstyarn.
Yarn alternatives (1 thread): Pride by Wooladdicts or Linello by Lang Yarns, Cotonella by Lana Grossa.
Yarn alternatives (1 thread but a dense fabric): Line by Sandnes yarn, Belle by Drops.

The pattern has been test knitted in sizes 1-6 in 2024, but not in the sizes 7-9.
The pattern has been tech-edit by Sue Hislop www.sue-cat.com