Maeum Top by Eunji Jang

Maeum Top

Knitting
April 2025
yarn held together
Lace
+ Lace
= Light Fingering ?
28 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in pattern stitch
US 4 - 3.5 mm
3.5 mm (E)
1332 - 2543 yards (1218 - 2325 m)
XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL
English Korean
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’Ma-eum Top’ is a sleeveless top for spring and summer. Its focal point is the ‘Maeum Stitch’, a lace pattern resembling overlapping hearts.
’마음: Ma-eum’ means ‘Heart’ in Korean.

Worked bottom-up in the round to the armhole, then worked flat.
The string, which can be styled in various ways to your preference, is made using a crochet hook.

Sizes
XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL
Bust circumference : 86, 93, 100, 107, 114, 121, 128.5, 136 cm (34, 37, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, 54 inches)
Length : 49, 50.5, 52, 55.5, 57, 57, 59, 59 cm (19, 20, 20.5, 22, 22.5, 22.5, 23, 23 inches)

Gauge after wet-blocking
28 sts 36 rows = 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 inches) in pattern stitch on 3.5mm needles.

Needles
3.5mm circular needles, 3.5mm crochet hook.

Yarn
Nakyang Yarn Vadang (100% Combed Cotton, Lace weight, 50g = approx 422m)
2 strands of yarn held together.

Required yarn quantity
3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6 skeins of Nakyang yarn Vadang or 1,218 ~ 2,325 m of lace weight yarn. (or 609 ~ 1,163 m of light fingering weight yarn)