Your childhood ballet wrap sweater just got a serious makeover. Marie in Paris features precise contour and shaping that stands above. A smooth button closure so that your wrap never unwraps, fine finishing details, and vertical bust darts to offer you extra space where you need it most. Marie knits quickly and offers a perfect home to those high twist yarns in your stash.

Construction
Marie in Paris is worked seamlessly from the top down flat in rows. Compound raglan shaping and a precise fit through the underarm ensure impeccable fit through the upper chest. The underarms are cast on with Crochet Provisional Cast On and grafted together with Grafting Live Stitches. The neck edging is shaped with short rows.

Optional Bust Shaping
Optional instructions for adding vertical bust darts for bust shaping, in two sizes, give you your best fit.

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)

Finished full bust circumference: 32 (36, 40, 44, 48) (52, 56, 60, 64) in / 80 (90, 100, 110, 120) (130, 140, 150, 160) cm
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Finished upper arm circumference: 10.75 (12, 13.25, 14.5, 15.5) (17.25, 19, 20, 21.5) in / 27 (30, 33, 36.5, 39) (43, 47.5, 50, 53.5) cm

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Your best fit
Choose the size closest to your actual upper chest measurement: 31 (34.25, 37.5, 40.75, 44) (47.25, 50.5, 53.75, 57) in / 77.5 (86, 94, 102, 110) (118, 126, 134.5, 142.5) cm

Upper chest is measured above the full bust, at an angle close to diagonal beneath the underarms, and straight across the back.

Marie in Paris is designed to fit with approximately 2 inches / 5 cm of positive ease at the fullest part of your bust, and approximately 1 inch / 2.5 cm of positive ease at the upper arm.

Bess is wearing size 2, Cup 1, with 0 inches / 0 cm of positive ease at the full bust and 0 inches / 0 cm of positive ease at the upper arm. Her upper chest is 34.5 inches / 87.5 cm and she is 5’3” / 160 cm tall.

Yarn
Sample shown in Knitted Wit Shimmering Fingering

85% merino / 15% silk; 550 yds / 503 m per 100 g skein. This is a hand-dyed, high twist, fingering weight yarn. The yarn feel is a next-to-skin soft blend of wool and silk. This is a high twist yarn with plenty of drape. Before blocking this yarn may bias slightly. While there is drape, this is not a heavy yarn.

This wrap is a great option for high twist yarns as the shape works well if there is any remaining bias after blocking. You may also substitute other next-to-skin suitable light fingering weight wools and wool blends with great success.

Yardage (shown in French Kiss): 1425 (1575, 1730, 1885, 2020) (2170, 2360, 2510,
2655) yds / 1305 (1440, 1585, 1725, 1850) (1985, 2160, 2295, 2425) m; 3 (3, 4, 4, 4) (4, 5, 5, 5) skeins.
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If working the bust darts you will need an additional 10 yds - 35 yds / 10 - 30 m.

Gauge
26 sts and 44 rows over 4 inches / 10 cm in stockinette worked both flat and in the round.

Needles
All garment sizes use all needle sizes.

Size A: US 3 / 3.25 mm
Size B: US 1 / 2.25 mm

Notions

• Waste yarn (for the Crochet Provisional Cast On)
• Crochet hook size F or similar
• Waste yarn or stitch holder
• Tapestry needle
• 1 Button measuring approximately 1/2” / 1 cm
• Sewing needle and thread that matches yarn
• 8 Stitch markers
• 2 Removable stitch markers

Techniques

• Working directional shaping
• Working German short rows
• Provisional crochet cast on
• Sewing a tubular bind-off
• Grafting live stitches
• Picking up and knitting
• Installing buttons with hand sewing

Credits
Tech Edit: Sarah Endres
Photography: Source Creative House
​Models: Elizabeth Margaret
User Experience Knitters: Lina Schwartzenberger, Jessica Hicks, Alicia Durieux, Lena Mumenthaler, Ellen James, Jaime Brown, Kate Fichter, Sierra Mainard, Juliane, Blake Dennis, Gillian Bloomingdale, Jennifer Rackely