Rai Stone Top by Ellie Norrellavis

Rai Stone Top

Knitting
August 2026
yarn held together
Lace
+ Lace
+ Lace
= Lace ?
20 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches
US 6 - 4.0 mm
656 - 711 yards (600 - 650 m)
uni: S-M (oversize) - (X)L
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

This beach top/slipover is knitted seamlessly from the bottom to the top in rounds, only the shoulder straps are sewn together at the end.

Yarns:
Lana Grossa “Lace Paiettes” - 4x color copper (005)
OnLine “Linie 298 Fashion Lace” - 1x color brown-beige-red-brown (0205)
Lana Grossa “Lace Merino” - 1x color red brown (0042)

Material:
35 Millefiori glass beads multicolored (here used: 11 x 6 mm oval)
15 cowrie shells (17-22mm)
7 pyrite stone donuts approx. 15mm ∅

The cowrie shells and millefiori beads are put on the thin fashion lace thread before knitting, for the stripes this thin lace and the Lace Merino yarn are held together/double. The beads and (later) donuts are added (only) in the front according to the pattern. For the upper part/torso and straps the work is split: Back and front are worked mirror-inverted.

All knitted with 4.0mm needles.

Free pattern!
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