Titania by Elizabeth Klett

Titania

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Knitting
March 2008
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
860 - 1505 yards (786 - 1376 m)
XS-3X
English
Discontinued. This digital pattern is no longer available online.

This lacy cotton top is named for the queen of the fairies in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Her boudoir is described in these lines: “I know a bank where the wild thyme blows / Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows / Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine / With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.” I tried to capture some of this magic and poetry in the design, which incorporates a simple scalloped lace pattern and a more challenging twisted vine pattern. The elbow-length sleeves are slightly flared, and the front piece incorporates a V-neck, making this top both pretty and easy to wear. The pattern includes bust sizes from 28” to 52”.