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Getting Started
In this project, you’ll use stitches that defy conventional knitting and seemingly float in air. If you’re accustomed to using worsted weight yarns and needles of a specific size, don’t be afraid to try a new approach: the secret to this project is that it’s simply two different weights of yarn holding each other together. Using larger needles and finer yarn gives the stitches an open and airy look, and the combination of fine and bulky yarn gives this top a distinctive look and texture.
Recommended Tools
Good needles can make all the difference in your knitting experience. For silk, cashmere, and mohair, rosewood needles work especially well. Rosewood is softer than bamboo, smooth, and extremely lightweight. These needles have become popular and are available through most yarn shops and online retailers. You’ll find that your hands don’t get tired as easily with these needles, and the yarn stays put without slipping.
Skill Level
- Intermediate
You Will Need
- Approximately, 564 (752, 752, 940)yd/516 (688, 688, 860)m Merino wool medium-weight yarn (yarn A)
- Approximately 690 (920, 920, 920)yd/630 (840, 840, 840)m mohair/silk blend superfine yarn (yarn B)
- Scrap yarn for provisional casting-on and holding stitches
- Knitting needles, 5mm (size 8 U.S.) or size to maintain gauge, and same-size extra needle for 3-needle binding off
- Pair of stitch holders
- Tapestry needle
Gauge
- 18 sts and 40 rows = 4"/10cm in Slip Stitch Pattern 4
- Always take time to check your gauge.
Pattern Stitches
Slip Stitch Pattern 1
- (Multiple of 4 sts, plus 3)
- Row 1 (RS): With yarn A, *k3, sl 1 wyib; repeat from * across to last 3 sts, k3.
- Row 2: With A, *k3, sl 1 wyif; repeat from * across to last 3 sts, k3.
- Row 3: With B, k1, *sl 1 wyib, k3; repeat from * across to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyib, k1.
- Row 4: With B, k1, *sl 1 wyif, k3; repeat from * across to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyif, k1.
- Row 5: With B, knit across.
- Row 6: With B, k1, purl across to last st, k1.
Slip Stitch Pattern 2, with Short Rows
- (Multiple of 4 sts, plus 3)
- Each time you repeat this pattern, you will purl a different number of stitches on Row 6 for the short rows, as indicated below.
- Row 1 (RS): With A, *k3, sl 1 wyib; repeat from * across to last 3 sts, k3.
- Row 2: With A, *k3, sl 1 wyif; repeat from * across to last 3 sts, k3.
- Row 3: With B, k1, *sl 1 wyib, k3; repeat from * across to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyib, k1.
- Row 4: With B, k1, *sl 1 wyif, k3; repeat from * across to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyif, k1.
- Row 5: With B, k across.
- Row 6 (short row): With B, p26 (on the first time you work this row), wrap, turn; k to end; turn work and p across all sts to end, picking up wrap. The next time you repeat this pattern row, p22, the following time, p18 sts, then p26 sts as you work across Row 6, to repeat the sequence.
Slip Stitch Pattern 3, with Short Rows
- (Multiple of 4 sts, plus 3)
- Each time you repeat this pattern, you will knit a different number of stitches on Row 5 for the short rows, as indicated below.
- Row 1 (RS): With A, *k3, sl 1 wyib; repeat from * across to last 3 sts, k3.
- Row 2: With A, *k3, sl 1 wyif; repeat from * across to last 3 sts, k3.
- Row 3: With B, k1, *sl 1 wyib, k3; repeat from * across to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyib, k1.
- Row 4: With B, k1, *sl 1 wyif, k3; repeat from * across to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyif, k1.
- Row 5 (short row): With B, k26 (on first time you work this row), wrap, turn; p to end; turn and k across all sts to end, picking up wrap. The next time you repeat this row, k22 sts, the following time 18, then 26 sts as you work across Row 5, to repeat the sequence.
- Row 6: With B, p across.
Slip Stitch Pattern 4
- (Multiple of 4 sts, plus 3)
- Row 1 (RS): With yarn A, *k3, sl 1 wyib; repeat from * across to last 3 sts, k3.
- Row 2: With A, *k3, sl 1 wyif; repeat from * across to last 3 sts, k3.
- Row 3: With B, k1, * sl 1 wyib, k3; repeat from * across to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyib, k1.
- Row 4: With B, k1, * sl 1 wyif, k3; repeat from * across to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyif, k1.
Materials Used in the Featured Tunic
- Yarn A, 3 (4, 4, 5) skeins of Artyarn’s Ultramerino 8, 100% Merino wool medium-weight yarn, 3-1⁄2oz/100g = 188yd/172m per skein, in color #201, rust orange
- Yarn B, 3 (4, 4, 4) skeins of Artyarn’s Silk Mohair, 70% kid mohair/30% silk blend superfine yarn, .9oz/25g = 230yd/210m per skein, in color #136, variegated colors
Sizes
- Small (Medium, Large, X-Large)
Finished Measurements
- Bust, about 32 (35, 39, 42)"/81 (89, 99, 106.5)cm
- Bottom edge, 43-1⁄2 (48, 52-1⁄2, 57)"/110.5 (122, 133.5, 145)cm
- Length to armhole, 17 (17-1⁄2, 18, 18-1⁄2)"/43 (44.5, 45.5, 47)cm
- Total length, 25 (26, 27, 28)"/63.5 (66, 68.5, 71)cm
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