Bliss Top • Kristen TenDyke Designs

This striking tunic features lace panels, wide ribs, and garter stitch worked in two different directions. The yoke is worked first from the cast-on at one sleeve, across the bodice, and ends with the bind-off at the other sleeve, with the underarms shaped with a few short-rows along the way. Stitches for the body are then picked up around the lower edge of the bodice and worked in a single piece to the hem. Lovely!

Finished Measurements:
About 30½ (33¾, 37, 40, 43¼, 46½, 48¾)" bust circumference

Yarn Requirements:
Hempathy by Elsebeth Lavold
41% cotton, 34% hemp, 25% modal
50 gram ball = approx 153 yards
• #024 lilac 6 (7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9) balls

Knitting Needles:
Bodice—U.S. Size 4 (3.5 mm): 32" circular
Lower body and sleeves—U.S. size 2 (2.75 mm): 24" circular and dpns. Or sizes needed to obtain gauge.

Notions:
markers; removable markers or safety pins; tapestry needle.

Gauge: 30 sts and 38 rnds = 4" in k3, p3 rib on smaller needle.
24 sts and 32 rows = 4" in garter st on larger needle.
11 sts in lace panel = 2" wide on larger needle.
11 sts in lace panel = 1½" wide on smaller needle.