This cute little top is fast and easy to knit. It is worked in the round from stitches picked up from the border, that is knitted lengthwise.
Skill Level: easy
Stitches Used: cast on, knit, purl, picking up stitches, bind off
Measures: 13″ (14″, 15″) wide and 12″ (14″, 16″) long
Notes: pattern comes in girl sizes small, (medium, large). Measurements may seem small, but the top will stretch
Gauge: with larger knitting needles, in stockinette stitch, 14 stitches 19 and – rows = 4″ by 4″
-Materials-
- 1 (2,3) skeins Pisgah Yarn & Dyeing Co., Inc, Peaches ‘n’ Creme, pink lilacs – 98 yds (100% cotton)
- 1 (1,2) skein Pisgah Yarn & Dyeing Co., Inc, Peaches ‘n’ Creme, shocking pink – 122 yds (100% cotton)
- size 9 knitting needles
- size 10.5 24″ long circular knitting needle
- yarn needle
- row marker
-Pattern
border
- With shocking pink yarn and size 9 knitting needles, cast on 8 (10, 12) stitches.
- Knit every row till piece measure 26″ (28″, 30″).
- Bind off.
- Sew cast on and bind off edges together.
- Weave in ends.
Top
- With pink lilacs yarn and 10.5 knitting needls, pick stitches along one side of the border you just knitted, 86 (93, 100) stitches.
- Knit till stockinette measures 8 1/2″(9 1/2″, 10 1/2″).
- Bind off.
- Weave in ends.
Top Border
- With shocking pink yarn and size 9 knitting needles, cast on 5 (7, 9) stitches.
- Knit till piece measures 3 1/2″ (4 1/2″, 5 1/2″)
- Knit across, cast on 23,(28, 33) stitches. (28, [30, 42] stitches)
- Knit 6 (8, 8) rows.
- Bind off 23, (28, 33) stitches, knit to end. (5, [7,9] stitches)
- Knit till piece measure 8″ (9″, 10″).
- Cast on 23, (28, 33) stitches, knit 6, (8, 8) rows. (28, [30, 42] stitches)
- Bind off 23, (28, 33) stitches, knit to end.
- Knit till piece measures 26″, (28″, 30″)
- Bind off.
- Sew bind off and cast on edges together.
- Weave in ends.
- Sew the top border onto the bind off edge of the top.
- Sew the straps onto the opposite side.
