18th & Castro is part of I Knit San Francisco
Print copies available from One More Row Press

“And you gotta give ’em hope. Hope for a better world, hope for a better tomorrow, hope for a better place to come to if the pressures at home are too great. Hope that all will be all right.”
—Harvey Milk

With Garter stitch edges and a Stockinette body, this slouchy top with lowered armholes knits up in no time with simple construction that is perfect for layering. The party gets going with an exuberance* of pom poms placed as you wish: along the neckline, scattered all over as shown, spelling out LOVE—the possibilities are endless! For the pom poms I turned to the expert, Loome founder Vilasinee Bunnag, who showed me some of the many pom pom options you can create with a Loome tool (plus tassels, braids, and more), and we created a rainbow of pom poms to adorn this top.

When you’re strolling the rainbow crosswalk at the intersection of Castro and 18th, or wherever you are, show off your pride and exuberance with this top.

If that’s not the name for a group of pom poms, it should be.

Sizes
Adult XS (S, M, L, 1X, 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X, 6X)
Shown in size S with 2 ¼ inches/5.5 cm positive ease

Finished Measurements
Hip Circumference: 28 (32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64) inches/71 (81, 91.5, 101.5, 112, 122, 132, 142, 152.5, 162.5) cm
Bust Circumference: 32 ¼ (36 ¼, 40 ¼, 44 ¼, 48 ¼, 52 ¼, 56 ¼, 60 ¼, 64 ¼, 68 ¼) inches/82 (92, 102, 112, 122.5, 132.5, 143, 153, 163) cm
Length to Underarm: 7 inches/17.75 cm for all sizes
Armhole Depth: 6 (6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5) inches/15 (16.5, 17.5, 19, 20.5, 21.5, 23, 24, 25.5, 26.5) cm
Yoke Depth: 6 ¼ (6 ½, 6 ¾, 7, 7 ¼, 7 ½, 7 ¾, 8, 8 ¼, 8 ½) inches/16 (16.5, 17, 17.5, 18.5, 19, 19.5, 20.5, 21, 21.5) cm
Overall Length: 21¼ (22, 22 ¾, 23 ½, 24 ¼, 25, 25 ¾, 26 ½, 27 ¼, 28) inches/54 (56, 57.75, 59.5, 61.5, 63.5, 65.5, 67, 69, 71) cm

Materials

• Top: Little Skein in the Big Wool House Sock (90% Targhee Wool, 10% Nylon; Fingering weight: 410 yd/375 m per 3.53 oz/100 g); color: Gotta Give ’Em Hope (Harvey Milk); 2 (2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5) skeins or approx. 650 (725, 875, 1000, 1150, 1275, 1400, 1550, 1700, 1875) yds
• Pom poms: Little Skein in the Big Wool House Sock & House Twist (90% Targhee Wool, 10% Nylon; Fingering weight: 410 yd/375 m per 3.53 oz/100 g); color: Little Skein’s Rainbow; seven 100 yd/91 m per 0.88 oz/25 g mini skeins
• US 4/3.5 mm 29-inch/73-cm circular needle
• Stitch markers; removable stitch markers; tapestry needle; scissors; Loome 5-in-1 Tool; Loome Pom Pom Trim Guide or 1.75-inch/ 4.5 cm cardboard round; DMC Embroidery Floss (preferably similar colors to your pom pom yarns): 8 inches/20 cm per pom pom

Gauge
24 sts x 32 rows/rnds = 4 inches/10 cm in Stockinette stitch, after blocking

This design is part of the I Knit San Francisco collection.
Print copies available from One More Row Press

From the Ferry Building to the Castro, take a knitting whirl through San Francisco. We introduce you to ten Bay Area knitwear designers, visit a dozen Bay Area LYSes, and share our favorite bits of the City by the Bay.

Want to know where to find the San Francisco that the locals know and love? I Knit San Francisco shares shops, restaurants, cafes, bars, museums, and more. And if you can’t make it to the City by the Bay, we include lists of our favorite books, movies, TV shows, and songs, so you can bring San Francisco home.

Designers include

• Kelly White/Kelly White Designs
• Sloane Rosenthal/Hudson + West Co.
• Faina Goberstein
• Yvonne Poon/Gamer Babe Knits
• Julie Weisenberger/Cocoknits
• Audry Nicklin
• Heatherly Walker/Yarn Yenta
• Sonya Philip/100 Acts of Sewing
• Juliana Lustenader
• Kathleen Dames & Vilasinee Bunnag/The Loome

Plus visit a dozen Bay Area yarn shops with Kathleen Dames/kathleen dames knitwear design and Alice O’Reilly/Backyard Fiberworks.

Featured yarns include Bay Street Yarns, The Dye Project, Hudson + West Co., Little Skein in the Big Wool with help from Seismic Yarns, Love Fest Fibers, Sincere Sheep, Speckled Finch Studios, Twirl Yarn, A Verb for Keeping Warm

Shot on location in San Francisco by local photographer Alli Novak/Luzography. Illustrations by Laurel Johnson/Mountain Laurel Artwork.

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