Crop top Summer

This short and airy summer top is knitted with a 100% cotton yarn. You can wear this top on really hot days. If it is a little bit cooler, you can wear a blouse underneath, so that you can enjoy it for a long time.

Top Summer is knitted bottom up. It is knitted in the round till the armholes. Then divided in a front and back piece and knitted flat. You have to decrease stitches for front and back sides and cast on stitches for the neck band. There is no front or back to this vest. Both sides are identical.

This top is described in 6 sizes (XS, S, M, L, XL and XXL) see chart below. And is available in English and Dutch.

Level intermediate; you must have knowledge of:
o Slip stitches (explained in the pattern)
o Decreasing (also explained in the pattern)
o Knit and Purl stitches
o Knitting in the round and knitting back and forth
o Casting on stitches for neck band

Gauge: 20 stitches and 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 inch (stockinette stitch; knit on right side; purl on wrong side)

Materials:

• Yarn with yarn weight Aran / worsted (I have used Lang Yarns Wool Addicts Sunshine; 50 grams = 95 meters / 104 yards)
• Circular knitting needles US 7 / UK 7 (= 4.5 mm) with a length of 60 cm
• Needle to finish threads
• Stitch marker

Sizes: XS S M L XL XXL
For bust in cm 74-80 81-86 91-97 102-107 112-117 122-127
For bust in inch 29-32 32-34 36-38 40-42 44-46 48-50

Top finished size
Circumference top in cm 86 94 102 114 128 140
Circumference top in inch 33.9 37 40 44.9 50.4 55
Length top center front in cm 37.5 39.5 40.5 42.5 44 46
Length top center front in inch 14.8 15.6 16 16.7 17.3 18

Amount
meters 315 360 390 420 505 590
yards 345 395 425 460 550 645
Skeins LangYarns Wooladdict Sunshine 4 4 5 5 6 7