Knit in two almost-identical pieces, this airy linen top is accented with a daisy stitch yoke. The daisy stitch involves purling three stitches together without removing the stitch from the left needle and then using a yarn over to set up purling the same three stitches together again. This creates a lacy stitch without altering the stitch count through increases and decreases.

Use a larger needle size for the daisy stitch yoke. Linen yarn doesn’t have much stretch, and the nature of the daisy stitch is to draw up the yarn. Using a larger needle size helps maintain even width throughout. To make a longer top, increase the number of stockinette stitch rows before you begin the daisy stitches. Be sure to purchase enough yardage to accommodate additional length.