Knitting pattern for a summer top with a waterfall collar
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This summer top with the unusual collar is quick to knit.
The download
also includes an Excel spreadsheet for converting your individual gauge. For this you will need Excel or LibreOffice; the latter is available for free download online.
The
PDF pattern is illustrated, but it is not a basic knitting course (a link for basic knitting techniques is included). Difficulty level: medium / easy for experienced knitters.
These
knitting skills are required:
Cast on stitches, purl and knit stitches, yarn over, knit stitches together, slip-slip-knit decrease (explained), increase from the strand between stitches, bind off stitches.
We need for sizes S/M/L:
300 g cotton (blend) tape yarn, Keiki by Austermann used here, 63% cotton, 37% polyamide, for needle size 5–6, gauge according to the yarn label 16 stitches x 23 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm, 50 g–90 m, pins for blocking, measuring tape, yarn needle for weaving in ends, scissors, row counter is helpful. Used here: knitting needle size 5.0.