Taormina Top

Knitted top with lace pattern, round yoke and short sleeves, worked top down. Sizes S - XXXL. The piece is worked in DROPS BabyMerino.

DROPS 186-37
DROPS Design: Pattern no bm-049
Yarn group A
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Sizes: S - M - L - XL - XXL - XXXL
Materials:
DROPS BABYMERINO from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
300-350-350-400-450-500 g colour 25, lavender

The piece can also be knitted with yarn from:
"Alternative yarn (Yarn group A)" – see link below.

DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES AND CIRCULAR NEEDLE (40 and60 or 80 cm) SIZE 3 MM – or the size needed to get 24 stitches and 32 rows stocking stitch on 10 cm in width and 10 cm in height.

DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES AND CIRCULAR NEEDLE (40 and 60 or 80 cm) SIZE 2.5 MM for garter stitch edges – or the size needed to get 26 stitches and 51 rows garter stitch on 10 cm in width and 10 cm in height.

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INFORMATION FOR THE PATTERN:

RIDGE/GARTER STITCH (worked in the round):
1 ridge = 2 rounds. Knit 1 round and purl 1 round

PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1 and A.2. Choose diagram for your size (applies to A.1).

INCREASE TIP-1 (for increases on yoke):
To work out how to increase evenly, count the total number of stitches on the needle (e.g. 116 stitches) and divide by the number of increases to be made (e.g. 16) = 7.25. 
In this example, increase by making 1 yarn over after approx. every 7th stitch. On the next round, work the yarn overs twisted into the pattern to avoid holes.

INCREASE TIP-2 (for increases on body):
Work until there are 2 stitches left before the marker thread, 1 yarn over, knit 4 stitches (the marker thread sits in the middle of these 4 stitches), 1 yarn over (= 2 stitches increased), increase like this at both marker threads (= a total of 4 stitches increased). The yarn overs are not worked twisted on the next round, there will be holes.
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TOP:
The yoke and body are worked in the round, top down. The short sleeves are worked in the round with double pointed needles.

YOKE:
Cast on 116-120-126-132-139-144 stitches with circular needle size 2.5 mm and BabyMerino. The round starts mid back. Work 2 RIDGES – see description above.
Knit 1 round and increase 16-24-30-36-41-36 stitches evenly on round – read INCREASE TIP-1 = 132-144-156-168-180-180 stitches.
Purl 1 round (the yarn overs are worked twisted to avoid holes). REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION! Change to circular needle size 3 mm.
Work A.1a (= 12 stitches) in the round over all stitches (= 11-12-13-14-15-15 times in width)
Continue the pattern like this AT THE SAME TIME as you increase evenly on the rounds marked with an arrow in diagram A.1 as follows:
Each time you increase 12 stitches, work A.1 one more time in width.
Each time you increase 24 stitches, work A.1 two more times in width.
Each time you increase 36 stitches, work A.1 three more times in width.
INCREASE 1: Increase 24-24-24-24-24-36 stitches = 156-168-180-192-204-216 stitches.
INCREASE 2: Increase 24-24-24-24-24-36 stitches = 180-192-204-216-228-252 stitches.
INCREASE 3: Increase 24 stitches = 204-216-228-240-252-276 stitches.
INCREASE 4: Increase 24 stitches = 228-240-252-264-276-300 stitches.
INCREASE 5: Increase 24 stitches = 252-264-276-288-300-324 stitches.
INCREASE 6: Increase 24 stitches = 276-288-300-312-324-348 stitches.
When A.1a has been worked 1 time in height, the piece measures approx. 14 cm from the neck edge. Now work A.1b over A.1a and the increases continue as follows:
INCREASE 7: Increase 12-24-24-24-24-24 stitches = 288-312-324-336-348-372 stitches.
INCREASE 8: Increase 12-12-24-24-24-24 stitches = 300-324-348-360-372-396 stitches.
INCREASE 9: Increase 12-12-24-24-24-24 stitches = 312-336-372-384-396-420 stitches.
INCREASE 10: Increase 12-12-12-12-24-24 stitches = 324-348-384-396-420-444 stitches.
The increases are now finished in sizes S, M and L, but continue in sizes XL, XXL and XXXL as follows:
INCREASE 11: Increase 12-24-24 stitches = 408-444-468 stitches.
INCREASE 12: Increase 12-12-24 stitches = 420-456-492 stitches.

ALL SIZES:
= 324-348-384-420-456-492 stitches (A.1b is now repeated 27-29-32-35-38-41 times in width).
Work pattern until the piece measures 20-22-23-25-27-29 cm from the cast-on edge. Now divide the piece for body and sleeves as follows: (The stitches which do not fit into the pattern are knitted when the stitches are knitted and purled when the stitches are purled). Work pattern as before over the first 44-49-53-60-66-73 stitches (= half back piece), place the next 74-76-86-90-96-100 stitches on a thread for sleeves, cast on 10 new stitches on the needle (= side under the sleeve), insert 1 marker thread in the middle of the new stitches, work pattern as before over the next 88-98-106-120-132-146 stitches (= front piece), place the next 74-76-86-90-96-100 stitches on a thread for sleeve, cast on 10 new stitches on the needle (= side under the sleeve), insert 1 marker thread in the middle of the new stitches, work pattern as before over the last 44-49-53-60-66-73 stitches (= half back piece).
Body and sleeves are finished separately. THE PIECE IS NOW MEASURED FROM HERE!

BODY:
= 196-216-232-260-284-312 stitches. Continue to work pattern; the stitches which do not fit into the pattern under the sleeves are knitted when the stitches are knitted and purled when the stitches are purled. When A.1b has been worked 1 time in height, the piece measures approx. 27-27-27-30-30-30 cm. Continue working in stocking stitch. On the next round increase 1 stitch on each side of each marker thread – read INCREASE TIP-2! Increase like this every 4th round until the piece measures 32-32-33-33-33-33 cm from where the body and sleeves were divided = approx. 276-300-324-348-380-412 stitches. Change to circular needle size 2.5 mm. Work A.2 in the round over all stitches. When A.2 has been worked 1 time in height, the piece measures approx. 35-35-36-36-36-36 cm from where the body and sleeves were divided and approx. 55-57-59-61-63-65 cm from the neck edge. Cast off (make sure you cast off loosely; you can use a needle 1 size larger if necessary).

SLEEVE EDGE:
The piece is worked in the round with double pointed needles.
Place the 74-76-86-90-96-100 stitches from the thread on the one side of the piece on double pointed needles size 3 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 10 stitches cast on under the sleeve = 84-86-96-100-106-110 stitches. Continue with A.1b over the stitches which fit into the pattern; the stitches which do not fit into the pattern under the sleeve are purled when the stitches are purled and knitted when the stitches are knitted. When the sleeve measures 3 cm from where it was divided from the body (adjust so that you finish neatly in relation to the pattern) change to double pointed needles size 2.5 mm and work 2 ridges. Then cast off, make sure you cast off loosely; you can use a needle 1 size larger if necessary. Work the other sleeve edge in the same way.

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