“Aqua“ is an oversized casual top, which can be worn either as a sleeveless summer shirt or as a comfy long-sleeved sweater.
With a simple shape it is designed to highlight yarn and color combinations, and with its wide, boxy fit and cropped hem it is perfect as a layering piece for your wardrobe.
Worked seamlessly from the top down, you start at the shoulders, working the back and front of the yoke flat. Neckline and shoulder shaping are done exclusively with short rows. Both parts are then joined to continue the body in the round.
For the long-sleeved version, stitches are picked up around the armhole opening and worked top-down in the round.

SIZES:

XS (S, M, L, XL)

Sample worn with approx. 48 cm/19” positive ease. Designed to be worn with a positive ease between 38-50 cm/15-20”

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:

Bust circumference: 123 (136, 151, 166, 181) cm/48½ (53½, 59½, 65¼, 71¼)“.

NEEDLES:

6.5 mm/US 10½ circular needle (80 cm/32”)
6.0 mm/US 10 circular needle (80 cm/32”)

YARN:

The sample is knit with four strands held together, two each of two different yarns. Two yarn combinations are used throughout the sweater.

Quince & Co Sparrow (154 m (168 yds)/50g), in colorways Blue Spruce (C1) and Surf (C2).
ITO Kinu (425 m (464 yds)/50g), in colorways Capri Blue (C3) and Snow Gray (C4).

Other yarn combinations or just a single bulky yarn can be used as well, everything that gives you the correct gauge.

YARDAGE:

Sleeveless version:

C1 & C2: approx. 391 (454, 532, 625, 729) m/428 (496, 582, 684, 797) yds;
C3: approx. 451 (519, 604, 714, 825) m/493 (568, 661, 781, 902) yds;
C4: approx. 336 (400, 459, 540, 633) m/367 (437, 502, 591, 692) yds.

Longsleeve version:

C1 & C2: approx. 555 (643, 755, 885, 1031) m/607 (703, 826, 968, 1128) yds;
C3: approx. 600 (695, 817, 954, 1114) m/656 (760, 893, 1043, 1218) yds;
C4: approx. 510 (591, 693, 816, 948) m/558 (646, 758, 892, 1037) yds.

GAUGE:

13 sts and 18 rows in 10 cm/4 “ on larger needle in stockinette worked in the round (blocked).

OTHERS:

Tapestry needle
Two different stitch markers
Extra/additional circular needle
Waste yarn
Crochet hook