The LAVRE TOP is part of the THE FIBRE CO.’s yarn support programme 2019.

It’s a modern cropped summer top, which is a perfect layering piece to wear over comfy linen dresses or paired with high-waist denims or skirts.
The yarn is the perfect combination of fibres to wear all year around: silk and linen give a summery feel and luxurious shine.
As you hold 2 strands double for this top, you have a nice quick summer project. You start top down with the neckline and some short-row shaping, continue with the circular yoke and its beautiful little branches motif. After some additional rounds of raglan increases, you put the sleeve stitches on hold, and finish the body in reversed stockinette and a twisted-rib edging to match the neck. Finally , you pick up stitches for the sleeves and finish them with the twisted rib.

It’s been tech edited and test knitted (most testers choose to add more length to the body - the yarn metres given for this pattern are for the cropped version!)

Sizes: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

Finished chest measurements: 87,25 / 95,75 / 108,5 / 115,75 / 125,25 / 133,75 cm ( 34.25 / 37.75 / 42.75 / 45.5 / 49.25 / 52.75 inches) (after blocking)

Skills: knit, purl, long-tail cast-on, pick up stitches, German Short Rows (please check YouTube for video tutorials), knitting in the round, knitting flat, magic loop (optional for sleeves) or work with DPNs, make bobbles
The pattern includes Charts and Written Instructions.

Needles: Circular needles to obtain gauge: one larger (recommended 4,0 mm (US 6)) and one smaller (recommended 3,5 mm (US 4 )) with a length at least of 60cm (24”)
Optional: double-pointed needles in both sizes (if you don’t want to work the sleeves with the magic loop method)

Gauge: 19 sts x 28 rows = 10x10cm (4”x4”) in stockinette stitch (reversed) with larger needle size

Yarn: The Fibre Co. Meadow ( lace-weight, (this will be held double); 40% Merino wool, 25% baby lama, 20% silk, 15% linen; 498 m (545yds) per 100g), colourway Aster

Metres needed: 730 / 860 / 1006 / 1189 / 1418 / 1571 m (780 / 940 / 1187 / 1300 / 1550 / 1718 yds). For this pattern you will be holding the yarn double. (The amounts stated refer to the total yarn needed for holding double.)
--You can use any yarn that matches the requested gauge.
--If you use a sport-weight or dk-weight yarn, you can hold it single: so you will use half the amount of yarn.

You need: Stitch markers (1), Stitch holders or waste yarn, Cable needle (optional), Tapestry needle