Sizes: a (b) c (d) e (f) g (h).
Your bust circumference: Ca. 80 (90) 100 (110) 120 (130) 140 (150) cm.
Positive ease: This blouse has a a fitted yoke with an ease at approx ´5-0 cm, whilst the body and sleeves have free width. When deciding which size to knit, choose the one which corresponds to your own actual bust circumference, and choose the smaller size if in between sizes.
Full length, measured from the shoulder and down: Ca 52 (54) 56 (58) 60 (62) 64 (66) cm.
Gauge: 16 sts x22 rows = 10 x 10 cm in laced Stockinette Stitch, at needle size 6 mm (after wash).
Needle sizes: Circular needles 5 + 5,5 + 6 mm (the lengths 40, 60 and 80 cm are recommended).Double pointed needles 5 mm (unless the method “Magic Loop” is used).
Yarn: The blouse is knitted with 2 different threads of yarn held together.
1st thread: “Luna”, by Permin (175 m pr 50 g), in the colour “Kalksten”.
2nd thread: “Bella, by Permin (145 m pr 50 g), in the colour “Mist”.
Amount: 1st thread: 300 (300) 350 (400) 450 (500) 550 (600)g.
2nd thread: 300 (350) 400 (450) 500 (550) 600 (600)g.
Other: Cable needle 5 mm and 10 mm elastic tread for the waist (length needed: your waist circumference -5cm) and neckline (length needed: the length of the neckline hem -5 cm) of the blouse.
Method: The blouse is knitted top-down in the round following a laced chart throughout the work. First, the fitted yoke is knitted, and then stitches are picked up along its cast on row for the sleeves. The sleeves are knitted in the round, following the chart, and are finished with a 1x1 twisted rib edge, in which a row of eyelet holes is knitted, for the insertion of an I-cord ribbon. To form the body, stitches are picked up along the bind off row of the yoke - and to make the body more voluminous, a series of increases are made on the first round. Hereafter, the body is knitted in the round, following the chart, and finished with a 1x1 twisted rib edge. Lastly, stitches are picked up along the neckline, for a finishing hem in 1x1 twisted rib, and an elastic band is inserted into the hem, as well as in the bind off row of the yoke.