Boxy Superlite Top by Allison Ringness

Boxy Superlite Top

Knitting
September 2023
Light Fingering ?
26 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
537 - 1239 yards (491 - 1133 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
English
This pattern is available from anti-quotidian.com for $10.00.

The Boxy Superlite Top is a cropped, cap sleeve top with mosaic stitch details that evokes memories of the decorative concrete blocks produced in Phoenix by the Superlite company since the 1940s.

Worked in a boxy silhouette with nine sizes and adjustable length and armhole depth, it suits a variety of bodies and styles.

Materials:

US 3 / 3.25 mm circular needle, 32” / 80 cm length

US 5 / 3.75 mm circular needle, 32” / 80 cm length

Always use a needle / hook size that will result in the correct gauge after blocking.

Sizing/Finished Measurements:

1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)

Full chest circumference:
33¼ (37½, 41¼, 45½, 49¼) (53½, 57¼, 61½, 65¼)“/ 83 (94, 103, 114, 123) (134, 143, 154, 163) cm

To fit chest (fullest point) circumference:
30 (34, 38, 42, 46) (50, 54, 58, 62)“/ 75 (85, 95, 105, 115) (125, 135, 145, 155) cm

Yarn Details:

Less Traveled Yarn, Paloma (fingering; 90% Superfine Merino, 10% Silk; 463 yds / 423 m per 100 g skein)

Main color/Yarn A: Nightfall; 1 (2, 2, 2, 2) (2, 2, 3, 3) skeins
Contrast color/Yarn B: Barley; 1 (1, 1, 1, 1) (1, 1, 1, 1) skeins

OR

Yarn A: approx. 539 (599, 685, 750, 800) (894, 932, 997, 1076) yds / 493 (547, 626, 685, 731) (818, 851, 912, 984) m of plied fingering weight yarn

Yarn B: approx. 142 (150, 168, 180, 188) (206, 214, 223, 240) yds / 130 (137, 153, 164, 172) (188, 196, 204, 220) m of plied fingering weight yarn