Over the summer, I completed a wonderful new summer knit top for me, thereby perhaps firming up the trend of actually completing summer knits during summer? Let's hope that this trend carries over into next year, and that I will actually finish my lightweight, raw silk sweater that I started knitting 10 years ago!
This summer, I chose the Cap Sleeve Lattice Top pattern from Purl Soho. It was a wonderful pattern, though it took a few tries to get the sizing right. I ended up significantly reducing the number of cast-on stitches for the smallest size and redoing the back after almost completing it. I also reduced the lattice top so that that mesh-like portion wouldn't sink too low and increased the straight knitting to make up the difference. The lattice portion is offset, but that doesn't seem noticeable when the top is worn. Full details follow the picture below.
Cap Sleeve Lattice Top for Me
Pattern: Cap Sleeve Lattice Top by Purl Soho, scaled down to 88 cast-on stitches for both the front and back, and cast off 36 stitches for the neck for a smaller neckline.
Yarn: Cascade Yarns Ultra Pima, 1.9 skeins in colorway 3729 and 0.7 skeins in colorway 3719
Needles: US4 throughout the pattern
Measurements: Pre-blocking measurements of a 30-inch bust circumference, 13 1/2-inch long main body, 4 1/2-inch long lattice portion, and 9-inch wide neck opening. Post-blocking measurements of 29-inch circumference, 14-inch long stockinette portion, 5 1/2-inch long lattice stitch portion, and 8 1/4-inch neck opening.
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