Summer in a Box - sweater knitting pattern
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Summer in a Box is a boxy top-down T-shirt featuring a simple lace pattern in the upper part of the yoke and a narrow horizontal lace panel at the back. You can make your Summer in a Box with short sleeves or sleeveless, using cotton or bamboo yarn for hot weather, or wool for colder months.
The body is short and worked without shaping, but if you want to lengthen the sweater and widen it at the hips, you will find information on how to add hip shaping in Pattern Notes.
Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
Finished chest circumference: 83.5 (91, 98, 105.5, 112.5, 120) (127.5, 134.5, 142, 149, 156.5, 163.5) cm/33 (35.75, 38.75, 41.5, 44.5, 47.25) (50, 53, 55.75, 58.75, 61.5, 64.5) in. Shown in sizes 3 (blue) and 5 (green). Designed to be worn with approx. 5-15 cm/2-6 inches of positive ease at bust.
Gauge (measured after blocking)
• Stockinette Stitch: 22 sts and 30 rows = 10 cm/4 in, with larger needle
• Lace Pattern: 22 sts and 30 rows = 10 cm/4 in, with larger needle
Yarn
Smooth DK yarn: cotton, cotton-bamboo blends or merino wool.
The sweater is worked at a gauge normally used for DK yarn and any smooth DK yarn will work. However, if you want a lighter sweater with more drape, you can substitute DK yarn with sport-weight yarn that will give you the correct gauge.
Yarn amount: 620 (670, 730, 800, 870, 940) (1030, 1100, 1170, 1240, 1310, 1380) m/685 (740, 805, 880, 960, 1035) (1135, 1210, 1290, 1365, 1440, 1520) yds.
Blue sweater was made with Stylecraft Naturals Bamboo+Cotton DK (60% bamboo, 40% cotton; 250 m/273 yds per 100g, col. Indigo). Green sweater was made with sport-weight recycled cotton-viscose blend (70% cotton, 30% viscose; 294 m/324 yds per 100g).
Needles and Notions
• two 4 mm/US 6 circular needles, at least 100 cm/40 in long, or size to obtain gauge (larger needle)
• 4 mm/US 6 needle(s) in preferred style for knitting small circumferences in the round, or size to obtain gauge (larger needle)
• 3.5 mm/US 5 circular needle, at least 100 cm/40 in long, or size to obtain gauge (smaller needle)
• 3.5 mm/US 5 needle(s) in preferred style for knitting small circumferences in the round, or size to obtain gauge (smaller needle)
• removable stitch markers
Skills Needed
Long tail and backward loop cast-ons, stockinette stitch, increases, decreases, working in the round, German short rows, picking up stitches.
Summer in a Box is a boxy top-down T-shirt featuring a simple lace pattern in the upper part of the yoke and a narrow horizontal lace panel at the back. You can make your Summer in a Box with short sleeves or sleeveless, using cotton or bamboo yarn for hot weather, or wool for colder months.
The body is short and worked without shaping, but if you want to lengthen the sweater and widen it at the hips, you will find information on how to add hip shaping in Pattern Notes.
Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
Finished chest circumference: 83.5 (91, 98, 105.5, 112.5, 120) (127.5, 134.5, 142, 149, 156.5, 163.5) cm/33 (35.75, 38.75, 41.5, 44.5, 47.25) (50, 53, 55.75, 58.75, 61.5, 64.5) in. Shown in sizes 3 (blue) and 5 (green). Designed to be worn with approx. 5-15 cm/2-6 inches of positive ease at bust.
Gauge (measured after blocking)
• Stockinette Stitch: 22 sts and 30 rows = 10 cm/4 in, with larger needle
• Lace Pattern: 22 sts and 30 rows = 10 cm/4 in, with larger needle
Yarn
Smooth DK yarn: cotton, cotton-bamboo blends or merino wool.
The sweater is worked at a gauge normally used for DK yarn and any smooth DK yarn will work. However, if you want a lighter sweater with more drape, you can substitute DK yarn with sport-weight yarn that will give you the correct gauge.
Yarn amount: 620 (670, 730, 800, 870, 940) (1030, 1100, 1170, 1240, 1310, 1380) m/685 (740, 805, 880, 960, 1035) (1135, 1210, 1290, 1365, 1440, 1520) yds.
Blue sweater was made with Stylecraft Naturals Bamboo+Cotton DK (60% bamboo, 40% cotton; 250 m/273 yds per 100g, col. Indigo). Green sweater was made with sport-weight recycled cotton-viscose blend (70% cotton, 30% viscose; 294 m/324 yds per 100g).
Needles and Notions
• two 4 mm/US 6 circular needles, at least 100 cm/40 in long, or size to obtain gauge (larger needle)
• 4 mm/US 6 needle(s) in preferred style for knitting small circumferences in the round, or size to obtain gauge (larger needle)
• 3.5 mm/US 5 circular needle, at least 100 cm/40 in long, or size to obtain gauge (smaller needle)
• 3.5 mm/US 5 needle(s) in preferred style for knitting small circumferences in the round, or size to obtain gauge (smaller needle)
• removable stitch markers
Skills Needed
Long tail and backward loop cast-ons, stockinette stitch, increases, decreases, working in the round, German short rows, picking up stitches.
