Oh My Figure V-neck ENGLISH (metric)

ATTENTION: This product is merely an add-on and cannot be completed without the Oh My Figure-pattern!

With this v-neck add-on for Oh My Figure you can make a sleeveless dress or top with an elegant v-shaped neckline both in the front and the back.

Techniques in the pattern:

Longtail cast-on

Picking up stitches from the cast-on edge

Left and right leaning increases in the bar between two stitches

Purl increase in the bar between two stitches

Left and right leaning decreases

Knitting by charts

What you will need:

Suggested needles are 3,5 mm circular needles minimum 60 cm or the needle size that gets you the right tension (see page 2 in the Oh My Figure-pattern for swatch guide)

1 beginning of round-marker and 8 stitch markers in two colours, 4 in each colour

Materials:

1 strand of Go Handmade Tencel Bamboo Double held with 1 strand of Drops Kid Silk

or

1 strand of Go Handmade Tencel Bamboo Fine held with 1 strand of Drops Brushed Alpaca Silk

Tension:

38 sts x 28 r = 10x10 cm in 2x2 rib (k2, p2) after washing

Size guide:

YARN ESTIMATES TOP

(150) 150 (150) 150 (200) 200 (250) 250 (250) 250 grams Tencel Bamboo Double from Go Handmade or similar with a meterage of 130m/50g held with 

  (50)   50   (50)   75   (75)   75    (75)   75  (100) 100 grams Kid Silk from Drops or similar with a meterage of 210m/25g

or

(100) 100 (100) 150 (150) 150 (150) 150 (200) 200 grams Tencel Bamboo Fine from Go Handmade or similar with a meterage of 210m/50g held with

 (75)  100 (100) 100 (125) 125 (125) 150 (150) 175 grams Brushed Alpaca Silk from Drops or similar with a meterage of 140m/25g

YARN ESTIMATES SHORT DRESS

(350) 350 (400) 400 (450) 450 (500) 500 (550) 600 grams Tencel Bamboo Double from Go Handmade or similar with a meterage of 130m/50g held with

(125) 125 (125) 150 (150) 175 (175) 175 (200) 200 grams Kid Silk from Drops or similar with a meterage of 210m/25g

or

(250) 250 (250) 250 (300) 300 (350) 350 (400) 400 grams Tencel Bamboo Fine from Go Handmade or similar with a meterage of 210m/50g held with

(200) 225 (225) 225 (250) 275 (300) 325 (325) 350 grams Brushed Alpaca Silk from Drops or similar with a meterage of 140m/25g

YARN ESTIMATES LONG DRESS 

(400) 450 (450) 500 (500) 550 (600) 650 (650) 700 grams Tencel Bamboo Double from Go Handmade or similar with a meterage of 130m/50g held with

(150) 150 (150) 175 (175) 200 (200) 225 (225) 250 grams Kid Silk from Drops or similar with a meterage of 210m/25g

or

(300) 300 (300) 350 (350) 400 (400) 450 (450) 500 grams Tencel Bamboo Fine from Go Handmade or similar with a meterage of 210m/50g held with

(250) 275 (275) 300 (325) 350 (350) 375 (400) 425 grams Brushed Alpaca Silk from Drops or similar with a meterage of 140m/25g