Flying Home Top
By
Toqu Tigu
**Sizes:** 1 (2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9)
**Finished measurements:** 39¼ (42½, 45, 48¾, 52)(54½, 58¼, 62½, 66¾)" / 99.5 (108, 114.5, 124, 132)(138.5, 148, 159, 169.5) cm full bust circumference with recommended positive ease of 4-8" / 10-15 cm
*Sample is Size 2 worn with 7.5" / 19 cm of positive ease*
**Construction:** You will knit this tank top sideways and seamlessly. You will start at the Back Center with a provisional cast on, work the right half of the Back, and then the right half of the Front. Next, you will pick up provisional stitches from the Back Center, work the left half of the Back, and then the left half of the Front. You will then graft the two halves of the Front in the center. Finally, you will pick up sts along armholes and work applied I-Cords, which extend into I-Cord shoulder straps.
**Yarn:** Knit Picks Lindy Chain; 70% linen, 30% pima cotton; 180 yards/165 meters/50g
Black colorway
**Yardage:**
700 (750, 870, 950, 1050)[1150, 1250, 1400, 1550] yards /
640 (685, 795, 870, 960)[1050, 1145, 1280, 1420] meters
**Gauge:** 26 sts and 38 rows in Stockinette = 4" / 10 cm after wet-blocking
**Needles:** 32" circular needles and DPNs in size necessary to obtain gauge (recommended size US 3 [3.25 mm])
*The pattern has been tech-edited and tested.*
**Finished measurements:** 39¼ (42½, 45, 48¾, 52)(54½, 58¼, 62½, 66¾)" / 99.5 (108, 114.5, 124, 132)(138.5, 148, 159, 169.5) cm full bust circumference with recommended positive ease of 4-8" / 10-15 cm
*Sample is Size 2 worn with 7.5" / 19 cm of positive ease*
**Construction:** You will knit this tank top sideways and seamlessly. You will start at the Back Center with a provisional cast on, work the right half of the Back, and then the right half of the Front. Next, you will pick up provisional stitches from the Back Center, work the left half of the Back, and then the left half of the Front. You will then graft the two halves of the Front in the center. Finally, you will pick up sts along armholes and work applied I-Cords, which extend into I-Cord shoulder straps.
**Yarn:** Knit Picks Lindy Chain; 70% linen, 30% pima cotton; 180 yards/165 meters/50g
Black colorway
**Yardage:**
700 (750, 870, 950, 1050)[1150, 1250, 1400, 1550] yards /
640 (685, 795, 870, 960)[1050, 1145, 1280, 1420] meters
**Gauge:** 26 sts and 38 rows in Stockinette = 4" / 10 cm after wet-blocking
**Needles:** 32" circular needles and DPNs in size necessary to obtain gauge (recommended size US 3 [3.25 mm])
*The pattern has been tech-edited and tested.*
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