I was very happy that a lot of people hearted my Keila top with crochet yoke on Ravelry, it’s satisfying that my little craft ideas can inspire so many other people. This time I thought I should make something for knitters as well, and here it is - the Carrie top with knit yoke in eyelet stitches.
The initial idea was to make it completely with only knitting needle. But for the stability of the knitted fabric, and for a neat edging and simple shoulder straps, I decided to use a picot edging, which consists of only chains and single crochet stitches, and should be no problem for most knitters. The combination of lace and crochet stitches turns out to be pretty interesting too.
For this make-over I used an old blouse with long sleeves, since I wanted to keep the armhole for my top. I just had to cut off the sleeves and the upper part of the yoke from the top, and sew the knit yoke over the pleated edge. Now the knit yoke becomes an natural part of the top. To balance it off I also added the picot edging to the bottom hem, just a little something extra, totally optional.
What can I say, it’s almost a shame not to share something so simple and quick yet with great results. :)
The pattern for my Carrie top with charts and instructions (written for 3 sizes: Woman’s size S/M - L/XL - XXL/XXXL) can be downloaded as free pdf here.
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