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Phoebe Top - Knitting Pattern (PDF)

Name: Phoebe Top - Knitting Pattern (PDF)
Brand: Aimee Sher Knitting Patterns
SKU: AS-036
Price: 10.5 USD
Availability: InStock

$10.50

A crop top inspired by that cool girl you know who’s always stylish, always pulled together, and always ready to go. The best friend you can have, the Phoebe Top is the perfect easy-to-style summer cable tank top.

Perfect cable details create all over texture for that high visual impact and a timeless cool kid vibe that can go wherever you do, ready at a moment’s notice.

Constructed bottom up in pieces from fingering weight summer yarn, this top comes with fit options that will give the perfect, easy-wearing and figure hugging for a wide variety of body shapes.

Knit with recommended sizing in summer fibers for a sleek, “she is the moment” summer top, or knit in wool for spring/autumn layering.

For the lifetime of this pattern, 10% of all net sales will go to Litshop, an after-school and summer programming that pairs engaging literacy opportunities with building and making in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Phoebe Top - Knitting Pattern (PDF)

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Pattern Details

Yarn Selection

Choose a fingering weight summer yarn, with at least 2 plies to show cable definition. 100% silk was used for the cream sample.

If working this pattern as a spring/autumn piece instead, try using a wool blend fingering yarn instead, as shown in the gray sample.

Cream: Knitting For Olive’s Pure Silk (100% Oeko-Tex Standard 100 silk, 273 yds / 250 m / 1.76 oz / 50 g), in colorway “Cream.”

Gray: Wooldreamers’ Saona (50% Extrafine Merino & Manchega Traceable Wool, 50% Andalusian Cotton, 240 yds / 220 m / 1.76 oz / 50 g), in “Guthrie.”

Yardage

Straight Version

570 (650, 710, 780) (870, 930, 1000) (1090, 1170, 1250) yds / 520 (590, 650, 710) (790, 850, 910) (990, 1060, 1140) m of fingering weight yarn.

OR 3 (3, 3, 3) (4, 4, 4) (4, 5, 5) balls of Knitting For Olive's Pure Silk.

OR 3 (3, 3, 4) (4, 4, 5) (5, 5, 6) balls of Wooldreamers' Saona.

Curvy Version

580 (660, 720, 800) (890, 950, 1020) (1120, 1200, 1280) yds / 530 (600, 660, 730) (810, 860, 930) (1020, 1090, 1160) m of fingering weight yarn.

OR 3 (3, 3, 4) (4, 4, 5) (5, 5, 6) balls of Pure Silk or Saona.

Modifications

To Lengthen or shorten, both versions

Add/remove 40 (45, 50, 55) (60, 65, 70) (75, 80, 85) yds or m for every 1” / 2.5 cm changed.

Bust Darts (curvy only)

For each 1” / 2.5 cm of bust dart added, increase yardage requirements by 20 (20, 20, 20) (20, 20, 30) (30, 30, 30) yds or m.

Notions

Cable needle, slippery waste yarn, tapestry needle, and optional stitch markers and removable stitch markers.

Materials

Yarn Selection

Choose a fingering weight summer yarn, with at least 2 plies to show cable definition. 100% silk was used for the cream sample.

If working this pattern as a spring/autumn piece instead, try using a wool blend fingering yarn instead, as shown in the gray sample.

Cream: Knitting For Olive’s Pure Silk (100% Oeko-Tex Standard 100 silk, 273 yds / 250 m / 1.76 oz / 50 g), in colorway “Cream.”

Gray: Wooldreamers’ Saona (50% Extrafine Merino & Manchega Traceable Wool, 50% Andalusian Cotton, 240 yds / 220 m / 1.76 oz / 50 g), in “Guthrie.”

Yardage

Straight Version

570 (650, 710, 780) (870, 930, 1000) (1090, 1170, 1250) yds / 520 (590, 650, 710) (790, 850, 910) (990, 1060, 1140) m of fingering weight yarn.

OR 3 (3, 3, 3) (4, 4, 4) (4, 5, 5) balls of Knitting For Olive's Pure Silk.

OR 3 (3, 3, 4) (4, 4, 5) (5, 5, 6) balls of Wooldreamers' Saona.

Curvy Version

Modifications

To Lengthen or shorten, both versions

Add/remove 40 (45, 50, 55) (60, 65, 70) (75, 80, 85) yds or m for every 1” / 2.5 cm changed.

Bust Darts (curvy only)

For each 1” / 2.5 cm of bust dart added, increase yardage requirements by 20 (20, 20, 20) (20, 20, 30) (30, 30, 30) yds or m.

Notions

Cable needle, slippery waste yarn, tapestry needle, and optional stitch markers and removable stitch markers.

Size Selection

Sizes A (B, C, D) (E, F, G) (H, I, J) to fit actual upper bust measurements of 31 (34.25, 37.5, 40.75) (44, 47.25, 50.5) (53.75, 57, 60.25)” / 77.5 (85.5, 94, 102) (110, 118, 126.5) (134.5, 142.5, 150.5) cm.

The “Straight” version has finished circumferences of 30 (34, 38, 42) (46, 50, 54) (58, 62, 66)” / 75 (85, 95, 105) (115, 125, 135) (145, 155, 165) cm.

The “Curvy” version has finished circumferences of: 30.5 (34.75, 38.75, 43.25) (47.5, 51.75, 55.75) (60, 64, 68)” / 76.5 (87, 97, 108) (118.5, 129.5, 139.5) (150, 160, 170) cm.

Select a size based on the upper bust measurement. Up to 1” / 2.5 cm of negative ease in the full bust will be comfortable in this garment. If you have more negative ease than that in your size in the “Straight” version, please choose the “Curvy” version. Intended ease is 0 ease.

The “Curvy” version is intended for people with more breast tissue and simply has a slightly wider front (see Schematics). Anyone working Bust Darts will be working from the “Curvy” option.

For a case study on bust darts on this pattern to decide if you need them, see tester Sara's version.

Designer is wearing Size B “straight” with no darts. Their measurements: 32.5” / 82.5 upper bust, 34” / 86.5 cm full bust, & 11” / 28 cm upper arm. She is wearing the Phoebe with 0 ease.

Gauge & Needles

Gauge

28 sts x 32 rows = 4 x 4” / 10 x 10 cm in cable and stockinette stitch, knit flat, using Needle A

Needles

A: US3 / 3.25 mm straight needles or circulars in the following lengths: 32” / 80 cm.

B: US1.5 / 2.5 mm circulars in the following lengths: 32” / 80 cm, 16” / 40 cm, & DPNs.

For Needle B, use a needle size that creates a 1x1 rib that matches the cable gauge.

Accessibility & Formats

Large format pattern file included, with 22 pt font, black text on white background, and no italic formatting text.
All images have alt text.
All charts have written alternative.
Header structure tagged in main pattern for screen reader users.

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Skills Used & Credits

Skills Used

Previous garment knitting experience recommended.
Working back and forth flat.
Working increases and/or decreases "in pattern" during stitch pattern elements.
Setting aside a part of a work to come back to later.
Knitting cable crossings, with or without a cable needle, from a written or charted pattern.
German short rows (in bust darts only).
Applied i-cord edging.
Sloped bind-off.
Mattress stitch seaming.

Credits

Sites Support: Symphony Chau
Tech Edit: Heather Storta
Tech Edit: Sarah Endres
Photos: Roy and Aimee Sher
Sample Knitting: Aimee Sher

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