Luxurious Lacy Overblouse Knitting Pattern Download

Enjoy a garment with minimal finishing, after the hip band is worked flat in garter stitch, the body is joined and worked in one piece to the underarms, stitches are put on hold while the short sleeves are knitted,and then all are joined for a circular yoke bodice, ending in a thick ribbed band.

Finished Size: 39 (45, 48) inches (99.1 114.3, 121.9] cm) bust circumference

Yarn: Zealana Luxuria Air, 40% cashmere/40% possum down/20% mulberry silk, lace weight, 191 yards (174.6 m)/25 gram (0.9 oz) skein, 4 (6, 7) skeins of #A03 Slate Blue

Yarn Weight: #0 - Lace

Needles: Circular, 16 inches (40 cm) size 2 (2.75 mm) for neck band, 32 inches (80 cm) size 4 (3.5 mm) for hip band, and 16 and 24 inches (40 and 60 cm), size 7 (4.5 mm) for body and sleeve; double pointed, size 4 (3.5mm) for cuff or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions: Stitch marker; stitch holders, 6, for underarm and sleeve sts; button, 1 inch (2.5 cm), 2 or 4 holes; button, &frac12 inch (1.3 cm), clear, 2 or 4 holes, to back larger button

Gauge: 16 sts and 24 rnds = 4 inches (10.2 cm) in Lace patt after blocking, using largest needle; 18 sts and 42 rows = 4 inches (10.2 cm) in garter st, using middlesize needle; 26 sts and 40 rnds = 4 inches (10.2 cm) in ribbing, using smallest needle

Originally Published: Unofficial Downton Abbey Knits 2014

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