Really
Long Tanktop / Really Short Dress
Apparently Fair Isle is best
worked in the round. So I gave it a try. This tank is traditional in terms of
the patterns, but not so much in terms of the colours or the length. I love it.
In the photo it’s modelled by my sister Bethan.
Materials
v
No.9 circular knitting
needle
v
Pair of straight
no.9 needles
v
Pair of straight
no.11 needles
v
Yarn darning needle
v
200g of 4-ply
oatmeal (a)
v
50g 4-ply purply-pink (b)
v
25g 4-ply blue (c)
v
25g 4-ply pale pink
(d)
v
25g 4-ply lilac (e)
v
25g 4-ply white (f)
v
25g 4-ply yellow (g)
v
25g 4-ply turquoise
(h)
v
25g 4-ply burgundy (i)
v
25g 4-ply mustard (j)
v
25g 4-ply purple (k)
v
25g 4-ply grey (l)
v
25g 4-ply dark grey
(m)
v
25g 4-ply peach (n)
Body
Note: in this pattern, I use
‘to end’ loosely. Just do your best, and hope. Same for the pattern repeats in
the charts.
v
Bottom welt:
v
Using yarn (a), cast
on 280 sts.
v
Round One: (K2, P2)
to end. Join.
v
Work in rib as set
until 20 rounds complete.
v
Work three rows in
st.st. Then work from chart a,
doing the repeats, obviously.
v
Decrease round, k8,
K2tog, to end
v
Work from chart
b
v
Increase round, k19,
M1, to end
v
Work from chart
c
Go straight! For the armholes
v
Knit half of the sts. (133) onto a straight needle, and then work each half
separately
v
Back:
v Work from chart
v Front:
v Work from chart
Making
Up
v Sew the shoulders together
v Using no.11 needles and yarn (a), pick up and k into
all the sts. along one side of an armhole, then work 6
rows in 2x2 rib. Do the same for the other side.
v Do the same for the other armhole.
v Do the same for the neck, but start at the point of the
‘V’, and dec. 1 st. at every row where the ‘V’ is.
