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Knitting Pattern: Skin-Tight Short Sleeve Top

Description:

This pattern will guide you through knitting a skin-tight short sleeve top on straight needles. The top is designed to hug your curves and provide a sleek silhouette.

Materials:

• Yarn: Sport weight yarn (UK: 5 ply, Metric: 12 wpi), approximately 500g (US: 17.6 oz)
• Needles: US 4 (UK 8, Metric 3.5 mm) straight needles
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors

Gauge:

24 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch

Size:

One size fits most

Instructions:

1. Cast on 120 stitches.
2. Work in stockinette stitch (knit on right side, purl on wrong side) until the piece measures 12 inches from the cast on edge.
3. Shape armholes: On the next 2 rows, bind off 6 stitches at the beginning of each row.
4. Continue in stockinette stitch until the piece measures 19 inches from the cast on edge.
5. Shape neck: Bind off center 30 stitches and work each side separately.
6. For each side, decrease 1 stitch at the neck edge every other row 5 times.
7. Bind off remaining stitches.
8. Join yarn at neck edge to work the other side.
9. Join shoulder seams.
10. With right side facing, pick up and knit stitches along the armhole edge.
11. Work in stockinette stitch for 1 inch.
12. Bind off all stitches.
13. Weave in ends and block the top to measurements.

Enjoy your new skin-tight short sleeve top!

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