New Pattern Release - Loveheart Crop

We've just released a new knitting pattern! Loveheart Crop is a cute cropped tee with a delicate lace yoke. The zigzag lace design is interspersed with heart shaped double nupps, giving this crop its name.

We work from the bottom up using a simple yoked construction, all edgings are finished in neat twisted ribbing, and it’s a completely seamless knit. We give instructions for 9 sizes to fit bust 70-155 cm/28–62”. Both written instructions and charts are given for lace patterns. Measurements are given in both imperial and metric units.

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And here's the nitty gritty details!

Suggested Yarn: Biffsugar Yarns Superwash Merino Nylon 4ply (75% superwash merino, 25% nylon) 425 m/464 yds per 100g skein. Colourway: Beatrix
(425, 500, 575) [740, 830, 890] {1170, 1240, 1320} m
(464, 550, 640) [810, 910, 970] {1280, 1360, 1440} yds
 
Dimensions (Metric):
To fit bust (70-75, 80-85, 90-95) [100-105, 110-115, 120-125] {130-135, 140-145, 150-155} cm
Bust: (75, 85, 96) [105, 117, 125] {138, 146, 155} cm
Yoke Depth (10, 10, 10) [12.5, 12.5, 12.5] {15, 15, 15} cm
Length Underarm to Hem: (25, 25, 25) [27.5, 27.5, 27.5] {30, 30, 30} cm
Upper sleeve circumference: (25, 30, 30) [34, 37.5, 37.5] {46, 46, 50} cm
 
Dimensions (Imperial):
To fit bust (28-30, 32-34, 36-38) [40-42, 44-46, 48-50] {52-54, 56-58, 60-62}”
Bust: (30, 33½, 38½,) [42, 46½, 50] {55, 58½, 62}”
Yoke depth: (4, 4, 4) [5, 5, 5] {6, 6, 6}”
Length Underarm to Hem: (10, 10, 10) [11, 11, 11] {12, 12, 12}”
Upper sleeve circumference: (10, 11½, 11½) [13½, 15, 15] {18½, 18½, 20}”
 
Needles: 4 mm/US 6 75 cm/30” circular needle or as required to achieve correct gauge, if you don’t like working magic loop you may also require a shorter 4 mm/US 6 40 cm / 16” circular needle, 3.5 mm/US 4 75 cm/30” circular needle for cast on, 4 mm/US 6 dpns for finishing sleeves, you may wish to use a small crochet hook for k5togs in nupps.
 
Gauge: 24 sts and 32 rows = 10 cm/4” in stocking stitch after blocking.
 
Extras: Tapestry needle for weaving in loose ends, one stitch marker, crochet hook 4 mm/US 6 or larger, waste yarn in a contrasting colour for provisional crochet cast on.
 
Techniques: Knit and purl including into back loops, able to work in the round, able to cast on and bind off, lace sts including more difficult stitches: k2tog, k3tog, k5tog, ssk, sk2p, working double nupps (instructions given), provisional crochet cast on (link to tutorial given).

An extra note on double nupps!

In the photographed pattern, I worked nupps as follows.
Double Nupp: k3tog very loosely, pulling yarn through further than usual, without slipping them off the left needle, then (yo, k3tog loosely) into the same three sts five times. You should have 11 stitches from 3. Drop the 3 sts from the left needle. On the next round when you get to these 11 sts, k5tog, k1, k5tog.

However, one of my fabulous testers worked them in a slightly different way, which I though was worth sharing! On the second round, she worked the 11 sts as k5tog, k1, k5tog through back loops.

Here's what the two look like:

The one on the left is done as stared in the pattern, and the one on the right uses k5tog tbl. Your choice which one you prefer!!