A 1940s design
The Sweetheart Gingham Top
rewritten for your size, yarn and gauge
A close-fitting sleeveless top in a three-colour check, shaped at the waist, with turned hems. A ribbed button border runs down the front opening, and ribbed caps stand out over the shoulders like wings. It's knitted in one piece, with no shoulder seams.
- Fit
- Close-fitting with no ease; made to wear over a blouse
- Skill level
- Intermediate. A three-colour check, knitted in one piece over the shoulders, with turned hems.
- Sizes
- US 4 to 24 (UK 8 to 28, EU 36 to 56): 32 to 52 in (81 to 132 cm) bust
- Yarns
- Fingering / 4-ply, DK / light worsted
- Original yarn
- Fingering (4-ply), at about 32 sts and 36 rows to 4 in (10 cm) over the check pattern. For the closest match to the photo, use a yarn that knits to this gauge.
- Gauge
- Your own, from 20.5 to 34 stitches per 4 in (10 cm)
- You get
- Your complete pattern straight away, to read on screen, print or save, plus an email link back to it
Worsted (Aran) and thicker yarns aren't offered: the two-colour check gets too thick and the checks too large.
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What you'll get
- Every piece written out in full for your size and gauge
- Row counts with the length to check against, so you always know where you are
- Row-by-row planners for the tricky bits, where shaping happens on both edges at once
- Drawings of each piece with your measurements, and full making-up instructions
Every design is chosen by a knitter and checked against its original pattern. If you get stuck, email us and a real person will help.
This one needs a swatch. Please measure your gauge over the two-colour check, not plain stockinette. The pattern shows you how to knit a swatch of the check; use the needles you plan to knit with. A yarn label's gauge is for plain stockinette, so it won't give the right size here. Here's how to measure your gauge.
