FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:

Name: azalea
SKU: 351884

30¾ (33¾, 36¼, 39½, 41¾, 45, 47½, 50½, 53)" [78 (85.5, 92, 100.5, 106, 114.5, 120.5, 128.5, 134.5) cm] bust circumference / shown in size 33¾" [85.5 cm] with 1¾" [4.5 cm] positive ease

YARN:

/ sans 200 / 4 (5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7) skeins

NEEDLES:

24" circular in sizes US 2, US 3, US 4, US 5, US 6, and US 7 [2.75, 3.25, 3.5, 3.75, and 4.5 mm]

GAUGE:

26 sts and 35 rows = 4" [10 cm] in stockinette stitch with second smallest needle, after blocking

NOTES:

Camisole is knitted in pieces from the bottom up. Skirt is shaped by changing needle sizes, then further shaped in the bodice with decreases. Stitches are picked up around neck opening and cast on at shoulders, creating delicate straps. Stitches are then picked up along arm openings and straps.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

German twisted and backward loop cast ons, seaming (links provided); increasing, decreasing, twisted stitches, picking up stitches, working in the round. Charts and line-by-line instructions included.