Solar-T

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Solar-T is the summer sweater of your dreams: it is seamless, but structured, a loose-fitting slightly boxy top with phenomenal drape.  Not only is it an easy-breezy project, but it will become a staple in your summer wardrobe, a top that you’ll reach for again and again.

This sweet lightweight sweater is knit from the bottom up, in two halves.  The drop shoulders are shaped with a lace saddle, resulting in soft fluttering sleeves.  

To finish things off, the side seams are “zipped up” with panels worked perpendicular to the sweater body.  These help this otherwise drapey sweater maintain its shape. The delicate hand of this sweater is achieved thanks to the beautifully soft fingering-weight silk/linen blend.

MATERIALS
750 (825, 950, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1450, 1600, 1700) yards [686 (754, 869, 1006, 1097, 1189, 1326, 1463, 1554) meters] light fingering weight yarn

Yarn I Used: Sweet Georgia Yarn, Flaxen Silk Fine; (65% silk/35% linen; 480 yd [439 m]/ 4 oz [115 g]); 2 (2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4) skeins
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US Size 3 [3.25 mm] needle, or one size smaller than needed to obtain gauge (for turned hem and panels)
US Size 4 [3.5 mm] 32-inch or longer circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge (for sweater)
3 mm crochet hook
Spare needle
4 removable stitch markers
Scrap yarn, tapestry needle

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Bust (Chest Circumference):
30.5 (34.5, 38.5, 42.5, 46.5, 50.5, 54.5, 58.5, 62.5) inches / 77 (88, 98, 108, 118, 128, 138, 149, 159) cm

SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
To fit bust 28 (32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60)”/ 71 (81, 91, 102, 112, 122, 132, 142, 152) cm with approximately 2.5”/ 6 cm positive ease. Models have a 34” full bust and are wearing the 3.

GAUGE
20 sts x 32 rows = 4”/10 cm in St st, blocked on larger needle
Lace Panel- 4”/10 cm wide, blocked on smaller needles