Knitting a crop top can be as fun as a sunny picnic in the park! Picture this: you, a pair of needles, some delightful yarn, and a super cool tutorial that's as breezy as it gets. We're talking about whipping up your very own knit crop top without breaking a sweat.
Knit Crop Top Tutorial
Materials:
- Iron worsted size 4 yarn (~250 meters)
- Size 9 mm knitting needles (straight or circular as preferred)
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
Instructions:
Cast On:
- Make a slip knot.
- Cast on stitches according to the size you're making:
- Extra Small: Cast on 41 stitches
- Small: Cast on 47 stitches
- Medium: Cast on 51 stitches
- Large: Cast on 57 stitches
- Extra Large: Cast on 61 stitches
Begin Pattern:
Row 1:
- Knit 1 stitch, purl 1 stitch, repeat across the row, ending with a knit stitch.
Continuing Rows:
- Continue the knit 1, purl 1 pattern until you have completed 34 rows in total, or adjust the number of rows for the desired length from the armpit down.
Create Armholes:
Creating the First Armhole:
- At the beginning of the next row, bind off the following number of stitches according to your size to create the first armhole:
- Extra Small: Bind off 9 stitches
- Small: Bind off 11 stitches
- Medium: Bind off 12 stitches
- Large: Bind off 14 stitches
- Extra Large: Bind off 15 stitches
- Continue with knit 1, purl 1 pattern for the rest of the row.
Creating the Second Armhole:
- Bind off the same number of stitches at the beginning of the following row to create the second armhole.
- Continue with the knit 1, purl 1 pattern to the end of the row.
Continue Body:
- Continue the seed stitch pattern (knit 1, purl 1) until the following total row count is met for your size:
- Extra Small: 51 rows
- Small: 55 rows
- Medium: 59 rows
- Large: 63 rows
- Extra Large: 67 rows
- Adjust the first stitch of the row if necessary to maintain the seed stitch texture.
Straps:
First Strap:
- Purl the first 2 stitches of the next row.
- Bind off until you have the last 2 stitches, keeping those 2 stitches unworked as one strap.
- Work back and forth on these 2 stitches (knit on the right side and purl on the wrong side) for 16 rows or until the strap reaches the desired length.
- Bind off the strap.
Second Strap:
- Reattach the yarn to the last 2 stitches on the other side.
- Repeat the same steps as the first strap to create the second strap.
Back Panel:
- Make a back panel identical to the front, but without straps:
- Use the same instructions and size-specific cast on and row numbers.
- After completing the required length, bind off all stitches.
Assembly:
- Place the front and back panels together, right sides facing out.
- Hand sew from the bottom of the armholes on both sides to join the front and back panels.
- Attach the straps to the back panel at the corresponding corners.
Finishing:
- Weave in all the ends for a clean finish.
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