Chunky Lace Crop Top Shrug
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Oversized Chunky Lace Crop Top Shrug Knitting Pattern. A great beginner lace knitting pattern, using super bulky yarn. Knit flat like a blanket with 2 seams to create the seams.
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About the Pattern
Available Sizes: One
Pattern Format: Written Pattern, No Chart
Pattern Language: English
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
PDF Format: Printer Friendly
Bonus: Video
Techniques
Here are some of the knitting skills you need to know before getting started:
Knit Flat (Back & Forth)
Knit & Purl Stitches
Increase Stitches
Decrease Stitches
Yarn & Substitutions
Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
Yardage: 300 – 355 yards (275 – 325 meters)
Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick
Needles & Notions
Needle Size: US 15 (10mm) Circular Needles with a 40” (100cm) Cable
Gauge
9 STS & 9 rows per 4” (10cm) square, knit in the lace pattern below.
Photo Details:
Model height: 5’9″ (175cm)
Model weight: 130lbs (59kg)
Model bust: 35″ (88cm)
Model waist: 25″ (63cm)
# of CO stitches: 98
Measurements: 59″ wide x 19″ (150cm x 48cm)
Weight: 1lb 3.0oz (540g)
Notes
Not reversible.
Knit top down.
Knit using a lace stitch.
To make it wider, cast-on in multiples of 2.
Knit flat, back & forth, using circular needles.
Circular needles are used to accommodate the large number of CO stitches.
The CO STS creates the width, which is the side that goes across your shoulders, from wrist to wrist.
Video
Knitting Abbreviations
*– * – repeat between * to end of round
BO – bind-off in pattern
CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
K – knit stitches (K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
K2TOG – knit 2 stitches together
KFB – knit the stitch, before slipping off, knit another stitch into the back of the same stitch, slip to right needle
P – purl stitches (P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
P2TOG – purl 2 stitches together
RS – right side
STS – stitches
WS – wrong side
YO – yarn over
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Pattern Instructions
Size Medium Frame, Regular Height/Build: CO 87 STS (5-8″ and below)
Size Medium Frame, Tall Height/Build: CO 99 STS (5’9″and above)
(The CO STS creates the width, which is the side that goes across your shoulders, from wrist to wrist.)
Top Collar, Rib Stitch, about 2” (6cm):
Row 1 (WS): *K1, P1* K1
Row 2 (RS): *P1, K1* P1
Repeat rows 1-2, 2 more times
Row 7 (WS): *K1, P1* KFB (increase 1 stitch for the body section)
Body, Lace Stitch, about 17″ (43cm):
Row 1 (RS): K6 *K2TOG, YO* K6
Row 2 & 4 (WS): K6 *P* K6
Row 3 (RS): K6 *YO, K2TOG* K6
Repeat rows 1-4 until it measures 17″ (43cm) from the beginning or until desired length.
Note: On your last Row 4: K6, purl until you have 8 stitches remaining and then P2TOG, K6 (decreasing 1 stitch for the rib section)
Bottom Collar, Rib Stitch, about 2” (6cm):
Row 1: *K1, P1* K1
Row 2: *P1, K1* P1
Repeat rows 1-2, 2 more times.
Row 7: BO in all knit stitches.
This is knit from top to bottom, so it’s super easy to adjust the height.
Steam-block lightly to relax the stitches.
Sew Seam:
Lay flat, bring the CO & BO edges together and sew about 15” (38cm) from the outside to the inside to create the sleeve.
Weave in the ends and it’s ready to wear. ;)
Expert Tips
I quickly learned that I usually added an extra YO or missed the last YO in a row.
There are a lot of STS and I didn’t want to count them at the end of every even row, so when I came to the end of row I’d look back and see what my second stitch was.
If it was a K2TOG I knew that I needed to add a YO before the K6 at the end.
If the second stitch was a YO then I knew I needed to end the row on a K2TOG, K1.
I hope that helps.
For example:
Row 1: K6 *K2TOG, YO* K6 (make sure the 2nd to last stitch is a YO at the end of your repeat section.)
Row 2 & 4: K6 *P* K6
Row 3: K6 *YO, K2TOG* K6 (make sure the 2nd to last stitch is a K2TOG at the end of your repeat section.)
I still ended up doing a lot of counting on my purl rows to double check to make sure I was right… and if I miscounted I counted again to triple check! I counted a lot on this pattern. I have now graduated from kindergarten. Lol!
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