FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
29¾ (32½, 35½, 38½, 41½, 44½, 47½, 50¼, 53¼, 56¼)" [75.5 (83, 90.5, 98, 105.5, 113, 120.5, 128, 135.5, 143) cm] bust circumference / shown in size 32½" [83 cm] with 1½" [4 cm] negative ease
YARN:
sparrow / truffle 211 / 5 (6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 10, 11) skeins
NEEDLES:
24" circular in size US 2 [2.75 mm] / 29" or longer circular in sizes US 2 [2.75 and 3.25 mm] / spare circular in size US 1 [2.25 mm] / spare needle in size US 7 [4.5 mm]
GAUGE:
24 sts and 60 rows = 4" [10 cm] in garter stitch with smaller needle, before wet-blocking / 27 sts and 44 rows = 4" [10 cm] in garter stitch with smaller needle, after wet-blocking / 25 sts and 34 rnds = 4" [10 cm] in stockinette stitch with larger needle, after wet-blocking
NOTES:
Tank is worked from the top down, beginning with the draped front neckline. Stitches are picked up along sides of front shoulder for back shoulder, and stitches are cast on for back neck. Front and back are worked flat in garter stitch to underbust, joined in the round to work skirt in stockinette stitch, then split again for garter stitch hem. An applied i-cord edge gives a clean finish to armholes and back neckline.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
Long-tail, cable, and knitted cast ons, lifted increases, seaming, short rows (links provided), working in the round, decreasing.
