note: this purchase is for a pdf pattern. you will receive a download link upon purchase.

glaciers can look like giant blankets, draped across the tops of mountains and down into valleys. when they break off and calve, the sound is like a thunderclap, with the now relatively small icebergs floating away into the rivers they feed. this crop top may not seem like the ideal layer for wearing at the base of a giant piece of ice, but rest assured that whether you wear it in a hot spring at the base of a mountain or layered with high-waisted shorts and tights to an art gallery, you’ll turn heads when you twist your back to reveal its lacy secret.

needles: US 4 (3.5mm) 24” (60cm) circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge

yarn: 550 (680, 744, 792, 893) yards (503 622, 680, 725, 817 metres), 100 (124, 135, 144, 162)g of light fingering weight yarn 
sample shown in yoth yarns’ best friend (75% cotton/25% wool, 550 yards 503 metres, 100g) x 1 skein in mint

notions: tapestry needle, 2 stitch markers, crochet hook

gauge: 24 stitches x 32 rows = 4” (10cm), over stockinette, blocked

size:

chest circumference = 42 (47, 51, 54.5, 59)” (106.5 119.5, 129.5, 138.5, 150cm), to be worn with 6-10” (15-25.5cm) positive ease

i.e. to fit sizes 32-36 (37-41, 41-45, 44.5-48.5, 49-52)” (81.5-86.5, 94-104, 104-114.5, 113-123, 124.5-132cm) bust

note: ash wears size 42” (106.5cm) on 35” (89cm) bust

TRY THIS YARN: roots fingering