Showgirl

Get ready to release your inner showgirl! The Showgirl pullover was inspired by Taylor Swift’s latest album and features a colorwork yoke with motifs inspired by Vegas showgirl costumes. The design features a rolled neckline, patterned yoke, and slightly cropped, tapered waist. Knit up in The Plucky Knitter’s Legacy Fingering Base, a lovely wool yarn available in a variety of beautiful shades.

This pattern contains charts

Construction:
Showgirl is knit in the round, seamlessly, from the top down. The design has German short row shaping at the back of the neck. Increases are worked throughout the charted yoke. Sleeve sts are worked in the round after completing the body.

Finished Dimensions:
Size 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
34 (38, 42, 46, 50) (54, 58, 62, 66, 70)” / 86.5 (96.5, 106.5, 118, 127) (137, 147.5, 157.5, 167.5, 178) cm Bust circumference
Designed to fit with 0-2” / 0-5 cm positive ease

Materials:
The Plucky Knitter Legacy Fingering (100% Shaniko Wool, 450 yards/411 meters/ 100 g)
MC Edwardian Blue: Approximately 1000 (1145, 1265, 1385, 1510) (1635, 1765, 1895, 2030, 2160) yards / 914 (1047, 1157, 1266, 1381) (1495, 1614, 1733, 1856, 1975) m
OR 3 (3, 3, 4, 4) (4, 4, 5, 5, 5) skeins
CC Hunters Safety: 275 (285, 315, 345, 375) (410, 440, 475, 510, 540) yards / 251 (261, 288, 315, 343) (375, 402, 434, 466, 494) m
OR 1 (1, 1, 1, 1) (1, 1, 2, 2, 2) skeins

Gauge:
25 sts and 28 rows over 4” / 10 cm in stockinette st worked in the round and blocked

Needles:
Size 3 (3.25 mm) 16-40” / 40.5-101.5 cm circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge, and additional needle of the same size for your preferred method of small circumference knitting (9”/ 23 cm circular, 2-circulars, DPNs or Magic Loop) for the sleeves and cuffs
Suggest sizing up 1 or 2 size needles for color work section for even tension

Notions:
Stitch marker for BOR
Waste yarn/stitch holder for sleeves