Texture Top-Down

The Texture Top-Down brings texture and stripes together for a wonderfully simple yet engaging knit! Alternating garter and ribbed rounds, combined with alternating colors used for each texture, makes for a lovely fabric and interesting color play. I knit the Texture Top-Down up in Rico Design’s Lazy Hazy Summer Cotton yarn which has a tweedy effect and adds to the depth of color. The Texture Top-Down is a great beginner level design that is perfect for showing off tweedy or speckled yarns!

The Texture Top-Down 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 yoke. Sleeves sts are worked in the round after completing the body.

Finished Dimensions:
Size 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
32 (36, 40, 44, 48) (52, 56, 60, 64, 68)” / 81.5 (91.5, 101.5, 112, 122) (132, 142.5, 152.5, 162.5, 172.5) cm Bust circumference
Designed to fit with 2-4” / 5-10 cm positive ease

Materials:
Rico Design Creative Lazy Hazy Summer Cotton (DK weight, 164 yards / 50 g, 46% Acrylic, 49% Cotton, 5% Polyester)
MC Mustard (mostly orange): Approximately 680 (760, 845, 935, 1015) (1120, 1210, 1305, 1400, 1500) yards / 622 (695, 773, 855, 928) (1024, 1106, 1193, 1280, 1372) meters
OR 5 (5, 6, 6, 7) (7, 8, 8, 9, 10) skeins
CC Salmon (mostly pink): Approximately 630 (700, 780, 865, 940) (1030, 1120, 1205, 1295, 1385) yards / 576 (640, 713, 791, 860) (942, 1024, 1102, 1184, 1266) meters
OR 4 (5, 5, 6, 6) ( 7, 7, 8, 8, 9) skeins

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

Needles:
Size 4 (3.5 mm) 16” / 40.5 cm, 24” / 61 cm, and 32-40” / 81.5-101.5 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

Notions:
Stitch marker for BOR, Waste yarn/stitch holder for sleeves, Tapestry needle, Row counter (optional)