It’s time for another test knit round these parts! We just wrapped up the Can-Do Cardigan test on Friday (it’s launching on the 29th!) and since I’m a glutton for punishment (the magic of seeing our designs come to life) it’s time for another!!!! An iconic S/S 24 knit, I think it’s gonna be the project of the summer if I’m not mistaken hehe 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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This top has actually been a SUPER long time coming- my first sample of it was nearly a full year ago and it took a long time to get it right. It’s a cropped-but-not-AS-Cropped tank top with options for a plain view with no hole, or a sexy lil peekaboo moment.
As with all our negative-ease designs, it has 5 cup size options for boobs/rounded chests, it also has some gentle waist shaping for best fit. I tried it on my partner who has the same upper chest measurement as me (he’s a cis man with rounded chest/belly) and it fit really nicely so I’m really confident about the fit across the board!
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The lovely people at NICE Yarns provided me with yarn support on this one and have said they would be willing to provide yarn support to a handful of testers who wouldn’t be able to afford to participate, BUT its a super low yardage project anyway! It only took me 180g of fingering weight yarn in size 7 with cup 3!
We did the last test through slack instead of Instagram messages and it was SO much more chill of a vibe, so we will be doing that again and hopefully it’ll be another roaring success :)
SO if you’d like to test this one (it’ll be a 9.75 week test running thru april/may/june- more info in the link below) just click through and apply!
Thank u for reading! Stay tuned for more cardigan news next week and maybe a fun normal newsletter soon as well!
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Lydia
I can’t WAIT to buy this pattern when it comes out! 🥹✨ good luck testers!!