Yoko Top - Knitting for Olive

The Yoko Top is a wrap top with a side-placed construction in rib pattern that creates a graphic design element. It is knitted flat, in two separate reversed pieces that start at the front and are then knitted together at the center back. The top has shoulder straps and a waistband with I-cord and finishes with edges in I-cord. It is short and has a deep neckline at the front and can be used as a layering piece or as a summer top.

The Yoko Top is designed to have negative ease and is sized.
To choose the right size, look at the measurements for "bust circumference to fit" on the previous page. If your actual bust circumference is, for example, 98 cm [38½"], you should choose to knit size M to achieve the intended fit.

Sizes: XS (S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL)

Finished measurements: Length from underarm to bottom edge: approx. 25 (27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 40) cm [9¾ (10¾, 11½, 12, 13, 14, 14½, 15¾)]"; bust circumference: approx. 74 (81, 86, 95, 103, 115, 127, 137) cm [29 (32, 33¾, 37, 40½, 45¼, 50, 54)]"
Negative ease: About 5 - 10 cm [2 - 4]"

Yarn: Knitting for Olive Pure Silk or Cotton Merino or Merino, fingering weight (250 m [273 yd] per 50 gr [1.8 oz]); 3 (3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6) skeins

The sample is size XS in Pure Silk, Putty colorway
Knitting needles: 3 mm / US2.5 needles and two double-pointed needles 3 mm / US2.5, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Gauge: 30 sts and 40 rows = 10 cm [4"] in (k2, p2) rib pattern with 3 mm / US2.5 needles after blocking
Note: Extra yarn for provisional cast-on, extra yarn or stitch holder, stitch markers, tapestry needle.