Top in Schachenmayr Sun City - 4756 - Downloadable PDF

Top in Schachenmayr Sun City - Downloadable Knitting Pattern

What is Being Made

This downloadable PDF pattern provides instructions for knitting a top using Schachenmayr Sun City yarn. The design features fitted armholes and a rounded neckline, with pattern pieces for front and back sections that are worked separately and assembled.

Garment Construction and Shaping

The top is constructed using a traditional flat knitting method with distinct front and back pieces. The pattern includes detailed shaping for:

• Armhole decreases: Worked symmetrically on both sides using a combination of slip stitches and knit decreases, reducing stitches in every second row with both 2-stitch and 1-stitch decreases
• Shoulder shaping: Outer shoulder stitches are bound off to create proper sleeve cap depth
• Neckline shaping: The front neckline features rounded shaping achieved through short-row technique (also called partial rows), allowing for a gradual, curved neckline rather than a sharp angle
• Back neck opening: A straight horizontal opening at the back neck with stitches held on waste yarn for finishing

Knitting Techniques Used

This pattern employs several intermediate-level knitting techniques:

• Slip stitch decreases: Creating smooth, neat edge decreases by slipping stitches and passing them over worked stitches
• Knit together decreases: Standard method of combining two stitches into one for shaping
• Short-row shaping: Used specifically for the rounded neckline on the front piece, where rows are worked partway across and turned with yarn overs to prevent holes, then subsequent rows work progressively fewer stitches to create the curve
• Yarn overs: Creating decorative wraps at turning points during short-row sections
• Blocking: The finished top requires blocking—dampening and stretching to shape—to achieve proper fit and finished appearance

Stitches Used

The pattern is worked primarily in stockinette stitch (knit on right-side rows, purl on wrong-side rows), which creates a smooth, classic fabric surface. Edge stitches are worked as slip stitches for neat selvages. The pattern uses standard abbreviations including:

• Knit stitches (rechts)
• Slip stitches (abheben)
• Yarn overs (Umschlag)
• Bind-off techniques for finishing edges

Materials and Yarn Specifications

This pattern is designed for Schachenmayr Sun City yarn in aran weight (medium weight, approximately worsted weight). The aran weight provides good stitch definition in stockinette while creating a fabric with appropriate drape and structure for a fitted top. The pattern includes multiple size options with corresponding stitch counts (ranging from 65 to 73 stitches for armhole depth and 81 to 89 stitches for front sections), allowing customization for different body sizes. Standard knitting needles appropriate for aran yarn weight are required.

Finished Dimensions

The completed top has a total height of 55.5 centimeters from cast-on edge to shoulder bind-off. Armhole depth measures 18.5 centimeters on the back and 14.5 centimeters on the front, with the front neckline shaping occurring within this armhole depth range.