Ilary Top in Adriafil Energia and Memphis - Downloadable PDF

Ilary Top in Adriafil Energia and Memphis – Free Crochet & Knit Pattern (Downloadable PDF)

The Ilary Top is a stylish, relaxed-fit women's top designed using two complementary Adriafil yarns: Adriafil Energia and Adriafil Memphis. This free downloadable PDF pattern combines knitting and crochet techniques to create a garment with beautiful textural contrast — a ribbed foundation and sleeve bands worked in Memphis, and a central body section worked in a decorative pattern stitch using Energia. The result is a wearable, warm-weather top with a refined finish that suits confident beginner and intermediate makers alike.

What Is Being Made

The Ilary Top is a pullover-style top constructed in two main pieces — a front and a back — worked flat and then seamed. The design features a shaped neckline, integrated sleeve bands worked in ribbing, and crochet edging detail at the neckline. It is available in three sizes, making it accessible to a range of body types. The silhouette is gently shaped through strategic increases along the side edges, giving the top a flattering, tapered form rather than a boxy finish.

Construction and Shaping Techniques

• Front and back panels are worked identically, beginning with a cast-on at the lower hem and progressing upward through ribbing and then the main pattern stitch.
• Side shaping is achieved through 18 single-stitch increases at both edges, worked alternately every 4 and 6 rows, creating a smooth, gradual curve.
• Neckline shaping begins at 50 cm of total length: the centre 22 stitches are bound off, and each shoulder half is then finished separately. Stitches are decreased at the neck edge in a stepped sequence — binding off 4 stitches once, then 3 stitches twice, then 2 stitches twice, every 2 rows — producing a neat, rounded neckline.
• Shoulder shaping is worked at 53 cm using a stepped bind-off sequence across both edges, varying by size, to create a clean, structured shoulder line.
• Sleeve bands are not separate sleeves but rather ribbed bands picked up along the side edges of the front and back panels. Stitches are picked up along 38–42 cm (centred on the shoulder seam), and the bands are shaped with decreases at both edges — 5 single-stitch decreases worked alternately every 4 and 6 rows — before being bound off loosely at 10 cm depth.
• Finishing involves sewing shoulder seams first, then side and sleeve seams, and finally working a crochet edging around the neckline using Adriafil Memphis and a crochet hook.

Stitches and Techniques Used

• 1x1 Ribbing — used for the lower hem and sleeve bands, worked with Adriafil Memphis on size 4 needles. This classic alternating knit-and-purl rib creates stretch and a polished, structured edge.
• Pattern Stitch — the main body of the top is worked in a decorative pattern stitch using Adriafil Energia on size 5 needles. While the specific stitch repeat is detailed within the PDF, this type of textured or lace-adjacent stitch adds visual interest and lightness to the body of the garment.
• Stepped bind-off shaping — used at both the neckline and shoulders to create smooth, graduated curves rather than abrupt angles.
• Stitch pick-up — stitches are picked up along the side edges to work the sleeve bands seamlessly in ribbing, a technique that creates a tidy, integrated look without the need for separate sleeve construction.
• Crochet edging — worked around the neckline using Adriafil Memphis and a crochet hook, adding a neat, decorative border that ties the two yarns together visually.

Yarn and Materials

• Adriafil Energia — an aran to worsted weight yarn used for the main body of the top, worked on size 5 (3.75mm) knitting needles