Mie Top in Viking of Norway Kid Silk - Downloadable PDF

Mie Top in Viking Garn Kid Silk – Knitting Pattern Summary

The Mie Top is an elegant, lightweight knitted top designed by Turid Stapnes and published by Viking of Norway under pattern number UK-2419-7. Worked in the luxurious Viking Garn Kid Silk yarn, this garment is a beautifully delicate top suited to intermediate knitters who are comfortable with seamless construction, raglan shaping, and working in the round. The pattern is available as a downloadable PDF, making it instantly accessible for knitters eager to cast on right away.

What Is Being Made

The Mie Top is a fitted, pull-on knitted top designed for everyday wear or special occasions. It features a raglan yoke construction and short sleeves, giving it a refined, feminine silhouette. The top is offered in six sizes, ranging from x/small through xx/large, with chest measurements spanning 89 cm to 126 cm (approximately 35 to 49½ inches). The whole length of the garment ranges from 56 cm to 64 cm (22 to 25¼ inches) depending on size, and sleeve length ranges from 20 cm to 25 cm (approximately 8 to 10 inches), making this a short-sleeved or cap-sleeved style ideal for warmer weather or layering.

Construction and Techniques

The Mie Top is constructed using a seamless, top-down or in-the-round method with a classic raglan yoke. This approach means the body and sleeves are joined and shaped simultaneously, eliminating the need for seaming and creating a smooth, continuous fabric. Key construction techniques include:

• Raglan shaping: Decreases are worked at four marked join points on every second round, creating the characteristic diagonal raglan lines that run from the neckline to the underarm. The pattern uses both slip 1, k1, psso (a left-leaning decrease) and k2tog (a right-leaning decrease) at each of the four raglan markers, giving a neat, mirrored appearance.
• Sleeve-only decreases: After a set number of raglan decrease rounds (varying by size), decreases continue on the sleeves only while the body is worked straight, allowing the sleeve cap to be shaped independently for a precise fit.
• k3tog decrease: Once 48 stitches remain on each sleeve, a k3tog (knit three together) decrease round is worked across the sleeve stitches, dramatically reducing the stitch count to 16 stitches at the top of each sleeve. This creates a clean, structured shoulder area.
• Shoulder piece shaping: A detailed shoulder shaping technique is used, involving k2tog joins between the front piece and sleeve stitches, further refining the fit across the shoulders and creating a polished finish at the neckline.
• Working in the round: The use of markers at each raglan join point is essential throughout the yoke construction, and knitters should be comfortable placing, slipping, and working around stitch markers.

Stitches Used

The Mie Top employs a range of standard and decrease stitches that intermediate knitters will recognize:

• Knit stitch (k): The primary stitch used throughout the body, sleeves, and yoke.
• k2tog (knit two together): A right-leaning decrease used at raglan markers and during shoulder shaping.
• Slip 1, k1, psso (slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over): A left-leaning decrease used at raglan markers to create symmetrical shaping lines.
• k3tog (knit three together): A double decrease used to rapidly reduce sleeve stitches at the top of the sleeve cap.

These decrease stitches are fundamental techniques in raglan knitting and are well within reach of an intermediate knitter. The combination of left- and right-leaning decreases at each raglan join is a hallmark of well-crafted raglan construction, producing neat, decorative decrease lines that become a design feature of the finished garment.