Kiki Top - Knitting Pattern for Women in Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino

Kiki Top - Women's Knitting Pattern

What is Being Made

The Kiki Top is a women's knitted garment designed by Debbie Bliss. This intermediate-level pattern creates a fitted top suitable for everyday wear, featuring button closures and a refined construction technique.

Craft and Primary Technique

This is a knitting pattern that uses traditional hand-knitting methods. The garment is worked flat on straight needles, meaning pieces are knitted in flat rows rather than in the round, then assembled together through seaming. This approach allows for precise shaping and easier incorporation of design details like buttonholes.

Key Construction Techniques

• Buttonhole - Strategically placed openings worked into the fabric during knitting to accommodate button closures
• Buttons - Sewn attachments that secure the front opening, requiring coordination with buttonhole placement
• Seamed Construction - Individual pattern pieces are knitted separately and then joined together using seaming techniques for a professional finish
• Worked Flat - Pieces are created on straight needles in rows, providing control over shaping and stitch placement

Stitches and Stitch Techniques

The pattern utilizes fundamental knitting stitches and techniques including:

• Knit stitch - The basic foundation stitch
• Purl stitch - Used in combination with knit stitches for texture and ribbing
• Ribbing - Elastic fabric created by alternating knit and purl stitches, commonly used at cuffs and edges
• Garter stitch - Produced by knitting every row, creating a textured, reversible fabric
• Increases and decreases - Shaping techniques including knit front and back (kfb) for increases and knit/purl two together for decreases
• Cast on and cast off - Foundation and finishing techniques, with ribbed cast off maintaining pattern consistency at edges

Yarn and Materials

This pattern is designed for Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino, a luxury sport-weight yarn. Sport weight yarn is a lightweight, versatile option that creates refined drape and stitch definition ideal for fitted garments. Baby Cashmerino offers a soft, luxurious feel with excellent comfort for close-fitting tops. The pattern requires standard knitting needles appropriate for sport-weight yarn, plus buttons for closure.

Difficulty Level

Rated as intermediate, this pattern assumes knitters have mastered basic stitches and are comfortable with techniques such as shaping through increases and decreases, working buttonholes, and seaming pieces together. The flat construction and classic design make it an accessible intermediate project.

Format

This pattern is available as a downloadable PDF, providing immediate access to complete instructions with abbreviations, glossary, and terminology in both UK and US conventions.