Brenda Tank Top in Adriafil Gold - Downloadable PDF

Brenda Tank Top Knitting Pattern – Adriafil Gold (Free Downloadable PDF)

The Brenda Tank Top is a stylish, contemporary knitted tank top designed for women, worked in the luxurious Adriafil Gold yarn. This free downloadable PDF pattern produces a sleeveless top with a striking two-tone colorblock effect created by combining two distinct yarn textures from the same Gold colorway. The design is ideal for intermediate knitters looking to explore multi-yarn techniques and colorwork within a single project.

What Is Being Made

The pattern produces a fitted women's tank top worked flat in separate back and front pieces. The silhouette is shaped through side decreases and finished with a neckline bind-off, giving the garment a clean, tailored look. The finished top features a visually dynamic surface created by the contrast between a fluffy yarn section and a lurex yarn section worked simultaneously across the same rows, producing a bold graphic split across the body of the garment.

Sizes Available

• Size 40 (European sizing)
• Size 42
• Size 44

Materials Required

• Yarn: Adriafil Gold – a total of 300g, divided as follows:
  • 200g of Gold N° 20 – the lurex yarn, providing a shimmering metallic effect
  • 100g of Gold N° 70 – the fluffy yarn, adding softness and textural contrast
• Knitting Needles: Size No. 7 (metric), used throughout for the main body worked in stockinette stitch
• Crochet Hook: Size No. 4.00 mm, used for the reverse stitch edging finish
• Tapestry needle with a rounded tip, used for weaving in ends and seaming

Yarn Weight

The Adriafil Gold yarn used in this pattern falls into the chunky weight category, contributing to the relatively quick knit and the bold, defined stitch definition visible in the finished fabric.

Techniques Used

• Multi-yarn colorwork: The defining technique of this pattern involves working two different yarn types simultaneously across the same row, each assigned to its own section of stitches. A separate ball of yarn is used for each section, and yarn ends are carefully woven in at the back of the work with each yarn change to prevent holes — a method similar in principle to intarsia colorwork.
• Shaping by decreasing: Side shaping is achieved by decreasing 1 stitch every 4 rows, 5 times on each side, creating a gently fitted silhouette.
• Neckline shaping: The neckline is formed by binding off stitches at the appropriate measurement, creating the tank top's characteristic open neck.
• Seaming: The back and front pieces are joined using the tapestry needle once both are complete.
• Crochet edging (Reverse Stitch): The finishing touch is a reverse stitch edging worked with the crochet hook. This stitch is worked like a double crochet but from left to right (rather than the usual right to left), creating a neat, corded border along the edges of the garment. This technique is also known as crab stitch in crochet terminology and adds a polished, professional finish.

Stitches Used

• Stockinette stitch (Stock stitch): The entire body of the tank top is worked in stockinette stitch — knit on the right side, purl on the wrong side — using the two different Adriafil Gold yarns held separately and worked section by section according to the chart provided in the PDF.
• Reverse stitch (crochet): Applied as an edging using the 4.00 mm crochet hook, this stitch is worked from left to right, mimicking the look of a double crochet but