Product Description
The Lauren Tank is a bottom-up design that combines stranded knitting with fun textures and techniques to keep you motivated throughout the project. Pattern instructions provide guidance to make your tank exactly how you want it! Want to knit thick straps to cover up a bra? Want to make it a swimsuit cover-up? Want to do crossbody straps? Explore this pattern for all these fun options and make sure to check out the tester’s photos for inspiration!
Lauren Tank by Born & Raised Knits
What is Being Made
The Lauren Tank is a sleeveless knitted top designed by Born & Raised Knits, featuring Valkyrie Fibres yarn. This intermediate-level knitting project creates a fitted tank garment available in ten different sizes, accommodating a wide range of body measurements. The design incorporates decorative colorwork and textural elements that elevate this classic wardrobe staple into a statement piece.
Craft and Primary Technique
This project is created entirely through knitting, utilizing circular needles for seamless construction. The Lauren Tank employs several advanced knitting techniques that add visual interest and complexity to the finished garment, making it suitable for knitters with intermediate experience and foundational skills.
Stitches and Special Techniques Used
- Stranded knitting: A colorwork technique that creates patterns by carrying yarn of different colors across rows, allowing for intricate two-color designs within the tank
- I-cord: A tubular knitted cord created on double-pointed needles, used as both functional and decorative edging elements throughout the garment
- I-cord edging: Applied as a finished edge detail, providing a polished and professional appearance to armholes and neckline
- Bobbles: Three-dimensional textural stitches that create raised, decorative elements on the fabric surface for added visual dimension
- Wrap and turn (w&t): A short-row shaping technique used to create custom fit and contoured shaping in specific areas of the tank
- Standard knit and purl stitches: The foundational stitches that form the base fabric structure
Materials Required
Yarn: The Lauren Tank is designed to showcase Valkyrie Fibres yarn in a 4-ply weight. Yardage requirements vary by size, with the main color (MC) ranging from 150 to 330 yards (137 to 301 meters) and the contrasting color (CC) ranging from 330 to 430 yards (301 to 393 meters), depending on which of the ten available sizes you select.
Needles and Notions: Construction requires US Size 4 (3.5 mm) circular needles in 32 to 40 inches (82 to 100 cm) length for the body of the tank, and US Size 4 (3.5 mm) double-pointed needles (DPNs) for creating the i-cord details and edging. Additional notions include stitch markers for tracking pattern repeats, a darning needle for weaving in ends, and a measuring tape for checking gauge and fit.
Gauge and Sizing
Proper gauge is essential for achieving the correct finished measurements. The pattern specifies gauge over 4 inches (10 centimeters) of stockinette stitch. Ten sizes are provided, numbered 1 through 10, allowing knitters to select the appropriate size based on their measurements and desired fit.
This pattern is intended for personal use only and may not be used to create items for resale.
```Specifications
| Brand: | Independent Designer |
| Yarn Weight: | Fingering |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Designer: | Born & Raised Knits |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English |
| Number of Patterns: | 1 |
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
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