Margot Slipover Tops in West Yorkshire Spinners Bo Peep Pure - DBP0241 - Downloadable PDF

Margot Slipover Tops in West Yorkshire Spinners Bo Peep Pure DK — Pattern Summary (DBP0241)

The Margot Slipover Top is a beautifully refined, sleeveless knitted top designed by Sarah Hatton and worked in West Yorkshire Spinners Bo Peep Pure DK yarn. Published as a downloadable PDF pattern (reference DBP0241), this design sits at an intermediate difficulty level, making it an excellent project for knitters who are comfortable with core techniques and ready to develop their skills further. The slipover silhouette — a classic, elegant style without sleeves — makes it a versatile wardrobe piece that can be layered over shirts or worn alone as a refined warm-weather top.

What Is Being Made

The pattern produces a slipover top — a pullover-style garment with no sleeves. The design is attributed to Sarah Hatton, a respected name in contemporary knitwear design. The clean, wearable shape of the Margot Slipover makes it suitable for a range of occasions, and the use of a DK weight yarn ensures the finished fabric is lightweight yet structured.

Yarn and Materials

The specified yarn is West Yorkshire Spinners Bo Peep Pure DK, a yarn from the well-regarded West Yorkshire Spinners brand. Bo Peep Pure is known for its soft, smooth handle and clean stitch definition, qualities that make it particularly well suited to garments where stitch clarity and drape both matter. As a DK (double knitting) weight yarn, it strikes a balance between speed of knitting and a fine, flattering fabric weight. Quantities are given in grammes as referenced in the pattern abbreviations.

Knitters will require appropriately sized knitting needles to match the stated tension. Achieving the correct tension swatch before beginning is strongly emphasised in the pattern, as working to the stated tension is described as essential in order to achieve the correct fabric quality and garment sizing.

Techniques Used

• Tension swatching — the pattern explicitly stresses working to the stated tension before casting on the main garment pieces
• Working in rows — the garment is constructed in flat, back-and-forth knitting rows for the main body sections
• Working in rounds — certain sections are worked in the round, as indicated by the abbreviation notes distinguishing between row-based and round-based knitting
• Raglan shaping — the pattern references sewing in a raglan sleeve, indicating the garment features raglan-style armhole or yoke construction, a technique that creates a smooth, diagonal seam line from underarm to neckline
• Seaming with mattress stitch — the finishing section recommends mattress stitch for joining seams, a professional technique that creates an invisible, neat join on the right side of the fabric
• Decreasing — decreases are used for shaping, including the use of psso (pass slipped stitch over) and general decrease methods noted in the abbreviations
• Make 1 increases (m1) — increases are worked by picking up the loop between the last and next stitch and working into the back of that loop, a neat method that minimises holes
• Slipping stitches — stitches are slipped knitwise (sl1) and with yarn in back (wyib), techniques commonly used in shaping and selvedge work

Stitches Used

• Stocking stitch (st-st) — the primary fabric stitch, worked as one knit row followed by one purl row when working flat, or every row knit when working in the round; this produces the smooth, classic knitted fabric surface
• Knit (K) and Purl (P) — the foundational stitches from which the fabric is built
• Working through back of loops (tbl) — used selectively to create twisted stitches or tighter joins, often employed in increase and decrease techniques
• Pattern repeats (patt) — the abbreviation patt