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Giuliana Top in Adriafil Memphis

What Is Being Made

The Giuliana Top is a knitted pullover garment designed in sizes 38 (40/42). This top features a contemporary color-blocking design created through strategic yarn alternation, combining white and blue yarns to produce a striped pattern with varying stripe widths. The garment is constructed using fundamental knitting techniques to create a fitted silhouette with shaped sides and armholes.

Techniques Used

This knitting project employs several essential shaping techniques to achieve a tailored fit. Decreasing stitches is used strategically to shape the side seams and armhole openings, with decreases worked at specific intervals to create gradual tapering. Increasing stitches is incorporated to add width at the hip area, creating a subtle A-line or peplum effect. Color alternation is a primary design feature, with the knitter switching between white and blue yarns at designated row intervals to build the striped pattern. The garment is worked in pieces, with construction beginning at the back panel and progressing through armhole shaping before completion.

Stitches Used

• Stock stitch – the primary stitch throughout the garment, creating a smooth, classic knit fabric with a V-textured appearance on the right side
• 2/2 rib stitch – used for edge finishing and structural definition, alternating two knit stitches with two purl stitches to create elasticity and a textured border

Materials and Specifications

The Giuliana Top is designed to be knitted with Adriafil Memphis yarn, an aran-weight yarn requiring a total of 250 grams distributed as follows: 150 grams in white (color no. 02) and 100 grams in blue (color no. 22). The project calls for knitting needles size 4½ and a tapestry needle for finishing seams and weaving in yarn ends.

The gauge for this project is 18 stitches and 25 rows per 10 x 10 centimeter square when worked in stock stitch on size 4½ needles. Maintaining accurate gauge is essential for achieving the correct finished dimensions and fit of the garment.

Pattern Construction Details

The back panel begins with casting on 73 (76-79) stitches and working in stock stitch while alternating yarn colors in a structured sequence: two rows of white yarn followed by two rows of blue yarn for the first 15 centimeters, then transitioning to four-row stripes (four rows blue, four rows white) for 16 centimeters before continuing with white yarn only. Simultaneously, side shaping is achieved by decreasing one stitch on each side every 12 rows, repeated three times. Hip shaping introduces increases of one stitch on each side every 8 rows, worked twice when the piece measures 33 (35-37) centimeters. Armhole shaping is accomplished through decreases worked inside one stitch, removing two stitches every four rows for four consecutive times. This structured approach creates a garment with defined waist shaping and properly proportioned armholes.