Keane Wonder

 is a funky summer tank with a sporty racerback, worked in pieces from the bottom up. Short rows shape the hem, and a-line decreases shape the sides of the tank. The colour is fab, and the details are interesting and flattering (if you aren’t sure about the stripe situation feel free to skip over any elements you want).

The Pattern

When shaping the racerback, you will be working increases and decreases on both right side and wrong side rows. Pay attention to the stitch pattern and maintain the pattern as set when working the increases, working purl increases or decreases when necessary. The increases and decreases on the back neck shaping occur simultaneously, but the instructions are written separately due to the differing rate of increases and decreases on each size. Make sure you read through the entire back neck shaping and work both components of the shaping simultaneously.

• Kelbourne has also included free tutorials for some techniques that newer knitters might be less familiar with (see links below).
• You can see the rest of the patterns from the .

The Yarn

 is a super soft and light blend of cotton & linen. It comes in some really beautiful muted colours and also some awesomely bright colours – I’m especially fond of Seafoam Green and Flamingo Pink (it’s really peach). The more neutral colours tend to be nuanced, the type of colour that’s constantly changing based on the light.

Size

• 34 (38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58)” [86.5 (96.5, 106.5, 117, 127, 137, 147.5) cm] bust
• designed to be worn with 2” (5 cm) of positive ease. Please see schematic for more detailed finished measurements

Materials

• : 3 (4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7) skeins, shown in 737 bright yellow
• 3.25mm/US3 – 16” (40 cm) circular needles
• 3.25mm/US3 – 29” (80 cm) circular needles
• 3.5mm/US – 29” (80 cm) circular needles
• darning needle

Tutorials

• Short row shaping, visit Kelbourne’s Tips and Tricks .
• Mattress stitch, visit Kelbourne’s Tips and Tricks .
• Evenly picking up stitches, visit Kelbourne’s Tips and Tricks .
• Three Needle Bind-Off, visit Kelbourne’s Tips and Tricks .