Gabi blouse

The Gabi blouse with puff sleeves is suitable for most occasions! It is easy to knit as everything is worked in one piece and there is no seaming involved. Gabi is worked top down and the puff sleeves aren’t too big and wide – they only have a delicate puff! Sizes (XS) S (M) L (XL) 2XL (3XL) 4XL Finished measurements Circumference: (88) 95 (103) 110 (118) 127 (133) 143 cm (34½) 37½ (40½) 43 (46½) 50 (52) 56 inches Back width: (33) 34 (36) 38 (39) 40 (42) 44 cm (13) 13¼ (14) 15 (15) 16 (16½) 17 inches Length: (52) 53 (55) 57 (58) 60 (61) 62 cm (20½) 21 (21½) 23½ (24) 24½ inches Yarn Gepard Wild&Soft (60% merino wool, 40% wild tussah silk, 50 g = 240 m) held together with Gepard Kid Seta Tweed (70% mohair, 30% silk, 25 g = 210 m). Yarn quantities Wild&Soft col 142: (200) 250 (250) 300 (300) 350 (350) 400 g Kid Seta Tweed col 142: (125) 125 (150) 150 (175) 200 (200) 225 g Suggested needles 3 and 4 mm (US3 and US6) circular needles, 40 and 80/100 cm [16 and 32/40 inches]. 3 mm [US3] double-pointed needles Gauge 21 sts x approx. 29 rows stockinette stitch = 10 x 10 cm [4 x 4 inches] on 4 mm [US6] needles. Construction First you work the top of the back section across the angled shoulders and a little bit of the back. Then, you pick up stitches for the front section along the angled shoulders on the back piece. Each shoulder is worked separately to leave an opening for the neck. The front section angled shoulders are shaped with short rows. Then you pick up sts for the top of the puff sleeve and then the sleeves, front section and back section are worked simultaneously in the round until the bottom of the arm hole. Then the body and sleeves are worked one at a time. To finish, stitches are picked up around the neckline to make the neck band. I have used a long-tail cast on for all cast-ons. All stitches are cast-off in knit and purl (i.e. knit sts are knitted, and purl sts are purled before casting off). Selecting your size Gabi blouse is intended to have a positive ease of 6-14 cm depending on how loose fitting you would like. Here the blouse is shown with a positive ease of 10 cm. The length is measured in the middle of the back, including the neckband.