Icelyn Blouse

Knit in beautiful and soft mohair strands held double, this blouse makes me think of a winter fairy-tale, snow and ice... Icelyn is the perfect name for this elegant feminine blouse. It is made seamlessly from the top down, with a scalloped neckline and an intricate lace pattern on the circular yoke, while the rest is made in simple stockinette. The range of ease across all the sizes is 9-10.5 cm/3.5-4.25”. The picture shows size 2 with 10 cm/4” of positive ease. YARN: DELUXE SILK MOHAIR by Krea Deluxe, lace weight, HELD DOUBLE (i.e. you work with two strands), (45% silk, 33% mohair, 22% baby alpaca), 240 m/262 yds in 20 Gr Grams: 190 (210, 245, 275, 300, 325) Metres: 2245 (2510, 2890, 3275, 3590, 3875) Yards: 2450 (2740, 3155, 3575, 3915, 4230) I used color No. 7 Pudder NEEDLES: • 2 mm/U.S. size 0 circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (neck) • 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 80 cm/32” circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge • 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (sleeves) NOTIONS: • stitch holders or waste yarn • main marker and smaller markers for chart sections • cable needle • tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends GAUGE: 26 sts/28 RNDs = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch on 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 needles after blocking SIZES: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) to fit chest circumference: 75 (90, 105, 120, 135, 150) cm/30 (36, 42, 48, 54, 60)" FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT: 84.5 (100, 115.5, 129, 144.5, 160) cm/33.75 (40, 46.25, 51.5, 57.75, 64)" PATTERN NOTES: • The blouse is worked in one piece top down. You start with the neck band in garter stitch, then work the circular yoke according to the charts (written instructions for the charts are also provided). • After the circular yoke, you separate the sleeves and the body, work the neck shaping with short rows, then continue working the sleeves and the body separately. SKILLS REQUIRED: • basics (cast on/bind off, knit/purl, increase/decrease) • short rows • working in the round • working from a chart (written instructions have been provided)