Hi there, I am at Hong Kong Disneyland now and I haven’t forgotten you and my craft blog. It is late at night, the weather is nice at around 14°C (57°F), slightly chilling compared to my sunny hot homeland. Here in my cozy hotel room with a chargeable in-room internet service, writing and publishing my knitting pattern. No wonder someone called me a workaholic, actually, I like to be named a craftaholic instead 😉
After a few festive celebrations since the end of last year, with non-stop eating, zero exercise and long hour of sitting, I am regretful to say that I need something to cover my lower abdominal. Whenever, people look at me, even with the slightest angle to the lower part of me, I am nervous and need to find something to cover my bulging tummy… oh…. can you imagine how bad it is!!!
During working days, I can easily hide this ugly sight by wearing loose fitting clothes that not require any tuck-in. Now, I am at Disneyland on a semi-vacation, I am wearing jeans, pants, T-shirts and I don’t want to let the tummy outshine me in every photo, I need something decent to cover it up. So, I designed an easy to knit “loose & drapery neck top” that look casual yet trendy for this trip. I am so glad to have it completed just in time for the trip.
Unlike many knitting patterns for garments, this pattern doesn’t require arm and neckline shaping. Thus, there is no complicated shaping pattern to follow because everything here is done with a straight line. To help in killing the dullness in working with only knit and purl stitches, I added an optional beginner’s challenge at the back of the pattern – to knit a Stockinette Lace Ladders. You can skip this and replace with the normal Stockinette pattern if you prefer a simple one. The back piece is fast to complete but the front one might take you sometimes as it is bigger and you need to knit more than 250% of stitches compare to the back pattern.
Hope that you like this easy drapery neck top knitting pattern. I will continue with my vacation and shopping, as always, will gather some information for you on a crafter paradise shopping zone 😉
Do you happen to have a similar pattern with a bit less draping? I LOVE the length and stitching of this, but would like to have the drape end around the bust! 🙂
You may alter this pattern by giving it lesser increase on the front side slope, instead of increase 2 sts on every 2 rows, you can increase 2 sts on every 4 rows, this will make the drape shorter by half of the original pattern. Try it and let me know how it turns out. Thanks.
I would love to make the Loose and Drapery Neck top for my daughter, but she would be a smaller size. How would I go about making it about a size 6? Thanks, it’s a great pattern.
Hi Leslie, the easiest way to scale it down is by using a lighter weight of yarn (perhaps lace thread) with a pair of correct size knitting needles. You will need to do a bit of calculation on the test gauge to get the proper size that suits Size 6.
Awesome. Thank you. I’ve seen ssk before, but for the passover, I’ve seen psso, so I wasn’t sure. Thank you for your help 🙂
Hi. I hate to be so stupid, but on the ladders pattern, the ssk, does that mean I slip two stitches and then knit THOSE two together, or do I just slip them to the right needle and knit the next stitch on the left needle? Thanx.
ssk is the short form of slip-slip-knit, so it is supposed to slips 2 stitches to the right needle, then knit the 3rd stitch on the left needle to the right, then bring the 1st and 2nd stitch over the 3rd stitch.
Hi. I was wondering it you ever added a crochet version of this pattern
Hi Chandra, sorry I didn’t have any crochet pattern for this.
Thank you for giving this great top for free. It is amazing in how many ways you can wear it.
Thank you agin.
Kassandra
Help!! I can not download the pattern for the Casual Knot top–can you tell me exactly what to do….no matter what I do it doesnt allow me to download.
thanks
Hi Leslie, were you using the green print button to generate and download the pattern? If yes, please try again, the 3rd party provider was down just now. I just tested and it is up and running like before. If it is other problem, please let me know which option were you using. Thanks.
This is absolutely the cutest pattern! I am definitely going to make this next. Thanks for sharing.
Greetings!
I think your “Loose & Drapery Knit Top” is so stunning. I truly love it. I don’t knit anymore (arthritis & Carpal Tunnel), but I do crochet. I am wondering if you are considering converting this pattern for crochet. I would be so grateful. Keep up your creative work!
Cynchet
This is a great idea to convert it into crochet. Will put this into my to-do list. Thanks for the suggestion.