1396513059240-gracie girly top revised

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Gracie Girly Top -- a.k.a. Turkish waist coat or vest*

-- revised from translation of pattern from BebekYeleks website

Special thanks to KP members:

Irishamrock, JuneS, Noreen,

MissMolly, Mercygirl,

Southafrica, MissMolly, and

many KP members who made

comments or raised questions

which inspired me to do a

revision on an existing pattern

translated by another

knitter/designer.

Yarn: almost 3 balls of DK weight yarn bought on ebay; 50g / 147yards per ball.

Needle: I used US size7 (4.5mm) though a smaller size (4mm) might have produced better results.

Right Front

Copy left side Rows 1 - 38 exactly

Row 39 Knit to end increase (by cast on method) 3

stitches

Row 40 K8 pm p13 pm k5 (26)

Row 41 K5 pm k6 yo k1 yo knit 6 pm K8 (28 st)

Row 42 K8 pm p15 pm k 5

Row 43 K5 pm K6 yo k3 yo k6 pm k8 (30)

Row 44 knit all

Row 45/46 knit all

Row 47 k5 bind off 2 st for button holes (k4 bind off

2 st for button holes) 3 times, k5

Row 48 K5 (cast on 2 K4)3 times, cast on 2 k5 (30

stitches)

Start lace

Row 1 K5 (p3 k1 yo k1)x3 times, p2 K8

Row 2 4 6 8 knit knit stitches purl purl stitches

Row 3 (p3 k2 yo k1)x3 times, p2


Row 7 (p3 K4 yo K1)x3 times, p2


Row 10 knit knit purl purl

Cast off

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There are two clues that helped me figure out the big picture when knitting:

1. Identify the central st: when you cast on 15 stitches, the central st is the 8th st. In other words, there are 7 st

before and 7 st after the central st throughout the first 30 rows. Row 31, the yo is done before and after that

central st. The number of stitches between the two yo will grow 1-3-5-7 in rows 31-33-35-37, or rows 41-

43-45-47, or 51-53-55-57, and so on. No matter the front left or right, or the back panel, this simple yet

pretty pattern works the same way. Start with yo k1 yo (k1 is the central st), then grow till yo k7 yo. To me,

the rows 39/40, 49/50, etc., are like taking a break from the yo and transition from the end of the pattern

into a new start of the next repeated pattern.

2. There are two garter stitch bands on every piece. It helps if you place a marker between the garter stitch

bands and the knit/purl section where the main pattern happens. (or you can visually tell the line between

the garter stitch and the main/central section.)

LEFT FRONT

Cast on 15 stitches

Rows 1 2 3 knit

Row 4 K5 pm p5 pm k5

Row 5 knit all

Repeat R 4/5 x 12 times

Row 30 k5 pm p5 pm k5

Row 31 K5 pm K2 yo k1 yo pm k2 k5 (17 st)


Row 33 k5 pm k2 yo k3 yo k2 pm k5 (19 st)

Row 34 k5 pm p9 pm k 5


Row 36 k5 pm p 11 pm k 5



Row 39 Increase 3 into first stitch k to end (26 st)

Row 40 k5 pm p 13 pm k8

[Repeat rows 31/38 and 39 (without extra increase) 40] 6 times

Repeat in spirit always keep the garter stitch bands on both sides as in rows39/40, do the yo k1 yo at the central

stitch (as in row 31). The number of k (after the garter st band) before [yo k1 yo] goes up by 4 stitches after each

repeat of rows 31-38.

Note: throughout the repeat, the markers should stay in their original positions.

Row 41: k8 pm k6 yo k1 yo k6 pm k5 (28)

Row 42: k5 pm p15 pm k8




Row46: k5 pm k6 p7 k6 pm k8

Row 47 k8 pm k6 yo k7 yo k6 pm k5 (34)

.....



Row71: k8 pm k18 yo k1 yo k18 pm k5 (52)




Row98: k5 pm p53 pm k8 (74)

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You can remove the markers from now on because the lace patterns wont need the markers anymore.

Start Lace

K8 p2 k1 yo k1 p3 (k1 yo k1 p3) till last 5st k5 (the last p3 before the 5 st garter band should be p2, because there

are only 74 stitches but this is not crucial as you can easily notice and adjust by doing p2 before the last 5 st)

knit knit st purl purl st and yo st all alternative rows

K8 p2 k2 yo k1 p3 (k2 yo k1 p3) till last 5st k5

k8 p2 k3 yo k1 p3 (k3 yo k1 p3) till last 5st k5




Cast off

Miss Gracie Back

Pick up 15 stitches along shoulder cast on 13 st pick up 15 stitches along other front. (43 st)

Rows 1 2 3 knit

Row 4 k5 p33 k5

Row 5 knit

Repeat Rows 4/5 12 times

Row 30 as Row 4

Row 31 k5 *k16* yo k1 yo knit to end (45sts)

Row 32 k5 p35 k5


Row 34 K5 p37 k5

Row 35 K5 *k16* yo k5 yo knit to end (49sts)

Row 36 K5 p39 k5


Row 38 k5 p41 k5

Row 39 Increase 11 st (cast on method), knit to last st, increase 3 st(cast on method) (65sts)or you could view the

"increase 11 st by cast on method" happening in the end of row 38.

Row 40 k8 p41 k16

[Repeat rows 31/38 and 39 (without extra increase) 40] 6 times Note: throughout the repeat, the markers should stay

in their original positions.

*16* will need to go to 20 in first repeat 24 in next and so on.... (the "knit 16" before the first yo and after the second

yo will go up by 4 st every repeat you go, meaning, k16 will become k20 in row 43; k24 in row 53, k28 in row 63...)






.....

Row 51: k16 pm k24 yo k1 yo k24 pm k8





Row 97: k16 pm k40 yo k7 yo k40 pm k8 (113 st)

Row 98: k8 pm p89 pm k16 (113 st)

You can remove the markers from now on because the lace patterns wont need the markers anymore.

Next knit

Next k8 p89 k16 (113sts)

Start Lace (Here is the error in the original version: Since the total stitches are 113 instead of 89, you may want to

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adjust your lace stitches. I didnt do anything until the last few stitches because I didnt notice the error until I

finished the first lace row. Every lace pattern is 5 st, just in case you want to change the starting point. Sorry I

didnt do the lace very well and wont be able to offer any good advice here until I knit a 2nd piece in the future.)

k1 p2 (k1 yo k1 p3) Repeat till last 12st () and p2 instead of 3 K8

*purl purl stitches and yo stitches knit knit sts*

k1 p2 (k2 yo k1 p3) repeat till last 12st () and p2 instead of 3 k8





cast off

Piece all three pieces together. Sew on buttons. It seems hard to find the right positions for the buttons but

MissMolly did a great job on both of her lemon and pink version. (I tried only once so please ask MissMolly about

the buttons as she is way more experienced in this and she does great work.)

Credits and Sources for this pattern:

* On page 7 of responses to the first post of Gracie top, JuneS offered the name Turkish waist coat or vest

1. The first post who found the pretty vest. March 20, 2014, Veronica posted a cute picture she found on the

internet and hoped to get more info on the knitting pattern: http://www.knittingparadise.com/t-246784-

1.html Irishamrock. this is where I found most info on the pattern.

a. On page 7, JuneS offered the name Turkish waist coat or vest

b. On page 10, Noreen found the original site of the designer who designed the pattern and posted in

the responses: http://www.akillihayat.com/category/bebek-yelekleri-anlatimli . However, the

original pattern was written in Turkish.

c. On the same page (p10) Irishamrock provided the translated version of the pattern, which I copied

and knitted my first Gracie girly top.

2. On March 27, MissMolly posted her beautiful work in lemon: http://www.knittingparadise.com/t-248596-

1.html MissMolly

a. Page 3 responses, Mercygirl and Southafrica both posted the translated version of the pattern.

They also pointed us to the previous post of Irishamrock.

3. On April 1st, MissMolly posted her second Gracie in pink: http://www.knittingparadise.com/t-249553-1.html She also posted pictures of the buttons, etc..

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