Super-cute semi-cropped top with horizontal garter rib for texture. The colours on this don’t really work for me but it’s a nice shape!

A pink and purple striped hand-knit top on a tailor’s dummy. It has a 50s aesthetic, with a wide boat neck and a waspish waist

So nice in fact that I made another in a better colour, with a subtle slipped stitch pattern rather than the horizontal garter stripes.

A deep turquoise-coloured hand-knit top on a tailor’s dummy. It has a 50s aesthetic, with a wide boat neck and a waspish waist.



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