A light and airy tank top that is perfect to wear as a springtime layer or all through the warm summer months. The Clear Skies Tank combines easy-to-remember eyelet patterns with clean stockinette stitch for a joyful project you'll love to wear.

Knit seamlessly from the bottom up in the round, this top features a beautiful 2x2 ribbing texture that effortlessly flows into rows of delicate eyelets. The look is beautifully finished with custom-knit straps that fasten at the back with a classic two-button detail.

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Why you'll love knitting this tank:

• 100% Superwash Merino: Knit in our bouncy Fluffy Fingering yarn, giving you an ultra-soft garment that keeps its shape and feels like a cloud against your skin.

• Zero Side Seams: Worked entirely in the round up to the armholes for a smooth, seamless finish and easy weaving-in of your ends.

• Boutique Details: Features picked-up straps with functional back-button closures so you can adjust the length perfectly to your frame.

• Modern Wardrobe Staple: Looks gorgeous worn on its own with high-waisted jeans, or paired up with its inspiration piece, the original Clear Skies Cowl!

Sizing & Yarn Requirements

To ensure the best fit, choose a size based on your actual chest measurement. This pattern is designed to be worn with -1.5 to +1.5” / -4 to +4 cm of ease at the widest part of the chest. If you fall exactly between sizes, we recommend sizing down for a beautiful, snug fit.

Pattern Specifications

Pattern Number: Ewe Ewe Yarns #818

Designer: Heather Walpole

Yarn Specs:

• Base: Ewe Ewe Yarns Fluffy Fingering (100% fine Merino wool from Australia, spun and dyed in Italy)

• Weight: #1 Fingering Weight

• Yardage: 200 yards / 190 meters per 50g skeins

Needles:

• US 6 / 4 mm, 24–40” / 60–100 cm circular needles (or size needed to obtain gauge).

• Additional needles in your preferred method for knitting flat (such as 2 double-pointed needles, straight needles, or a shorter circular needle) to work the straps.

Supplies Needed:

• 1 stitch marker for beginning of round (BOR).

• 8 locking markers (including 2 unique markers to easily track your BOR and side seam lines) for marking strap pick-up locations and back buttons.

• Tapestry needle.

• Blocking pins or wires.

• 2 – 1/2” / 12.5 mm buttons, plus coordinating thread and a sewing needle.

Gauge:

• Before Blocking: 25 sts and 38 rows to 4” / 10 cm in stockinette stitch worked in the round.

• After Blocking: 23 sts and 35 rows to 4” / 10 cm in stockinette stitch worked in the round.

Heather's Design Notes: ✍️

• Customizing Your Length: If you would like to add a bit of length to your tank body, distribute it evenly within the plain stockinette sections at the very top (Panel 1) and bottom (Panel 5). For example, adding roughly 1” / 2.5 cm of length is as simple as adding 8 rounds: 4 rounds into Panel 1 and 4 rounds into Panel 5!

• Strap Measurements: The strap lengths provided in the pattern instructions measure 13.5” / 34.5 cm before working the buttonhole row. Step-by-step notes are included to easily adjust these shorter or longer to fit your frame.

• Yardage Strategy: Please note that the specified skein quantities do not include extra yardage for swatching or modifying length. If you plan to knit a large gauge swatch or lengthen your tank, you may want to grab an extra skein of Fluffy Fingering to ensure you don't run short!

Stitch Glossary

• BOR – beginning of round
• CO – cast on
• k – knit
• k2tog – knit 2 stitches together (1 stitch decreased)
• p – purl
• rep – repeat
• Rnd(s) – Round(s)
• st(s) – stitch(es)
• yo – yarn over (1 stitch increased)

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