Alright, I’ve knit up a Palomar Top in Bella Tweed Yarn, and yesterday, I knit 72” of I-cord using the KnitPro Ginger Double Pointed Needles! Today, it’s time to put it all together!
The Palomar Top is done! Knit in Bella Tweed Yarn in Care colorway, it’s perfect for the summer heat!
Now, it’s onto the final steps of the pattern – the assembly.
Let’s start with the obvious. The Palomar Top is knit flat and seamed, so there is sewing involved.
Now, I chose to leave the neck stitches on scrap yarn, rather than binding them off as the pattern calls for, but that’s just a personal choice. I also left my shoulder stitches on scrap yarn, as I chose to join the shoulders with a 3-needle bind off. I find I just like that particular seam better – that’s completely a personal choice!
The Palomar Top is half-done, just awaiting seaming and final finishing!
The first step is the seaming. The pattern is stitched together with mattress stitch. And, full disclosure here, I’m not a huge fan of seaming. But, without seaming, this wouldn’t be a finished top, so I put on some podcasts and called it done. I used a UNIQUE Knitting Round-Tipped Needle, so that it wouldn’t split the plys of the yarn while I was sewing.
Seaming the Palomar Top with a UNIQUE Knitting Round Tipped Needle
Once we get the side seams sewn up, it’s a simple matter of picking up stitches around the neckline and knitting the ribbing, then doing exactly the same for the armholes.
Finally, take all that I-cord you knit previously, and feed it through the eyelets on either side of the side seam.
The I-cord sides of the Palomar Top are an intriguing and integral part of this knit top design.
And that’s it – the finished Palomar Top, ready to keep you cool in the summer heat!
I’ve been wearing it out and about in this heat, and it’s wonderful. The Bella Tweed Yarn, being mostly cotton, is perfect for a summer top. Bonus points for being made at least partially of recycled cotton! And the pattern itself is perfect for summer weather. Wear it on its own in the heat, or pair it with a shawl or a jacket for cooler summer nights; either way, it’s versatile and will hold a spot in my wardrobe for hopefully many years to come!
This is part 5 of 5 in this series
Go back to part 4: How to knit I-Cord ties for the Palomar Top with Bella Tweed Yarn
