Love Actually – True White – The Top

Wear Love Actually – True White with jeans and a simple top underneath, or on its own on summer evenings. The wide neck can be styled classic or pulled down on the shoulders for a more relaxed, off-shoulder look.

• An airy top in pure white mohair
• A simple project with two techniques to practise
• A design with several styling options
• A timeless garment you wear again and again

• Digital knitting pattern (PDF)
• Detailed step-by-step guide
• Cosy Cues with useful technical tips
• 5 sizes (XS–XL)
• Links to help videos for each technique

Love Actually – True White is rebuilt from CosyMonday's autumn edition in chocolate-brown mohair. Here the colour is taken away entirely, and the yarn is knitted single in the body and double in the two ribbings – two different densities in the same garment, in one and the same colour.

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XS – S – M – L – XL

Length: 46 (48) 50 (52) 54 cm
Width: 38 (42) 46 (50) 54 cm

Recommended yarn

Sandnes Garn Ballerina Chunky Mohair, shade 1001 True White

Single strand in the body, double strand in the ribbings.
You need 7 (7) 8 (9) 10 balls.

Needles

7 mm circular needle (long)
5 mm crochet hook

Notions

• 1 stitch marker
• Scissors
• Darning needle
• Tape measure

12 stitches × 17 rounds stockinette (single strand) = 10 × 10 cm, 7 mm needles.

Love Actually – True White is knitted in the round bottom-up, with the yarn single in the body. The long ribbing at the bottom is knitted with the yarn double, for a denser edge that holds its shape better. After the armholes you continue with the yarn double again in the wide ribbing at the top, which lets the top be worn both classic and as a relaxed off-shoulder style.

• Stretchy cast-on
• Using a stitch marker
• Twisted knit stitch
• Knitting with the yarn single and double in the same garment
• Crocheting a row of single crochet

Techniques explained in Knittipedia: Boat neck and off-shoulder

CosyMonday is founded and run by Anne-Turid, a Norwegian knitwear designer trained in fashion at Moteskolen Esmod AS. Every pattern is designed with clean lines, real quality yarn and the details that make a garment your own. When you choose a CosyMonday pattern, you become part of a growing community of knitters who share the same love of good craft and timeless design. Welcome into the universe.