Are you ready to put your mohair suit? Keep it cropped, make it long. The Bennie Top is versatile, fun, and a great way to bust through all that gorgeous mohair in your stash. Make it with a single thread of 100g/100m mohair or hold 3 strands of 50g/459 yds held together. If you want a thicker fabric, add more strands. Note that yardage estimates will change based on which technique you choose.
Materials:
- 9mm circular needles (24”-36” cord)
- 5.5mm circular needles (24”-36” cord)
- 2 (2) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (4) 4 skeins
All yarn is mohair 50 g/100m (can also hold 3 strands of 50 g/400m)
Yarn Suggestions:
- Qing Fibre, Melted Baby Suri, 2 strands held together
- Wool and the Gang, Take Care Mohair
- Wool and the Gang, Feeling Good Yarn (size up)
- Any 50g/400m mohair, hold 3 strands together
- Pingouin, Pingo Fluffy, 2 strands held together
- Abbey Road, Truly Madly Mohair, 2 strands held together
- Sirdar, Temptations
- Blue Sky Fibers, Brushed Suri, 2 strands held together
- Lang Yarns, Suri Alpaca
- Cloudborn, Brushed Alpaca Wool DK
- Knitato, Fluffy Cloud
- Debbie Bliss, Nell
- Sandnes Garn, Borstet Alpakka
- Ice Yarns, Mohair Kan
- Loopy Mangom Mohair So Soft
- Hip Knit Shop, Fluff
- Pickles, Big Fuzz
Gauge:
10 stitches x 16 rows in stockinette on 9mm needles to make 4”x4”
12 stitches x 20 rows in 1x1 ribbing on 5.5 mm needles to make 4”x4”
Measurements:
XS:
Width - 16”
Length - 12”
Small:
Width - 18”
Length - 13”
Medium:
Width - 20”
Length - 14”
Large:
Width - 22”
Length - 15”
XL:
Width - 24”
Length - 16”
2X:
Width - 26”
Length - 17”
3X:
Width - 28”
Length - 18”
4X:
Width - 30”
Length - 19”
5X:
Width - 32”
Length - 20”
This pattern is suitable for beginners! You should be familiar with stockinette stitch! This pattern uses the following techniques: increases, joining stitches, and knitting in the round. I’ll be posting tutorials on my instagram!
Check on my instagram @karas.knit.eng and the tag #bennietop for more images!
