Description

🌿 SPRINGTIME EMPIRE LACE TANK TOP – KNITTING PATTERN PDF 🌿

Create a beautiful summer lace tank top with a softly flared lower body, delicate botanical lace detail and a simple fitted upper section.

The design features a decorative 16-round lace pattern around the lower body, smooth stockinette above the lace, wide shoulder straps and neat seed-stitch finishing around the neckline and armholes.

🧶 PATTERN DETAILS

• Pattern type: Digital PDF Knitting Pattern
• Skill level: Intermediate
• Sizes: S (M, L, XL, 2XL)
• Sleeveless tank-top design
• Decorative lower lace section
• 16-round repeating lace pattern
• Worked mainly in the round
• Minimal finishing
• Seed-stitch neckline and armhole borders
• Written lace instructions
• Lace knitting chart + stitch key included on page 5

📏 FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Chest:
S – 32″
M – 38″
L – 41″
XL – 44″
2XL – 50″

Lower Edge:
46 (54, 57½, 61, 69)”

Finished Length:
22½ (23½, 24½, 25½, 26½)”

Length to Armhole:
14½ (15½, 16½, 17½, 18)”

Armhole Depth:
8 (8, 8, 8, 8½)”

The flared lower edge gives the tank a relaxed, feminine silhouette while the upper body becomes more fitted toward the chest.

🧵 MATERIALS

The pattern recommends a smooth worsted-weight yarn with good drape, such as rayon, bamboo/rayon or another drapey plant-fiber yarn with similar yardage and gauge.

Approximate yarn reference:

840 yd / 768 m per 16 oz / 454 g cone

Required:
• S – 1 cone
• M – 1 cone
• L – 2 cones
• XL – 2 cones
• 2XL – 2 cones

Needles and notions:

• 3.25 mm / US 3 – 16″ circular needle
• 3.25 mm / US 3 – 24″ circular needle
• 4 mm / US 6 – 24″ circular needle, or size required to obtain gauge
• Stitch marker
• Stitch holders

📐 GAUGE

20 stitches and 22 rounds = 4″ / 10 cm in Stockinette Stitch using the larger needles.

Checking your gauge before beginning is recommended for the best finished fit.

🌸 BEAUTIFUL 16-ROUND LACE PATTERN

The lower section features a delicate botanical-inspired lace motif created with:

• Knit stitches
• Purl stitches
• Yarn overs
• K2tog decreases
• SSK decreases

The complete 16-round lace pattern is written row by row, and page 5 also provides a visual lace chart with stitch key.

👚 CONSTRUCTION

The tank is worked in the round as one piece from the lower edge up to the armholes.

You begin with a simple Seed Stitch border, work the decorative lace section, and then transition into Stockinette Stitch while gradually decreasing the circumference.

At the armholes, the work is divided into Front and Back, which are completed separately in rows.

The neckline edging then joins the Front and Back while simultaneously creating the shoulder straps. Finally, Seed Stitch edging is worked around each armhole.

✨ PATTERN INCLUDES

• Complete written knitting instructions
• Sizes S–2XL
• Finished measurements
• Yarn and needle requirements
• Gauge information
• Abbreviation guide
• Seed Stitch instructions
• Full 16-round lace pattern
• Body instructions
• Front and Back shaping
• Shoulder strap construction
• Neck edging
• Armhole edging
• Blocking and finishing instructions
• Lace chart and symbol key

🌿 PERFECT FOR

• Spring and summer wardrobes
• Lightweight handmade tops
• Lace-knitting lovers
• Bamboo, rayon and other drapey yarns
• Layering with skirts, trousers or shorts
• Intermediate knitters looking for a beautiful wearable project

The softly flared lace lower section makes this design especially attractive when worked in yarn with plenty of drape.

📥 IMPORTANT

THIS LISTING IS FOR A DIGITAL PDF KNITTING PATTERN ONLY.

You will NOT receive a finished tank top or any physical materials.

The pattern is rated Intermediate. You should be comfortable knitting in the round, working yarn overs and decreases, following lace instructions, shaping armholes and picking up stitches.

The pattern specifically notes that natural fibers may change dimensions during blocking and wear, so the finished garment should be wet blocked to the measurements provided.

🌿 Happy Knitting!