Spring Break Halter

Quick and Easy raglan shaped halter. Knitting completed April 1, 2005.
Lucia Liljegren, The Knitting Fiend: Get updates about my new patterns at my blog (The Knitting Fiend.)
heliotrope halter

Here is a list of features available with this generator:

As usual, enter the gauge for your yarn.
Shape: Halter with flat top and raglan sizes. This is a short halter tied just under the bust.
Yarn Estimator: Stockinette.
Sizes: Women's 4-22; Custom setting lets you modify the size to better suit you.
Dart options: None, small, large.
Draw string top, knitted on i-cord hem.
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Click this pop up pattern button to get your pattern. (If you are wondering where the pattern is, I advise clicking it now.)
If the window doesn't pop up, scroll to the bottom and read the final instructions about pop-up windows.
This pattern generator is a program that creates a pattern. If you want to customize for your size, your yarn or anything else, click the go-away box on the pattern window that popped up. Then, scroll down, and make changes. Then click any the pop-up window button you find on this page. The new pattern will be customized to your needs.

If you've used my pattern generators, you know you can get directions in nearly any gauge. Here is what I used for the sweater illustrated on this page:

1 skeins of Blue Sky Cotton; 100 grams=150 yards, knits up between 4-5 st/inch. I guess that makes it worsted weight. Color 617 (I call this hot pink or heliotrope.)
Denise circular needles with size 7 tips for main body; size 5 tips for i-cord. Size 5 double pointed needles for detached i-cord.
A crochet hook to fix occasional mistakes.

I normally avoid making yarn recommendations; this is an exception. I recommend this yarn for this project for three reasons. First, it didn't shrink when I washed the swatch. This is important if you are going to fit as you knit. Second, it is very soft; this is important when you wear a garment directly against sensitive skin. Finally, cotton is cool comfortable to wear in summer. At $9.35 a 100 gram skein, it is much more expensive than the Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton I used for my raglan but the Lion Brand Shrinks 10% which complicates fitting as you go. If you do use a yarn that shrinks, think about that as you as you test fit the halter.

Blog pages discussing this halter:

Knitting the casing.
Knitting and attaching the i-cord.
Other people's halters.

Lucia

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The Pattern Generator

Enter your specifications to create your pattern. Just type over my numbers, the directions will automatically change. After reviewing your entry, click "pop up pattern" below. Your full pattern will appear.

Enter Your Swatch Data

Knit two swatches: Data for one of them are entered here. The swatch for the button band is discussed below. I don't force you knit a ribbing swatch; I estimate the gauge based on the stockinette swatch. However, I discuss the ribbing at the blog. Remember: The gauge you enter here, and the gauge you knit your sweater with must match, or your sweater won't fit. Poor fit problems are more often caused by failing to achieve gauge, rather than not knowing your size.
Enter number of rows and stitches knit in stockinette.	stitches by rows.
Enter dimensions measured after washing and blocking. These are used to calculate the number or rows and stitches required to knit the sweater.	inches wide by inches long (or tall).
If this yarn shrinks (or grows) after washing and blocking, select "different"; if it doesn't shrink or grow, toggle "same" . If you picked "different", enter dimensions measured before washing and blocking. These values are used to estimate the amount of yarn required and to indicate the length of pieces prior to washing.	inches wide by inches long (or tall).
Stockinette gauge. This is calculated based on the dimensions entered above.	stitches/inch and rows/inch.
Needle diameter you used.	D=

Pick the sweater size.
Pull down to select the size. The program will fill the boxes further down in "Halter Dimensions". If you want to customize, I suggest you first toggle the size that fits best. Let the form fill the boxes; then toggle custom, and change the value in the Halter dimensions table afterwards. If you are customizing, you can find handy size information here: Women and Men's, children & teens.
Select Misses or Kids Size: Misses size
If you selected misses pull down size range to the right: Misses size
If you selected kids pull down size range to the right: Kids size
According to the standards table, the a person who wears the currently selected size is about inches tall and weighs about lbs. (If the boxes say '??' it means the standards table didn't suggest the height and weight for the size you selected.)

Halter Dimensions
These fill when you select the size.
Length from Top to Bottom of the Halter:	inches.
Width of bottom	inches.
Width of Top.	inches.
Do you want to knit bust darts? Select the size you wish. Small is illustrated below; notice the darts make the hem pull in a bit. This helps prevent the halter from riding up. No dart: No darts! Most commercial patterns skip the darts, but they do make the halter fit better. Small: Each dart eliminates 2 stitches ever 6 rows. This reduces approximately 2" under the bust when you knit a size 8. Large: Each dart eliminates 2 stitches every 4 rows. This reduces approximately 3" under the bust when you knit a size 9. Ignore this setting when knitting a kids size. There will be no darts.
Horizontal distance between darts. For information only. The pattern will explain how to adjust refine this measurement at you knit. (Note: Kids sizes will not have darts.)	inches.

Get your pattern:

This design window prints the knitting directions for the body, sleeves and trim for this sweater into a pop-up window. You must have javascript running, or this page won't pop up. Also, if you have a pop-up blocker, you also need to adjust it to permit the instructions to appear in the pop-up window. (You can always change both settings back after you get your pattern.)
You pattern and this page both have a time stamp. Make sure they match. (I added the time stamp so you could be sure the pop-up window used the information contained in this form when you clicked "pop up patter". )
I advise clicking the pop up button now, even if you still need to modify the button bands. Examine the pattern and the date in the following box. . These need to match. If you edit any information on this page after popping the window open, just click the pop-up box again. Notice the times should change.
If you pattern window is closed, or the times don't match, click this button once or twice: