Tortola KAL with Patty Lyons

Join the Tortola knit-along designed by Patty Lyons by purchasing the pattern here. Think of it as a sweater class for the price of a pattern! There are HOURS of video tutorials to help you every step of the way.

WHAT IS TORTOLA?

Tortola is an easy fitting top with plenty of ease that floats away from the hips.

It features a reverse shirt tail in the front, that covers the belly, and make your legs look longer, and a shirt tail hem in the back. It has a simple lace panel in front and back that increases up to your shoulders and ends with an i-cord bind-off!

The pattern comes in two versions, a tank top with an i-cord edging, or a cap sleeve version made with a top-down, short row sleeve. It also comes with pattern modification notes to be able to make ANY sleeve length!

HOW DOES THE KAL WORK?

Patty's knit-alongs are a great way to work through a garment with the support of the designer, but more importantly, hundreds of other knitters. The heart of the KAL is her Ravelry group. There you will find updates, discussions, sharing of pictures, and knitting tips. Join the KAL anytime—the KAL info will stay live on Patty's Ravelry group forever, and the video tutorials will never expire!

NEW SKILLS LEARNED

This top is chocked FULL of techniques. There will be video tutorials on all specialty skills along with sweater basics.

• Lateral braid
• Short row shirt tail hem & reverse shirt tail hem
• Working lace from a chart
• Better matching YO
• New way to make a CDD
• One move, perfect SSK
• i-cord bind off
• Top down short row sleeve cap (for cap sleeve)
• Sloped bind-off
• Shaping in Lace

There will also be videos that cover all your sweater basics like gauge, blocking, picking up stitches, seaming, and more.

WHERE ARE THE VIDEOS?

With every section of the PDF pattern released to your Ravelry library, you will see red links to video tutorials to help you every step of the way. The links will be right there in the pattern! Your initial downloaded PDF will contain the pattern introduction with gauge, schematic, size information, yarn requirements, and needle and notion information. It will also include a video on gauge swatching and alternative purling methods!

SHOP YARN FOR TORTOLA

Choose your favorite color of Lana Grossa Alta Moda Cotolana. We have a wonderful return policy, so be sure to add a couple of balls to your order so you have enough for swatching or pattern modifications (like if you decide you want to work the longer sleeves). Patty will be providing options to change the body and sleeve length as well as gauge adjustments. If you're not familiar with the WEBS Discount, you can save up to 25% on any products with the WEBS Discount tag. The discount will be automatically applied in your cart.

MATERIALS

Yarn: 
Lana Grossa Alta Moda Cotolana (DK weight; 45% Virgin Merino Wool, 45% Pima Cotton, 10% Polyamide; 164yd/50g per ball); Tank Version 6 (6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9) balls; Cap Sleeve Version 7 (7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11), not photographed

Needles:
Size 6 (4.0mm) 24" and 16" circular needles or needle to achieve gauge

Notions: 2 stitch markers for lace section; 2 different color markers for shaping & short rows