BY JORDANA PAIGE

Perfect for a summer afternoon at the beach, the park, or in your own backyard, this nautically inspired sleeveless top,  from Knitsimple – Spring/Summer 2006, is cleverly assembled with a deep V neckline and shown here knit in elann.com Esprit.  Esprit stretches its length as you knit with it, so we used the average between its stretched and unstretched length (about 143 yards/50g) when substituting .

• Experience Level: Intermediate
• Sizes: S, M, and L (finished bust 32, 36, 40″; finished length 20.5, 22, 23.5″)
• Materials: 308, 462, 462 m (336, 504, 504 yds) each of two colors of sport weight yarn (24-26 sts per 10 cm/4″). Esprit stretches its length as you knit with it, so we used the average between its stretched and unstretched length (about 143 yards/50g) when substituting for this project – worked out to just 4, 5, 5 balls each of 2 colors of elann.com Esprit.