IMPORTANT NOTES: Construction is Top-Down beginning with a provisional cast on of the back straps. The back neck is shaped, and back is worked to the underarm with shaping. The front is picked up from the back straps and worked similarly to the underarm with shaping. At the underarm, stitches are cast on and the body is joined to be worked in the round downward with optional A-line shaping. Because this stitch pattern is in garter stitch and the RS resembles the WS, it is useful to put a removable stitch marker on the right side of the work to keep track of the rows. Also, when the pattern refers to "right front/back" and "left front/back" it means as if you are wearing the garment. This can become confusing when working top down .

Charts and written instructions are provided at the end, as well as a printable pdf of the full pattern.