FO: Lelah

I FINISHED!!! :D 

Pattern: Lelah Top by Christine Buhagiar

Yarn: Lion Brand Cotton Ease (~2.5 skeins)

Needles: US size 7, 6, 5 (see below)

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My modifications:
Started lace on size 7 needles with 176 stitches.
After 6 lace repeats, I switched to size 6.
After 4 more lace repeats, I switched to size 5.
I think I did 3 lace repeats in size 5 needles, knitted a row, placed a lifeline and then did a bunch of decreases (through 2 rounds) to end up with 143 (I think) stitches.
Okay, so then I did a round of eyelets for the strand to go through, which will end up being a crocheted chain. I don’t remember the pattern exactly though.


I did short row shaping on the top portion. Started 10 stitches out from the back center, which was the beginning of the round for me. I think I skipped 3 or 4 stitches between each wrapped stitch. I unwrapped them all and such after there was sufficient shaping...


Then, I added picot edging and put straps on. The straps are the same pattern as the bottom part of the shirt, so 11 stitches wide.