Inspiration
The Trellis Top: A Whole New Deal
We are heading toward that time of year where sometimes all we want is a little layer. Somewhere between a vest and tabard we find ourselves with Carol Feller’s new design, the Trellis Top.
If it’s a vest, it’s a very modern vest. She runs buttons up the sides, rather than the front.
If it’s a tabard, it’s certainly not like anything you’d see on Monty Python and the Holy Grail. We’re not going to be wearing this Trellis Top while hopping through the forest knocking coconuts together.
For one thing, Carol manages to avoid putting a coat of arms on the front. More important, she works this clever layer in a knit-purl texture that is totally delicious.
There are a lot of things to love about the Trellis Top, one being that it’s constructed basically as two rectangles. It makes for simple knitting and minimal finishing. The i-cord edging gives it a tidy edge and also, very cleverly, the button loops for fastening the sides.
The yarn here, Nua Sport, is a light weight that means this top works as a layer during these months where one day it’s warm, the next day not. We have a nice selection of colors in the MDK Shop, if you want to dream up your perfect shade for this design.
If you’re in the mood for a versatile piece, and you’re feeling like a sleeve is just more than you want to take on, we politely suggest that you get in touch with this Trellis Top. You’ll find it in MDK Field Guide No. 14: Refresh.
My yarn for this ingenious layering piece arrived yesterday and the Cafe Flamingo colorway is every bit as gorgeous as the tempting photographs. I am really looking forward to May 1 and Carol’s tutorials. But first, I must swatch!
My yarn arrived yesterday too! Great minds think alike!
Oh good. I ordered the Field Guide precisely for this pattern (and the hat!). Looking forward to the tutorial. Not sure yet about the colors.
Hi. So are you out of a lot of the colors? 6 or 7? Thanks.
Thanks for asking! More arriving later today–we got cleaned out!
Cannot wait to cast on this lovely little top. I’m stuck on sleeve island with a sweater right now and it’s about to kill me. Ugh! Thank you for another beautiful Field Guide. You ladies are the best!
I always do the sleeves first (they do double duty as a gauge swatch too ) that way the enthusiasm hasn’t waned by the time I get to them! However, I’m planning on making trellis first too because I love the style of it.
So much color indecision here.
Love the top…will order field guide but how many skeins are needed ( thinking single shipping carbon foot print )
You can look the pattern up on Ravelry and see how many skeins are needed for each size: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/trellis-top
I just finished cleaning out my Ravelry queue, and here you go loading it back up again! This Trellis Top is super cute!
This top has caught my eye! I am thinking that I will make myself one and then make another for my daughter!
I have so much on my plate, I would love to dump my real life and immediately knit this wonderful top. I’m buttons were the deal breaker for me
Swatching for this as well as the Twining Wrap is underway here inside my house! Let the Twining and Trellis-ing begin!!
Could you sew up the sides if you didn’t want buttons?
I’m thinking of either sewing them or using Jul closures. I’ve never used them but they look pretty cool. I like the way her buttons look but I’m not sure I would love having them on the sides in reality.
I’m not sure why I can’t wrap my head around this….are the “knitting measurements” the “finished measurements”…♀️
I just ordered the field guide 14 and the Nui yarn; my first KAL with MDK and I am excited. I saw that my yarn has shipped already. Where do you find the buttons for trellis?