Introducing the “Poisonettes” Top! & our newest collection!
The “Poisonettes” Top is the first release in our latest collection project, STAY GOLD, a series of designs inspired by the 1967 classic novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. The book also inspired a 1980’s Francis Ford Coppola movie of the same name.
The STAY GOLD Collection is inspired by a tale of friendship, loyalty, integrity, and unity. We’re mixing up 50’s, 60’s, and 80’s fashion, for a series of garments that will be fun to knit and wear! The patterns will be released one at a time.
Our first design for the collection is inspired by our favorite greaser gang as a whole, Ponyboy and his brothers, both by blood and friendship. So we created our own crew name: the Poisonettes! Are we a band? A girl gang? A bowling team? Maybe all of these things. You decide, you’re all invited!
The “Poisonettes” Top is an off shoulder crop top perfect for capri pants or pencil skirts. We were inspired by 60’s and 80’s off shoulder looks, such versatile styling options. First, we sized the pattern in a range of 15 different sizes, to help you achieve your best fit, and also included notes for making further adjustments. We utilized a fun and simple-to-work slip stitch motif where each color is worked one-at-a-time. To keep the top in place, we inserted elastic into the top edge- no slipping! Some minor hand sewing is used to close the elastic and stitch the casing closed.
If you have made our “Rosemary Fisherman Sweater” (with the included Video Course), you will be familiar with some of the techniques used in this pattern. If you have made our “Wild One Driving Set” (with included Video Tutorials), you are familiar with the slip stitch technique. This pattern is accessible to an advanced beginner.
We hope you love the “Poisonettes” Top, cast one on and join our crew! And get excited for the forthcoming designs from our STAY GOLD collection, be sure you’re signed up for our newsletter to be the first to know.
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