DIY Network

Annie Modesitt, the author of Confessions of a Knitting Heretic, demonstrates how to knit in the combination style, which often is the way self-taught knitters unknowingly knit naturally. This pretty top is worked from the top down with lace edging, comfy ribbing and tiny sleeves just big enough to hide a bra strap. Annie tops it all off with a lovely crochet edge with buttonholes.

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