The box with the Coolfire yarn in it also contained two sets of non-wool yarn - Cascade Yarns Pima Tencel. This yarn contains 50% Peruvian Pima Cotton and 50% Tencel and is put up in 50 g skeins of 109 yards. One of the sets I had purchased to make the Medallion Top - #31 in Spring/Summer 2008 issue of Vogue Knitting. I had made a note when I stashed the yarn so I knew what I had bought it for. I pulled out the magazine and read through the pattern. The first thing I did was chart up the lace pattern and then I typed up the pattern from the magazine into a Word file and started working on the modifications. The pattern has you knit the front and back separately and work the sleeves flat. I don't relish seaming with this yarn so I'm going to knit it in the round, do short row shaping for the shoulders so I can do a 3-needle bind off and modify the armhole shaping so I can work the sleeves as set-in top down sleeves. The pattern calls for US 6 and 7 needles (4 and 4.5 mm), but I had to use a US 5 (3.75 mm) needle to get gauge. I wouldn't want to go any smaller than a US 5 with this yarn, but I think it will give me a good fabric. The US 7 was way too loose.
Pattern: Medallion Top by Gayle Bunn (#31 in the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of Vogue Knitting)
Yarn: Cascade Yarns Pima Tencel
Needle: US 5 (3.75 mm)
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