Lily Keyhole Tank Top - English pattern

Lily Keyhole Tank Top is a fitted, sleeveless knitted top featuring a delicate keyhole detail. The design has a clean and flattering silhouette with simple lines and a subtle button closure, creating a modern and timeless look. The top is reversible, allowing it to be worn with the keyhole either at the front or at the back.

The top is worked from the bottom up, first in the round in stockinette stitch and then back and forth when the work is divided into front and back pieces. The front piece is split in two at the center to create the keyhole detail. The shaping is created with decreases and increases, and the shoulders are finished using a three-needle bind off.

Yarn

- Drops Cotton Merino

Gauge

21 stitches x 28 rows = 10 cm in stockinette stitch on 4 mm needles

Needle size & length

Circular needles 4 mm / 60 cm

Sizes

XS–XL

Difficulty level

3/5

Techniques used

• Worked bottom-up

• First in the round (stockinette stitch), then back and forth

• Division into front and back pieces

• Keyhole construction at center front

• Increases to the right and left (M1R / M1L)

• Decreases: knit two together and knit two together through the back loop

• Buttonhole: yarn over and k2tog

• Three-needle bind off for shoulder seams

• Elastic bind off

Additional materials

• 1 button (15 mm / 1.5 cm)

• Cable needle (4 mm or smaller)

• Stitch wires / scrap yarn

• Sewing thread & needle

• Measuring tape & tapestry needle