I came across a trendy Scandinavian knitwear pattern maker duo called NakedKnit and immediately loved their simple designs. They specialise in cashmere bras, bralettes and tops.
I bought their Everyday Bra pattern a few months back but only now got around to making it. They highly recommend to make the bra from cashmere so you won’t get itchy tits, but I decided to so a sort of practise knit from merino yarn I already had. When ever I knit from a new pattern, the first time is rarely perfect so I didn’t want to end up wasting expensive cashmere on something that I wasn’t sure would turn up amazing.
I thoroughly enjoyed knitting from this pattern, using a 2mm needle, first in the round for the band that is folded double, and then back and forth for the cups. It was pretty easy to follow and a surprisingly fast project to do, took me a few days. It was a great practise to use Sunday merino yarn because I needed less than a 50gram skein of yarn for my little tits so the material cost comes down to about 5 euros, a welcome change after doing big knits over the winter.
In my not-so-humble opinion this bra turned out really nice and wearable. I’ll definitely wear it as a top for summer. If my tatas don’t have a problem with the material, I’ll make another pair from the same yarn, doing a few little changes for the sizing and overall being more of a perfectionist the second time. I could definitely turn this pattern into a bralette too, it really is a great pattern to have in my library.
