Nikko (x2) – True Bias

I made two Nikko tops yesterday afternoon, including the striped one in bamboo jersey – what with all the stripe matching – which means these are super fast to make.

Size 4 (I am a D-cup and the top shockingly takes this into consideration) – there’s actually enough room for everyone, although the fit of your bra becomes a focal point of this top… ?
Also, because the top is extremely fitted, it’s important to take this into account when choosing your size. I have a planet sized noggin and I couldn’t get my head through the neck hole until I cut about an inch from the front and half an inch from the back. I also lengthened the collar band to 16″ so it could function more as a turtleneck and also widened it by at least 2″. There was a lot of trial and error.

I also had to lengthen the arms of the striped version by 2″ – but I have extremely long arms. On the mid-sleeve version, I ended up adding a cuff in the same way as the neck band, measuring a rectangle to fit the arm hole (minus 1/2″).

Highly recommended – but probably in a much stretchier fabric than I used.