I actually started it on holiday and the first week sat on the beach in the sunshine knitting it, then the second week I got to wear it! It looks lovely with leggings or jeans.It is worked in an aran yarn, which you might think would be too thick for summer, but because it contains cotton it is fine. You begin by making the front and back top part of the bodice separately, then you put them both onto circular needles where you knit in the round.
Increases at each side create lots of width which in turn gives the lovely dropped side point when it is worn.
The only problem I had was that the edge kept rolling up and as I was on holiday it wasn't possible to block it, which might have helped, so I added an extra row of crochet edging around the bottom edge and it seems to have cured it. I did one double crochet into each stitch.
I didn't use the recommended yarn as I had some Stylecraft 'Malabar' in my stash to use up. It was lovely to work with and is 78% cotton 22% silk, which gives it a lovely soft feel and a sheen to the surface.
Link to buy the Stylecraft Malabar yarn I used: http://bit.ly/1YOJv8k
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