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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I took a workshop during the Knit Happy Summit about choosing the right size from a pattern, but I guess I didn’t understand it as well as I thought. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I’m looking at a pattern for a summer top at Lion Brand. It says:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>To fit bust: 28 (32, 36, 40, 44)(48, 52, 56, 60)”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Finished Bust: 40 (44, 48, 52, 56)(60, 64, 68, 72)”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>It also says the pattern has 12 inches of ease. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>That seems like a whole lot of ease.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I’m roughly “large” in the “to fit” specs, but I’m thinking that I could choose size medium and still have 8 or so inches of ease, so it would still be plenty loose.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Do other experienced knitters think that is correct?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>