Knitting -- sleeveless summer blouse

This is based on the V-neck vest. I like to have the points of my shoulders bare in our summer heat. Use a fingering weight cotton or linen yarn; the counts below are for Comfy Fingering and (Lindy Chain linen/cotton).

This takes at least a week, like knitting the body of a pullover. You need 5 50-gram balls of yarn.

Cable on 280 (300) stitches to a 24-inch size 3 (size 1) circular needle.
Work 10 rows k2/p2 rib (cable on 1 more stitch and work 11 rows seed stitch)
Mark the underarms and center front and back.
Work 130 (140) rounds to the armpits.
On the last two rounds, five stitches short of the underarm marker, work P2/K6/P2 to set up your selvages (4 stitches of seed stitch for the armhole edge).
Work the back above the armpits in stockinette for 30 rows.
Now do a k2TOG before and after the selvage (armhole edge) every 3 rows for 30 rows.
Work the last 5 (25) rows without decreasing. Total 65 (85) rows.
Leave all stitches on the needle.

On the front, work above the armpits in stockinette for 28 rows with the selvage (seed stitch armhole edging).
At the front center marker, set up the base of the V neck with P2/K6/P2 on a knit row, or K2/P6/K2 on a purl row (use seed stitch for 4 stitches at the center).
On the next row, decrease one at the selvage and one before the center, then P2/K3 or K2/P1/K2 depending on whether it's a knit row or purl row, respectively.
(Work 2 stitches of seed stitch at the edge of the vee and at the armhole with Lindy Chain).
Do the decreases at the VEE side EVERY row, at the ARMHOLE every THIRD row.
At row 65 stop decreasing. (Work to row 85 in Lindy Chain)
Knit to the back at the top across the selvage.
Repeat this for the other side of the front.
Work 2 rows of seed stitch at the neck in the back and bind off.

Here is how the front of this top looks. The purple one is Comfy Fingering and the green one is Lindy Chain.






Now, why did I have you set a center back marker and not have you do anything with it? That's for next week.