Summer Lace Top

How to knit the Lace Top:
Sizes: US 8/10 (12/14), UK 12/14 (16/18), EU 38/40 (42/44)
Finished measurements:
Bust: 57.1 (61.0) in. / 145 (155) cm.
Materials:
17.6 oz (500 g) cotton yarn (100% cotton; 191 yd per 1.76 oz / 175 m per 50 g); US 1½ (2.5 mm) and US 2½ (3.0 mm) knitting needles.

Rib pattern, US 1½ (2.5 mm) needles: *Knit 1, purl 1; repeat from * throughout.

Stockinette stitch, US 2½ (3.0 mm) needles:
Right-side rows: knit.
Wrong-side rows: purl.

Lace pattern (main pattern), US 2½ (3.0 mm) needles:
Work according to the chart, which shows right-side rows only.
On wrong-side rows, purl all stitches and the yarn overs.
Begin with 1 edge stitch and the stitches before the pattern repeat, work the pattern repeat throughout, end with the stitches after the pattern repeat and 1 edge stitch.
Repeat Rows 1–32 throughout.

Gauge: 26 stitches and 38 rows = 4 x 4 in. (10 x 10 cm).

Front:
Cast on 108 (118) stitches and work 3.25 in. (8 cm) in rib pattern, increasing 37 stitches evenly across the last row = 145 (155) stitches.
Continue in the main pattern, working 4 (0) stitches in stockinette stitch at each side.
When the piece measures 21.25 in. (54 cm) from the cast-on edge, bind off the center 29 stitches for the neckline and finish each side separately.
At the neckline edge, bind off every second row: 4 stitches once, 3 stitches twice, 2 stitches once, and 1 stitch three times.
When the piece measures 23.5 in. (60 cm), bind off the remaining shoulder stitches.

Back:
Work as for the Front, but when the piece measures 22.75 in. (58 cm), bind off the center 29 stitches for the neckline and, at the neckline edge, bind off 5 stitches three times on every second row.

Finishing:
Sew the shoulder seams.
Sew the side seams, leaving the upper 9 (9.5) in. / 23 (24) cm open for the armholes.
Pick up stitches around the neckline and each armhole, work 1 in. (2.5 cm) in rib pattern, then bind off all stitches.