Basic Summer Shirt, Top, Sweater "Choose your Colors" – 8 sizes – easy

This piece is a loose and relaxed tee for spring featuring fresh looking stripes to keep you engaged as you knit. It offers endless opportunities to use up your scraps, minis and stash yarn. You can mix up colors, yarn bases and your creativity! Or knit it up in a solid color for a classic wardrobe staple. Just be playful and have fun!
This very basic and beginner-friendly shirt features a round yoke. It is worked seamlessly top-down in the round from the neckline to bottom hem. It features short sleeves and an easy to wear, relaxed silhouette with ease in all the right places. This shirt is a fun and fast project perfect for every season.

CONSTRUCTION
This shirt is knit from the top down (you can try it on as you go and add length to suit your own personal style), beginning with the yoke, followed by a short row section to raise the neck for a comfortable fit. The circular yoke is adorned with stripes. When it’s completed, you will separate the sleeves, placing them on hold while the body is finished all the way down to the hem without shaping. The sleeve stitches are then returned to the needles, picking up some additional stitches for the underarm. Then, work a small ribbing.

LEVEL
Easy | Advanced beginners

SKILLS

• cast on and bind off
• knit & purl
• work in rounds
• decreases (to the left and to the right - written description + video links)
• increases (to the left and to the right - written description + video links)
• German Short Rows (written description + video link)
• helpful: basic knowledge about a round yoke construction
• know how to follow written instructions

WHAT YOU WILL GET
The pattern (13 pages) includes

• very detailed written instructions & additional tipps for beginners
• photos
• schematics
• video links for special stitches/techniques

SIZES
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8

Finished bust circumference:
85.5 / 97 / 112.5 / 122 / 135 / 148.5 / 158 / 169.5 cm
(33.75 / 38.25 / 44.25 / 48 / 53.25 / 58.5 / 62.25 / 66.75)”

Plan for approximately 5–10 cm / 2–4” positive ease.

Sample is shown in size 2 on a 92 cm / 36.25” bust with 6 cm / 2.5” of positive ease.

GAUGE
21 sts x 30 rounds = 10 cm (4”) | using a 3.5 mm (US 4) circular needle | in Stockinette stitch using main color | measured before washing/blocking

It is recommended to knit your gauge swatch in rounds.

YARN SUGGESTION
For the sample shown in green I used:
Main Color: Alize Cotton Gold | 55 % cotton, 45 % acrylic | 100 g = 330 m | 3.52 oz. = 361 yards | colorway 385

For the stripes you can use leftovers in contrasting colors.
Contrasting color 1 – turquoise: Scheepjes “Sunkissed“ | 100 % cotton | 50 g = 170 m | 1.76 oz. = 186 yards | colorway 04
Contrasting color 2 – red: OnLine Linie 165 “Sandy“ | 100 % cotton | 50 g = 120 m | 1.76 oz. = 131 yards | colorway 02
Contrasting color 3 – orange: Alize Cotton Gold | 55 % cotton, 45 % acrylic | 100 g = 330 m | 3.52 oz. = 361 yards | colorway 83

... or use any yarn you like that meets gauge.

YARDAGE INFORMATION
Main color:
approx. 615 / 670 / 770 / 830 / 940 / 1,060 / 1,190 / 1,300 m
approx. 673 / 733 / 842 / 908 / 1,028 / 1,159 / 1,301 / 1,422 yards
(plus 3 contrasting colors (yarn leftovers))

These are just approximations. Total yarn usage will depend on the yarn you use (fiber content, ply, etc.), your personal gauge, number of stripes, and any modifications you may make.

NOTIONS

• For main fabric: 3.5 mm (US 4) – 80 cm / 32” to 100 cm / 40” circular
• For ribbing: 3.25 mm (US 3) – 80 cm / 32” to 100 cm / 40” circular or preferred needles for small circumference knitting (Magic Loop or double pointed needles)
• some removable stitch markers, scissors, tapestry needle, tape measure
• scrap yarn or stitch holders

Use the needle size you need to achieve gauge.