Pattern for knitting Frosted Herbs Tee by Anna Morwen; added sizes!

When the tenderness of the wild herbs touched with the first frost catches your eye…

The tee is absolutely seamless. It’s worked in the round, top-down and has a round yoke decorated with laces. On the edges it’s worked with an attractive variation of a half-twisted broken ribbing. The back is raised with short rows, which is optional: the tee could be successfully worn without them. The pattern is very friendly to beginners; it contains clear and full instructions and links to video tutorials.

Languages: English and Ukrainian

Number of pages: 15

Skill level: intermediate  

Estimated time spent: 10 hours for sample made in size 3, with raised back

Techniques and skills involved: 

*knitting in the small round

*elastic cast on - proposed on video tutorial (follow the link) or elastic CO of your choice

*backwards loop cast on

*traditional bind off

*knitting in the round

*lacework

*short rows “Wrap and Turn” (or other method of your choice)

*M1R - single knit increase

*M1RP, M1LP - single purl increases

*SKP - single knit decrease

*SK2P - double knit decrease

Sizes: 

The pattern is written for 7 sizes: 1 (2, 3) (4, 5) (6, 7) with a tee finished bust circumference of approx. 81 (90, 100) (110, 119) (128, 138) cm/31.9 (35.5, 40) (43.3, 46.9) (50.4, 54.1)” and it’s meant to be worn with a positive ease of approx. 6-10 cm/2.5-4‘’ in the bust, or less if you wish.

The sample is modeled on the wearer 172 cm/5’7” tall, in size 3, with the back raised with 6 short rows, with 6 cm/2.5” positive ease in the bust.

Yarn:

      Aran/Worsted 

      The sample was knitted with a cord yarn Cascade Cantata (#10 Navy)  

      (80% cotton 20% superwash merino wool) 200 m per 100 gr/218 yds per 3.5 oz

      Note, that the more similar yarn you will choose, the more similar result you will get.          

Meterage/yardage (approximate):   

Size 1 - 191 gr/6.7 oz and 382 m/418 yd

Size 2 - 220 gr/7.8 oz and 440 m/481 yd

Size 3 - 263 gr/9.3 oz and 526 m/575 yd      

Size 4 - 283 gr/10 oz and 566 m/619 yd 

Size 5 - 312 gr/11 oz and 624 m/682 yd

Size 6 - 358 g/12.6 oz, or 716 m/783 yds

Size 7 - 412 g/15.5 oz, or 824 m/901 yds                                               

Needles: 

circular needles 100-140 cm/40-55” long of sizes 5 mm/US8/UK6 and 6 mm/US10/UK4

Gauge: 

16 stitches and 22.3 rounds in 10 cm/16.2 stitches and 22.6 rounds in 4’’ in stockinette in the round with needles 6 mm/US10/UK4 after blocking and steaming

Note: Why is my gauge so precise?

I believe that the most accurate method to determine the gauge is to measure the whole length and width of the blocked swatch and to divide each value accordingly to the amount of the stitches and rows/rounds that you made to create your swatch. In this case, you will get fractions. Rounding these fractions to smaller or bigger whole numbers will lead to inaccurate measurements of the finished object. Only the sum of all the stitches and rows/rounds used to make an object could be rounded to maximum half of the whole number.

Additional materials and tools:

*2 scrap threads

*up to 12 stitch markers

*1 progress keeper (optional)