Ten Stitch Tee
by Meli Alness
The name for this tee comes from its gauge: ten stitches in four inches. With bulky weight yarn, or two strands of DK held together, this top works up amazingly fast. Knit in the round from the bottom up until sleeve separation, it is nearly seamless (just a short mattress stitch under the arms). The chest is knit flat up to the shoulders and continues down the back until lower back and upper back are grafted together. Then a few rounds of knitting for the collar and sleeves and, “Voila!” the Ten Stitch Tee is your newest staple garment.
This pattern is a digital download.
Yarn
Tahki Yarns Hatteras
(100% organic cotton, bulky, 109 yds/100m=100 g); Colorway: Slate (photo: Page 1)
or
Reywa Fibers Embrace (held double)
(100% Tibetan yak down, DK, 218 yds/ x m =100 g); Colorways: Lichen, Olive Garden, & Desert Sky
Yardage
Hatteras: [230, 260]290 yds [390, 470, 570, 690][810, 940, 1080]
or
Embrace: [460, 520]580 yds [780, 940, 1140, 1380][1620, 1880, 2160]
Gauge
10 sts & 17 rows = 4”/10 cm in stockinette
Sizes
[Youth L, 1] 2 [3, 4, 5] [6, 7, 8, 9]
Finished Bust Circumference laid flat after blocking:
[32.75, 36] 40.75 [44, 48.75, 52] [56.75, 60, 64.75, 68]”/ [83, 91.5] 103.5 [112, 124, 132] [144, 152.5, 164.5, 172.5] cm
Designed to fit with 2-6”/5-25 cm positive ease.
Needles & Notions
US 10/6.0 mm circ. needles (varying lengths) or size needed to obtain gauge
Circ. needles 1 or 2 sizes smaller than gauge size for ribbing
1 opening st marker, st markers, waste yarn, tapestry needle