Glow Tee

Yarn

Dye Diana Dye FlaxenSilk{c} 65% silk/35% linen/flax. 1500 m/100g. 3 skeins, one each of colour Ivy, Lime and Pine. 3 threads held together throughout. Use the the same 3 colours throughout or make your own fade as desired. 3 skeins will be enough for even the largest size. Yardage if substituting with another fingering weight yarn is between 700 and 1100 yards.

Needles and other tools

US 5 and US 3 (3.75 mm and 3.25 mm) circular needles or size to get gauge, stitch holder or waste yarn to hold the live sleeve sts. 4 markers for sleeves/end of round. Work sleeves using magic loop or use shorter circular needles for the sleeves.

Gauge

20 sts and 28 rows is 4 inches (10 cm) in stockinette stitch on larger needles, blocked. When lightly stretched, the garter edge should have 18 rows to 4 inches (10 cm) to get a neck opening of 28 inches (70 cm).

Construction

Worked top down in the round, with no seaming. You will cast on for the two shoulders separately and work each side flat until joining. Then the rest will be worked in the round.

A note on fit: Designed to be worn with a positive ease of 1-5 inches (2.5-12.5 cm). Shown in size M with 4 3/8 inches (11 cm) ease. Once the yoke is done, you can adjust the body/sleeve size by casting on more or less underarm sts. The body pattern slinks in a bit. Neck opening is 28 inches (70 cm) in all sizes.