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Dido Tee
€5.83
A beautiful lace and cabled top designed by Sari Nordlund
Description
The Dido tee has a boxy fit and dropped shoulders. It is knitted seamlessly top-down with a lace and cable pattern on the front and the sleeves.
The tee is started at the back neck and increased to the full width of the back. Then stitches are picked up for the shoulders and worked as the front of the tee. The front and back are joined at the underarm and the body is then worked in the round. The stitches for the sleeves are picked up from the body and the sleeves are worked in the round with a bit of short-row shaping at the sleeve caps to improve the fit. Lastly, stitches for the neckband are picked from the neck opening and worked in ribbing in the round. The neckband, hem and cuffs are finished with a tubular bind off, which provides a beautiful and stretchy edge that looks like the stitches roll over the edge to the other side of the ribbing.
Find out more about Sari's pattern by reading our blog post and about our Antigone's version over here.
SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
Finished bust circumference: 90 (100, 110, 120, 130) (140, 150, 160, 170) cm / 35.5 (39.25, 43.25, 47.25, 51.25) (55, 59, 63, 67) inches. Recommended ease: 15 cm / 6 inches of positive ease.
Length from hem to underarm (adjustable): 33 cm / 13 inches
Sleeve length from cuff to underarm (adjustable): 9 cm / 3.5 inches
Upper arm circumference: 34 (36, 38, 40, 43) (46, 49, 52, 55) cm / 13.25 (14.25, 15, 15.75, 16.75) (18.25, 19.25, 20.5, 21.75) inches
YARN
4 (4, 4, 4, 5) (5, 6, 6, 7) balls of De Rerum Natura Candide (70% Organic merino d’Arles, 28% recycled cotton, 2% of others recycled fibres; 185 meters / 202 yards per 50 g) shown in the colorway "nougat"
or 560 (610, 670, 740, 810) (900, 980, 1080, 1190) m / 610 (670, 730, 810, 890) (980, 1080, 1180, 1300) yards of sport weight yarn.
NEEDLES
For the ribbing:
3 mm / US 2.5 circular needles with a cable of 40 cm / 16 inches for the neck ribbing
3 mm / US 2.5 DPNs or circular needles with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for the cuffs
3 mm / US 2.5 circular needles with a cable of at least 80 cm / 32 inches for the hem
For the main part:
3.5 mm / US 4 DPNs or circular needles with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for the sleeves
3.5 mm / US 4 circular needles with a cable of at least 80 cm / 32 inches for the body
GAUGE
22 sts and 28 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches of Stockinette stitch and according to the Main chart, on larger needles, after blocking
Note: Always use the needle size that gets you the right gauge!
NOTIONS
4 stitch markers
6 locking markers
cable needle, if using
waste yarn
tapestry needle
blocking tools
TECHNIQUES USED AND SKILL LEVEL
This pattern is at an intermediate level and will require the ability to cast on and bind off, increase and decrease, knit in the round, pick up stitches, follow a chart for the lace pattern, make cables, German short rows and tubular bind-off (optional).
It includes charts of the motif for each size.
Photos credits 1 to 6 : Viola Minerva
PDF to downoad (contains instructions in French and English).
