amande tee by alfa knits

amande tee

Knitting
October 2012
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
25 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
1039 - 1695 yards (950 - 1550 m)
XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL finished measurements bust: 31, 35, 38, 42.5, 45.5, 50” (78, 88, 96, 108, 116, 128 cm)
English French
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Amande tee est aussi disponible en français.

Amande tee is a pullover or a tee with a very unusual construction, similar to her sisters amandine cardigan and amande cardigan

It is worked seamlessly, in the round from the shouldertop downwards and sideways. It’s a bit tricky to start the special shoulder shaping, but after this first challenging part, it’s plain, mindless knitting. The body and the sleeves are worked in the round from the top down.
The pattern includes instructions for short sleeves or 3/4 and long sleeves with matching elbow patches.

It is preferable to work with two different colors to show off the unique construction.

What you’ll need
Yardage depends on length of sleeves.
Yardage as pictured (elbow sleeves) :
± 850/900/1000/1150/1300/1450)m (930/990/1100/1250/1450/1600 yards) fingering /3ply or 4ply of the main color (MC)
And about 100 m (110 yards) of contrasting color (CC)

3,5 mm circular needle (US 4) or dpns
3 mm circular needle (US 3) or dpns for the ribbing
8 markers

Gauge
25 sts and 36 rows stockinette with the larger needle = 10 x 10 cm (4”x4”)

Techniques used
Alle techniques used (Turkish cast-on, 3 needle bind-off, …) are explained in full detail with illustrations.

  • Amande is almond in french

Errata:
On page 6, L-size only, round 7, k45 should be k47. (mentioned twice in same round)
On page 6, XL-size only, round 7, k51 should be k53. (twice as well)