Stag Beetle Tee by Alexandria Wenninger

Stag Beetle Tee

Knitting
December 2021
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 4 - 3.5 mm
700 - 1455 yards (640 - 1330 m)
27”/69cm (32”/80cm, 36”/91cm, 40”/102cm) (45”/113cm, 49”/142cm, 53”/135cm, 58”/146cm). The top should be worn with about 1-5”/2-13cm of positive ease.
English
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The Stag Beetle Tee is a lightweight tee featuring colorwork stag beetles along the waist and an ornate border across the neck and shoulders. The pattern is worked bottom-up and knit in fingering-weight yarn, perfect for a light, summer top!

Sizing
Instructions are provided for 8 finished chest circumferences: 27”/69cm (32”/80cm, 36”/91cm, 40”/102cm) (45”/113cm, 49”/142cm, 53”/135cm, 58”/146cm). The top should be worn with about 1-5”/2-13cm of positive ease. In the cover photo I am wearing the 32”/80cm size on my 31”/78.5cm chest.

Yarn
Fingering-weight yarn:
-Main color (background) - approximately 450 (500, 550, 600) (700, 775, 825, 900) meters
-Contrast Color (beetle color) - approximately 190 (225, 260, 290) (330, 360, 400, 430) meters

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