Câlin is an oversized and cropped tee-shirt with a round collar. Câlin means hug in french and it’s truly what the tee-shirt is all about. You can worn it direclty on your skin or with a shirt

Composition
Câlin is knitted from top to bottom on circular needles. First, the double collar is knitted in the round followed by the yoke. Then it’s divided into 3 parts: body and two sleeves. The body and the sleeves are worked in the round. A cute intarsia heart is knitted on each sleeve.

Gauge
10cm x 10xm = 14 st x 19 rws in stockinette

Yarn

• For the body:

6 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 balls of Sweet Tweed
or
310 - 330 - 380 - 415 - 460 m of yarn meeting the gauge

• For edges and hearts:

2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 balls of Friends Kid Silk
or
300 - 320 - 350 - 375 - 410 m of equivalent yarn

Both yarn suggested are knitted using 3 threads!
You need to divide your ball in 3 for the Kid Silk and for size M and L if you use the suggested yarn

Material

• 6mm needle (circular of 80cm and 40cm)
• 4,5 mm (circular of 80cm and 40cm)

Techniques

• Intarsia
• Raglan increase
• Double neck
• Provisional cast on
• Tubular bind off