Choose Your Own Adventure Tee by Allyson Dykhuizen

Choose Your Own Adventure Tee

Knitting
July 2016
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in st st
US 6 - 4.0 mm
500 - 2375 yards (457 - 2172 m)
35.5 (38.5, 41.5, 45.25, 49.25, 54.5, 59)" bust/chest circumference
English
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Just like those Choose Your Own Adventure books we use to read as kids, this pattern is completely customizable so you can get the body and sleeve length and drape you want! With the same pattern you can make a cropped short sleeve tee or a tunic length tee with elbow length sleeves. Tee length body with flutter elbow length sleeves? Swing tunic length with short sleeves? Cropped with three quarter length sleeves? The world (or tee!) is your oyster. Mix and match finishings and create wardrobe staples you can wear all year around.

Finished Size 35.5 (38.5, 41.5, 45.25, 49.25, 54.5, 59)“ bust/chest circumference. Designed to be worn with 2+” of positive ease.

Yarn Any DK weight cotton, linen, or blend will work for this pattern. Recommended yarns include:

  • Juniper Moon Farm Zooey, 60% Cotton, 40% Linen; 284yds/260m.
  • Ella Rae Phoenix DK, 100% Cotton; 273yds/250m.
  • Debbie Bliss Cotton Denim DK, 100% Cotton; 218yds/200m.
  • Knit Picks CotLin, 70% Tanguis Cotton, 30% Linen; 123yds/50g.

Below yardages are approximate. Because of the nature of the knit as you go pattern use these yardages and round up to make sure you have enough yarn!

Crop Top Body: 500 (550, 575, 625, 675, 775, 875) yards
Tee Body: 800 (850, 875, 925, 975, 1075, 1175) yards
Tunic Body: 1200 (1250, 1275, 1375, 1475, 1575) yards + 200 yards for Swing Option

Add yardage for sleeves:

Elbow Length: 100 (125, 150, 175, 200, 250, 300) yards
Three Quarter Length: 200 (250, 300, 350, 400, 500, 600) yards

Needles Size 6 (4 mm): 16” and 24+“ circular (cir) and double-pointed (dpn). Adjust needle sizes if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions Markers (m); stitch holders or scrap yarn; tapestry needle.

Gauge 22 sts and 28 rows = 4” (10 cm) in St st, blocked.

Notes This garment is worked seamlessly from the top-down using the contiguous sleeve method developed by Susie Myers, SusieM on Ravelry. It’s brilliant and works perfectly for a choose your own adventure style pattern like this. Everyone follows the same pattern through the armhole separations and then you start getting creative!