The Lusk Tee is a perfect basic drop-shouldered t-shirt that can be the canvas for all of your creative ideas. The pattern includes the instructions for the tee and some tips on customising it to your liking.

Worked from the top down the back is first knit, then the fronts and then it’s joined in the round. Collar and sleeves are picked up, sleeves are shaped with short rows.

This pattern includes instructions for both a DK and fingering weight sweater, long and short sleeves and bust shaping!

Gauge:

DK: 17 stitches and 27 rows in stockinette = 10cm/4 inches

Fingering: 24 stitches and 32 rows in stockinette = 10cm/4 inches

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)

Finished Measurements

DK WEIGHT

B cup: 70.5 (80, 89.5, 101, 110.5, 120) (129.5, 141, 150.5, 160, 169.5) cm/27.75 (31.5, 35.25, 39.75, 43.5, 47.25) (51, 55.5, 59.25, 63, 66.75) inches

D cup: 75.5 (84.5, 94, 106, 115.5, 124.5) (134, 146, 155.5, 164.5, 174) cm/29.75 (33.25, 37, 41.75, 45.5, 49) (52.75, 57.5, 61.25, 64.75, 68.5) inches

F cup: 80 (89.5, 99, 110.5, 120, 129.5) (139, 150.5, 160, 169.5, 179) cm/31.5 (35.25, 39, 43.5, 47.25, 51) (54.75, 59.25, 63, 66.75, 70.5) inches

FINGERING

B cup: 70 (80, 90, 100, 110, 120) (130, 140, 150, 160, 170) cm/27.5 (31.5, 35.5, 39.25, 43.25, 47.25) (51.25, 55, 59, 63, 67) inches

D cup: 75 (85, 95, 105, 115, 125) (135, 145, 155, 165, 175) cm/29.5 (33.5, 37.5, 41.25, 45.25, 49.25) (53.25, 57, 61, 65, 69) inches

F cup: 80 (90, 100, 110, 120, 130) (140, 150, 160, 170, 180) cm/31.5 (35.5, 39.25, 43.25, 47.25, 51.25) (55, 59, 63, 67, 70.75) inches

Designed to have 0-8cm/0-3 inches positive ease

Choosing the size to knit:

This sweater has optional bust shaping. The three options correspond to a B, D, and F cup. To determine which size to knit, you will want to take your full bust measurement and your “high bust” measurement (this is the circumference of your body at the armhole). If you’ve never done these measurements before, this blog post may be helpful:

https://blog.cashmerette.com/2020/08/high-bust-measuremen...

If “full bust measurement - high bust measurement” is

less than 5 cm/2 inches, follow the B cup instructions.

between 5 cm/2 inches and 10 cm/4 inches, follow the D cup instructions.

between 10 cm/4 inches and 15 cm/6 inches, follow the F cup instructions.

For those following the D and F cup options, you will add extra stitches for the front in the front raglans and work a vertical dart in the body to remove those additional stitches.

If the sizing/cup options are confusing, feel free to email me at the email in the pattern for guidance on selecting a size.

Yardage - DK

SHORT SLEEVE

425 (465, 505, 560, 600, 655) (700, 750, 810, 860, 915) m/465 (510, 550, 610, 655, 715) (765, 820, 885, 940, 1000) yds

LONG SLEEVE

708 (770, 863, 932, 1024, 1119) (1214, 1329, 1508, 1603, 1704)/774 (842, 944, 1019, 1120, 1224) (1327, 1454, 1649, 1753, 1864) yd

Yardage - fingering

SHORT SLEEVE

500, (588, 658, 742, 812, 882) (952,1036, 1106, 1176, 1246) meters/ 641 (717, 809, 885, 961, 1037)(1041, 1133, 1210, 1286, 1362)

LONG SLEEVE

906 (985, 1104, 1192, 1310, 1432) (1553, 1700, 1929, 2050, 2180) meters/ 991 (1078, 1208, 1304, 1433, 1566) (1699, 1859, 2109, 2243, 2384) yd

Note: If you work the optional bust shaping, you will require up to 25 m/27 yds of additional yarn.

Yarn

The samples are knit in Drops Belle, Sandnesgarn Line and Filcolana Merci. Any yarn that meets gauge can be used. Testers also used Knitting For Olive Cotton Merino and Pure Silk, Malabrigo Sock, Novita Wooly Wood and Knit Picks fingering.

Customisation
The pattern has been carefully graded so that pattern repeats of 2, 3, 4, 6 or 12 rows will work. When you purchase this pattern there’s an additional document with explanations of all the customisation worked on the samples.

Techniques used

M1L/M1R increases

M1Lp/M1Rp increases

Picking up Stitches

German Short Rows

Lateral Braid