My nephew was admiring the t-shirts I knitted for two of his daughters and said, “Do these come in adult sizes?” It’s always a great feeling to have your knitted gifts appreciated, so this is the first (and probably not last) adult size “Speckle Tee” that I’ll be knitting. I would not mind having one for myself.

I’m winging it for this pullover for my nephew’s wife, Sarah. Top-down pullover has dropped shoulders, short rows in back and shoulder areas and shaped front neckline. Body is straight without any shaping.

Started with a provisional cast-on at the shoulders. Knitted flat until finishing decreases under each arm. Then I knit in the round the rest of the way down.

Yarn is very soft. Machine washable and dryable. It will shrink about 1/2 inch in width and 2 - 2.5 inches in length the first time put into a warm dryer, so I allowed for this. Love how colorul this yarn is. Love all the available colorways. I hope to try all of them before Premier discontinues this yarn which seems to happen quite quickly to all my favorite yarns. The solid colors in this yarn line (DK weight) are already hard to come by.

Needles used:

Size 4 US (Susan Bates) - Body

Size 2 US (Addi) - All ribbing and JSSBO for neckline and sleeves

Size 1.5 US - JSSBO (lower bind-off only)

Picked up 96 sts for neckband (38 sts back + 58 sts front) .
1:1 ratio for back neck and 3:4 ratio for front neckline.
2 x 2 ribbing must be a multiple of 4.

Picked up 68 sts for each sleeve (4:5 ratio).

Finished Measurements:

Bust circumference - 39.5” (shrank .5” in dryer)

Sleeve edge to sleeve edge across (not including ribbing) - 23.5” (didn’t shrink much, if anything)

Back waist length, not including neck ribbing - 19.5” (shrank 2.5”)

Lower ribbing - 2.25” (did not shrink)

Arm circumference - 11” (shrank 1”)