I had doubt if I could make a Tee out of the 3 skeins of yarn. So I did my calculation carefully on a spreadsheet before I started the project.

I first started with the schematic that Rift provided, and put in my numbers based on an existing T-shirt. Then I realized Rift is bottom-up, and I couldn’t try on the sweater while knitting. So I decided to follow the top-down method in Vneck Boxy to cast on and shape the shoulders. There were a few adjustments:

• I made German short rows instead of w&t.
• I did Stockinette stitches instead of the horizontal ribbings on the shoulders.
• I did Cable Cast-on instead of Backwards Loop to cast on the stitches at the top of the back.
• After the shoulder shaping at the back, I put the stitches on hold, picked up stitches from the shoulders and started working the front panels.

As soon as I started the front panel, I changed my mind to make a round neck instead. I learnt about round neck construction by Kristina Virka’s blog, and re-did my calculation on the spreadsheet. To ensure I won’t change mind again, I finished the neckline edging before continuing the stitches on the body.

Although the front and back panels are already joined on the shoulders, I didn’t join the two panels underarm to knit the body in round. Instead, I continue to knit them separately until the desired length is reached. Several rationales to support my idea:

1. The sweater will have a better structure if the sides are seamed.
2. I wanted to defer my my decision on how big the arm holes would be until the desired length was reached.
3. If, for some reason, I didn’t like the oversized look, I could do waist shaping by the seams!

After the front and back panels were almost at my desired length, I put the panels on hold because I want to figure out what I want to do with sleeves before finalizing the length of the body. I sewed the side seams together and did some calculation on how much yarn I still had. Although I should have enough yarn to make 3-quarter sleeves, I felt the sweater would look better with short sleeves. I picked up stitches around the armholes, made 2x2 ribbing and finished the sleeves with i-cord bind-off to match the neckline.

Lastly, I continued on the body panels until I was satisfied with the length. The back and front panels are split, and I followed Suzanne Bryan’s YouTube Tutorial to make invisible 2x2 ribbing bind-off. As suggested by the tutorial, the last row was made with a pair of needles that are two-size smaller than the pair that I used for 2x2 ribbing. The invisible 2x2 Ribbing Bind-off was beautiful!