Rick Rack Tee

This pattern is available in English and Japanese. Both patterns are included in your download.

英語と日本語パターンがセットになって、同時にダウンロードできます。

FINISHED CIRCUMFERENCE AT BUST

Size 1 (2, 3, 4)(5, 6, 7) : 88 (98, 107, 117)(126, 145, 155) cm
/ 34¾ (38½, 42¼, 46)(49¾, 57¼, 61) inches

You can find detailed measurements of the garment in the pattern. The sample was knit in Size 1 and worn with +¾” ease at bust.

Suggested ease: -5 cm to +5 cm / -2” to +2”.

YARN

Fingering weight
Moondrake Co. Pika Pika (375 m / 410 yds per 100 g skein, 60% superwash merino, 20% silk, 20% ramie)
Sample colour: Sea Breeze

Estimated yardage

Size 1 (2, 3, 4)(5, 6, 7) : 700 (735, 875, 925)(1115, 1310, 1365) m
/ 765 (805, 955, 1010)(1220, 1435, 1495) yards
2 (2, 3, 3)(3, 4, 4) skeins

If you are substituting yarn, choose a yarn that retains its elasticity and desired gauge in ribbed pattern after a wash and block.

NEEDLES

One 3.25 mm / US 3 circular needle, 60 cm / 24” or longer
One 3.5 mm / US 4 circular needle, 60 cm / 24” or longer
One 4 mm / US 6 circular needle, 60 cm / 24” or longer
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

NOTIONS

Stitch markers, unique stitch markers for BOR marker and side marker, cable needles, stitch holder or waste yarn for holding stitches, tapestry needle for weaving in ends.

GAUGE (after blocking, ribbings relaxed and unstretched)

30 sts and 24 rows in Chart A (12 sts, 12 rows) and Chart B (18 sts, 12 rows) in chequered arrangement (explained in diagram in the pattern) = 9.5 cm / 3¾” in width and 8 cm / 3⅛” in height with 4 mm / US 6 needle.

NOTES AND TECHNIQUES

Rick Rack Tee is a seamless top-down tee with a square neckline in front, a ribbed panel down the back in the middle, and a rick rack rib that forms a chequered pattern with 1x1 ribbed cable on the rest of the tee. In order for different sizes to keep similar proportions where sleeves end around the upper arms, some sizes have underarm shaping or additional underarm stitches while some sizes are worked straight.

The shoulders shaped with German short rows are worked flat. Combined with stitches cast on for the neck, the front and back are worked separately to the underarm. They are then joined and worked in the round towards the hem. A switch to smaller needles to knit the lower body and hem gives the tee a gentle taper towards the hem.

The tee is cropped at waist length. Suggestions are given in the pattern on how to add length to the tee if desired.

A huge thank you to a team of kind and committed test knitters who offered their time and resources to work through the pattern to make sure that it is clear and as error-free as possible: Sigrid, Stella, Erin, Susie, Keiko, Yuki, Joana Borges, Lina, Qiu Fang, Vivian, Terry, Danbi, Motoko, Christine, Marie-Anne, Tomomi, Anna, Brenda, Ayumi, Camay, Akemi, Clare and Roberta.

Special thanks to Naoko Ogawa (Strands of Life) for tech editing, and Rachelle (Moondrake Co.) for yarn sponsor.