The Aiyu Tee is a fitted summer crop top with flutter sleeves and lace edging details. The seamless set-in sleeve construction is designed for plant fibre yarn. Typical set-in sleeve construction requires shortrows which creates unsightly holes if you are using plant fibres. This construction overcomes that problem. Of course, you can also make the Aiyu Tee with animal fibre yarn if you wish.

The tee is worked top down, with optional waist shaping. You begin by knitting flat for the front and back neckline. Then, stitches are picked up for sleevecaps. Sleeve and body increases are done through a combination of knitting in the round and knitting flat. The body is knitted in the round. Sleeves are picked up and knitted in the round.

Skill level: Advanced beginner to intermediate. Pattern involves lots of picking up stitches, putting stitches on hold, shortrows, and minor lacework.

Garment Bust Circumferences
Sizes: 1, 2, 3 (4, 5, 6) 7, 8, 9
Centimetres: 69.5, 79.5, 90 (100, 110, 120.5) 130.5, 140.5, 151
Inches: 27.5, 31.5, 35.5 (39.5, 43.5, 47.5) 51.5, 55.5, 59.5
The tee is designed to have about 4 cm (1.5 inches) of negative ease around the bust.

Garment Waist Circumferences
This only applies if you do optional waist shaping.
Centimetres: 57.5, 68, 81 (91, 101.5, 112) 123, 135, 143.5
Inches: 22.75, 26.75, 32 (35.75, 40, 44.25) 48.5, 53, 56.5

Suggested Yarn
Scheepjes Stone Washed
Sport weight
78% cotton 22% acrylic
130 m per 50 g ball
Sample is in 818 Lilac Quartz

Yarn quantities
With optional waist shaping: 4, 4, 5 (5, 6, 6) 7, 7, 8 balls
Without waist shaping: 5, 5, 6 (6, 7, 7) 8, 9, 9 balls

Needles and Gauge
3.5 mm, 10” or suitable small circumference circular needles for sleeve
3.5 mm, 16” or suitable medium circumference circular needles for body
3.5 mm, 32” or suitable large circumference circular needles for yoke
Using 3.5 mm needles, in stockinette, 22 stitches and 30 rows = 10 cm by 10 cm swatch