Skill level: Intermediate

The Chelsea Tee is a simple top-down tee shirt knit with two strands of fingering weight Chelsea Luxe Yarns. This tee is a fantastic canvas to knit up and show off your mini skein collection or to create your own two-color blend with. Since the top is worked in the round, you can knit up every yard of yarn and then make space in your stash for new Chelsea colors and yarn sets!

Construction Details:
The Chelsea Tee is worked from the top-down with minimal seaming. After casting on for the shoulders provisionally and working the body from the top-down, the shoulders are attached with a 3-needle bind off and the body is joined in the round.

Skills Required:
Visit Shaina Bilow’s YouTube channel for tutorial videos for most of these skills

Cast on (provisional, cable cast on purlwise)
Bind off in ribbing
German Short Rows
Increasing (m1L/m1r)
Joining in the round
Knit/Purl
Three-needle bind off
Picking up stitches for neckline

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

To fit bust: 29 (33, 37, 41, 45)(49, 53, 57, 61)”/74 (84, 94, 104, 114.5)(124.5, 135, 145, 155) cm

Finished bust: 33.5 (37, 41.5, 45, 49.5)(53, 57, 61, 65)”/84 (93, 104, 113, 124)(133, 142, 153, 162) cm

Recommended ease is 4”/10 cm. If you are between sizes, go down a size for a more form-fitted look or up a size for a boxy look. Christina is wearing the second size made with stripes, shortened by 4”/10 cm.

Finished Length: 21 (21.5, 22, 23, 24)(25, 26, 27, 28)”/52 (54, 55, 57, 60)(62, 65, 67, 70) cm

Schematic is provided in the pattern with additional measurements.

Gauge: 18 sts and 28 rounds = 4”/10 cm in St-st, using size needle to obtain gauge.

Needles: US 7 (4.5 mm) 32”/80 cm circular needle or size needed for gauge, US 6 (4 mm) 16 and 32”/40 and 80 cm circular needles or one size smaller than size needed for gauge. Adjust needle size as necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Yarn: 1500 (1700, 1900, 2200, 2500)(2850, 3150, 3550, 3900) total yards of fingering weight (CYCA #1) yarn. Yarn will be held double strand and yardage amounts listed account for the double strand.

To work the tee in a single strand of DK/light worsted weight (CYCA #3-4) yarn, 750 (850, 950, 1100, 1250)(1425, 1575, 1775, 1950) yards are needed.

Shown in Chelsea Luxe “Luxe 80/10/10” (80% superwash merino wool, 10% cashmere, 10% nylon; 400 yds/100 g skein). Christina’s tee uses 14 different mini-skeins at 80 yards each in assorted colors and Shaina’s tee uses one strand of “Watercolors” held with one strand of “Sea Glass”

Other Materials: Scrap yarn for provisional cast on, size G (4.5 mm) crochet hook for provisional cast on, stitch markers, stitch holder or spare circular needle, tapestry needle.