Welcome warmer weather with Dot Tee, named for its fun fabric – an easy 2x2 rib with a yarn-over skip. This design is hip length with waist shaping created from gradual decreases, then increases, tucked into vertical purl stripes along each side. Its neckline is a wide crew from picked up stitches that continue the rib repeat of its bodice lace. You’ll find two sleeve length options – a short cap and a three-quarter – for multi-season wear-ability. Worked bottom up, bodice is worked in the round until the armholes where it splits, and then worked flat, back and forth. Sleeves are worked in the round as well, and set in.

It’s a fun knit, enjoy!

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Bust: 31, 35, 39, 43, 47, 51, 55” / 78.7, 88.9, 99.1, 109.2, 119.4, 129.5, 139.7 cm
Waist: 27, 31, 35, 39, 43, 47, 51” / 68.6, 78.7, 88.9, 99.1, 109.2, 119.4, 129.5 cm
Hips: 31, 35, 39, 43, 47, 51, 55” / 78.7, 88.9, 99.1, 109.2, 119.4, 129.5, 139.7 cm
Length: 24, 24¼, 24½, 24¾, 25, 25¼, 25½“ / 61, 61.6, 62.2, 62.9, 63.5, 64.1, 64.8 cm

MATERIALS
Yarn
Shown in Chickadee wool by Quince & Co. (100% wool; 181 yards / 166m per 50g skein); color – Snap Pea #128; Short sleeves: 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9 skeins, or for comparable yarn, approximately 855, 975, 1085, 1195, 1315, 1430, 1540 yards / 785, 895, 995, 1095, 1205, 1310, 1410 m.
Three-quarter sleeves: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 skeins, or for comparable yarn total approximately 1105, 1265, 1410, 1560, 1735, 1910, 2065 yards / 1010, 1160, 1290, 1430, 1590, 1750, 1890 m. I always have additional yarn on-hand for swatching.
(Three-quarter sleeve shown has been knit with Patagonia by Juniper Moon Farm. (100% organic merino wool; 382 yards / 350m per 100g skein); color: Rose #120.)

Needles
US5 / 3.75mm or size to obtain gauge
• 1 24 to 36”/ 60 to 90 cm circular (for lower bodice, choose length shorter than waist measurement)
• 1 24”/ 60 cm circular (for upper bodice)
• 1 set double-pointed, or preferred needle style for working small circumferences of sleeves in the round
US4 / 3.5mm (one size smaller than above)
• 1 16 to 20”/ 40 to 50 cm circular (for neckline trim)

Notions
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers
• Stitch holders
• T-pins for blocking

GAUGE (after blocking)
24 sts and 32 rows and rounds = 4” / 10 cm in Openwork 2x2 rib lace

SKILLS REQUIRED
Long-tail CO, circular knitting, decreases (ssk, k2tog, skp, p2tog), increases (yo, pfb, m1R, m1L), short row shaping, 3-needle BO at shoulders, stitch pick up around neckline, blocking, and seaming (sleeve cap into armholes).

14 page pdf includes pattern instructions, photographs, schematics, tutorial links, definitions for relevant abbreviations, and bodice and sleeve Row Trackers – my tool for managing at the same time shaping instructions over Lace rows.