Nacre is a Tee with a little eyelet patterned yoke with a wide front neck that is worked from the top down with drop shoulders. The rectangle pattern that is used for the shoulder slope part and the decrease part from the shoulder width to the casual body width is repeated on the notched hem.

Although a relaxed fit, when using a shiny silk yarn Nacre becomes also a perfect partner on a summer evening to go out to a dinner.
I named the shirt Nacre because the color and the nice sheen of the yarn I used remind me of some dark mother of pearl buttons I found in a metal tin where my grandma kept her buttons.

SIZES
XS (S, M, L, XL, XXL) with finished body size 90 (100, 110, 120, 130, 140) cm/ 35½“ (39¼”, 43¼“, 47¼”, 51¼“, 55”)
Intended to be worn with 7.5–17.5 cm/ 3–7” positive ease around the body.
Sample is shown in colorway Stormy Gray Sea in size L on a 102 cm/ 40” bust with 17.5 cm/7” positive ease.

YARDAGE
3 (3, 4, 4, 4, 5) skeins DyeForYarn Cordonnette Silk or approx. 880 (980, 1080, 1180, 1300, 1450) meters/ 970 (1080, 1190, 1300, 1430, 1595) yards fingering weight yarn to obtain given gauge

Everybody knits differently, so given yardage is an estimate.

GAUGE
28 sts x 35 rows = 10 cm/4“ in stockinette stitch with needle 3.00/US2½ after washing and blocking

Take time to check gauge and adjust needle size if neccessary to obtain gauge.

NEEDLES
3.00 mm/ US2½ circular needle

NOTIONS
2 removable stitch markers, tapestry needle, waste yarn to hold stitches

REQUIRED TECHNIQUES
Long Tail CO, Backwards Loop CO, knit and purl stitches;
decreases: k2tog, ssk, p2tog, ssp;
increases: yo, M1L, M1Lp, M1R, M1Rp;
German short rows, picking up sts around neck;
applied i-cord over 2 sts

SKILL LEVEL
Beginner

Thank to my lovely test knitters and to Manfredovna for proofreading.