“Seaside Sunrise” is a simple striped shirt. Its stripe sequence has been constructed to look random, but at the same time to use up 6 colors equally (with approx. 200m each), so that it can be worked with minimal leftovers when buying 6 skeins.

The shirt ist worked bottom-up. It features Garter side panels which form a curve at the underarms and are put on hold to be re-used later for the sleeve edges, while the rest of the back and front stitches (including sets of wedge increases) are continued to the slanted shoulders, to be joined using a 3-needle-bindoff.
Garter edgings are worked at the neck and sleeves to finish the piece neatly.

Yarn usage:

• Approx. 1000/ 1100/ 1200/ 1300/ 1400 m, equally distributed between 6 colors.
• Color tables are provided in case you would like to use exactly the same stripe sequence as in the samples.
• But of course you can create your own color scheme! This is the perfect project for using up beautiful leftovers.

Gauge

• Gauge for the Pinta sample: 28 sts x 36 rows in Stockinette.
• For looser knitters than I am, stitch counts are also provided for alternative stitch gauges of 26 sts and 24 sts.
• Instead of row numbers, measurements in cm are used throughout.
• 2 sts less per 10cm will result in the piece getting approximately one size bigger (this is merely a rule of thumb, not an exact calculation).

Bust width (circumference):
90/ 100/ 110/ 120/ 130 cm

Difficulty level: ** (out of 5), so it is suited for advanced beginners.