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Soothing Stitches Tee – Classy summer tee with
boat neck and cap sleeves

This easy to wear tee is worked seamlessly from
the top down, starting with the neckband.
Neckband is shaped with decreases and increases.
After folding the neckband, the shoulders and
back are shaped with German Short Rows.
Increases are made at shoulders on every round until
the required width is reached. Then, the front and
back are worked flat to create the sleeve openings.
At the underarm, the front and back are joined to
be worked in the round again.

With folded neckband, hem and cuffs, the edges are neat all-around.

The cap sleeves are designed to set at the same
point on arms, and the body has 5-10 cm / 2-4 inches
of positive ease around the body across the sizes.
As a result smaller sizes have decreases after
underarm, whereas larger sizes have increases
before the underarm.

Techniques
Backwards Loop Cast-on

The pattern includes a link to a tutorial covering the technique above.

Sizes
There are nine sizes XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL) 3XL (4XL) 5XL with finished garment bust circumferences of 85.5 (95.5) 105.5 (115.5) 125.5 (135.5) 145.5 (155.5) 165.5 cm / 34 ¼ (38 ¼) 42 ¼ (46 ¼) 50 ¼ (54 ¼) 58 ¼ (62 ¼) 66 ¼ inches. The tee is designed with 5-10 cm / 2-4 inches of positive ease around bust. The tee is shown in size M with 5 cm of positive ease in the pictures. More finished garment measurements and the schematic may be found in the pattern.

Materials needed

Yarn
2 (3) 3 (3) 4 (4) 4 (5) 5 skeins of Camellia Fiber Company (CFC)) Flax Fingering | Dahlia | 50% Alpaca, 25% Linen, 25% Silk| Yardage 400 m/438 yds per 100 g (or 800 (900) 1000 (1100) 1250 (1400) 1550 (1700) 1850 m / 900 (1000) 1100 (1250) 1400 (1550) 1700 (1900) 2050 yds of similar yarn).

Please note that if you want to alter the length of the tee, more yarn may be required.

Needles
• 3 mm / US 2.5, at least 80 cm / 32 inch long circular needle for the collar, the body and
the cuffs.
• 3 mm / US 2.5 DPNs or 40 cm / 16 inch long circular needle for the collar and the cuffs if you prefer not to magic loop with the longer needle above.
• 2.75 mm / US 2, at least 80 cm / 32 inch long circular needle for hem.

Notions
• Removable stitch markers,
• Stitch holders,
• Tapestry needle for weaving in yarn ends.