TSD Patreon Design with Me Tee **Test Knit**
Finished
June 29, 2023
July 30, 2023

TSD Patreon Design with Me Tee **Test Knit**

Tester project info
Lover's Knot by Twin Stitches Designs
Knitting
TopsTee
Me
3
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
1,726 yards = 3.95 skeins
Sassy Black Yarns SW Merino Nylon 70/30
192 yards in stash
1.85 skeins = 808.5 yards (739.3 meters), 185 grams
White
Sassy Black Yarns
December 17, 2022
Sassy Black Yarns SW Merino Nylon 70/30
122 yards in stash
2.1 skeins = 917.7 yards (839.1 meters), 210 grams
Green
Sassy Black Yarns
December 17, 2022
Notes

This make supported a Black-owned business by using fingering weight yarns with beautifully saturated colors from Sassy Blacks Yarns.

07/02/2023

Held yarn double to make gauge.

Very Pink Knits has an excellent video tutorial to help you lean how to make cables: https://youtu.be/nctCDyp93JU

Finished the second cable chart today. Working on the yoke increases.

07/03/2023

Split for the sleeves.

07/04/2023

Knit 1” after splitting sleeves. Blocking yoke and then will try on garment to see how it fits.

07/06/2023

Love the fit! Continuing to knit on yoke.

07/08/2023

Decided to add longer sleeves to the tee. Did the math to figures out where to place my sleeve decreases. Knit 1st sleeve.

07/09/2023

Knit 2nd sleeve. Blocking again to check how the sleeves fit.

07/11/2023

Tee is dry and looks beautiful. Pausing on knitting the rest of the body to work on another test knit.

07/21/2023

Giving this test knit some love again. Resumed knitting the body.

07/23/2023

Finished the body. Started knitting the ribbing.

07/24/2023

Finished knitting the ribbing. Bound off and weaving in ends.

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Finished
June 29, 2023
July 30, 2023
About this pattern
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About this yarn
by Sassy Black Yarns
Fingering
70% Merino, 30% Nylon
437 yards / 100 grams

53 projects

stashed 135 times

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  2. Beautiful, Saturated
  3. Amazing Soft after Washing
  • Project created: July 2, 2023
  • Updated: August 11, 2023
  • Progress updates: 5 updates