Wednesday, May 7, 2025, Issue 393: Happy Wednesday! What is on your needles?

• Posted on 7 May 2025
• By Sue
• Posted in knitting inspiration, May 2025, spring knitting, summer tee
• 0

Mother's Day is this weekend, that special day when we do everything to show our love! Well for us yarn lovers, forget the flowers because your Mom (or you) wants yarn or something related to her passion for making!

Knus Light by Elsebeth Judith is a thinner version of Sommerknus/Knus worked with fingering weight yarn.

knus light is a round yoke blouse with short sleeves. The short blouse is worked in a textured pattern from the top down with the option of working the lower body in stockinette stitch or the whole blouse in the textured pattern.
Short and long sleeve options are included, and the long sleeves can also be worked in either stockinette stitch or the textured pattern.

Sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
This blouse is designed to be worn with a positive ease of 5-10cm/2-4”.
The finished measurement of knus light at Bust: 86.5 (91, 96, 101, 105.5) (113.5, 121.5, 126.5, 134.5) cm/
34 (36, 37.75, 39.75, 41.5) (44.5, 47.75, 49.75, 53)“.

Yarn
680 (720, 800, 840, 900) (980, 1060, 1140, 1220) m/743 (787, 874, 918, 984) (1071, 1159, 1246, 1334) yd,
Please keep in mind that yardage is an estimate for working a version with short sleeve in the listed measurements. Add one skein (200m/218yd) more for longer sleeves.

Gauge
10cm x 10cm/4” x 4”: 25 sts over 32 rows/rounds in stockinette stitch and needle 3.5mm/US or the size needed to obtain gauge after blocking.
10cm x 10cm/4” x 4”: 30 sts over 40 rows/rounds in 1x1 unstretched rib and needle 3.0mm/US 2½.

Needles
3.00 mm (US 2.5) circular needles
3.50 mm (US 4) circular needles

Suggested Yarn
BC Garn Bio Balance, Sandnes Garn Tynn Line, Elsebeth Lavold Hempathy

There are so many summer tee patterns to be found on Ravelry! Xyris by Audrey Borrego is a light tee with a graphic lace all over the back and is a free Ravelry download! The body is knit in the round from the bottom up until the armholes. Front and back are then separated and knit flat, continuing the lace motif on the back and shaping a low scoop neckline on the front. Shoulders are joined with a three needle bind-off and stitches are picked up along the armholes and neckline to finish them in a large ribbing pattern. 

With simple stitches, the lace is worked on both RS and WS rows, with a twisted stitch structure that makes it easier to read.
The loose fit and simple shape make this tee an easy to wear summer or versatile mid-season garment.

Sizes :
1 (2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7)
All measurements are those of the finished tee.
See last pictures for schematic and complete measurements.
Finished bust circumference :
92 (105 / 118 / 131 / 145 / 158 / 172) cm
36 ¼ (41 ¼ / 46 ½ / 51 ½ / 57 / 62 ¼ / 67 ¾)“

Choose a size with 15 to 20 cm – 6 to 7 ¾“ positive ease at bust.
If you are in between sizes, size up for more ease.
Shown in size 2 on a 84 cm – 33” bust

Yarn :
750 (800 / 850 / 950 / 1050 / 1200 / 1300) meters
820 (875 / 930 / 1040 / 1150 / 1315 / 1425) yards
of fingering weight yarn.
The sample is knit with BC Garn Bio Balance in Denim Blue.

Needles :
Main Fabric : 3.25 mm (US 3) circular needles with appropriate length to knit in the round and magic loop or DPNs.
Neckline : 2.75 mm (US 2) circular needles with appropriate length to knit in the round and magic loop or DPNs.
or size required to get gauge

Gauge :
24 sts x 34 rnds per 10 cm – 4” with larger needles in lace motif after blocking
To swatch, cast-on 49 sts and work the lace Chart from page 8 in the round at least once and a half (about 45 rnds).

The Belmont Cardi by Gudrun Johnston is from her The Shetland Trader Book Two from 2014. The one she is wearing above, she rushed to finish to wear this week to H+H this week. She is planning an update to add a wider range of sizes and some other sleeve options.

It is worked in one piece from the bottom up. Fronts and back are then divided at the underarm and worked separately. After the shoulders have been joined stitches are then picked up around the armscythe and short rows are worked to shape the sleeve cap. Buttonbands are worked at the same time as body.

Sizes
30 3/4 (33, 35 1/4, 37 1/2, 39 3/4, 42, 44 1/4, 46 1/2)”/78 (84, 89.5, 95.5, 101, 106.5, 112.5, 118) cms at chest
Recommended to be worn with approx 0-1 inches of negative ease
Shown in size 33 inches with 1 inch of negative ease

Needles
US 3/3.25mm 24-inch circular needle
US 4/3.5mm 16-inch circular needle
US 4/3.5mm 32-inch circular needle
US 4/3.5mm set of dpn’s or long circular (if working magic loop for sleeves)

Yarn
Fingering weight yarn in the following amounts:
795 (860, 910, 968, 1028, 1092, 1150, 1210) yards

Gauge
27 sts and 35 rows= 4 inches in Stockinette Stitch on US 4/3.5mm needles
30 sts and 35 rows =4 inches in Lace Pattern on US 4/3.5mm needles
33 sts and 36 rows=4 inches in Twisted Rib pattern on US 4/3.5mm needles
To account for the difference in gauge between the lace and Stockinette fabrics, stitch counts for the fronts and back will be different.

Suggested Yarn
Jamieson & Smith 2 Ply Jumper Weight, Garnstudio Drops Flora

Berroco is hosting a Berroco Tee Party again this year! Grab a pattern, some yarn and join us in making a tee! This is one of their most-loved make alongs, and for good reason—tees are the ultimate layering piece for any season, any climate, and any style.

Here’s how it works: Things will kick off May 14th and aim to bind off by June 30th. That just over six weeks of stitching, sharing, and cheering each other on! Whether you’re a Facebook fan or Ravelry regular, they have covered. Join the conversation and follow along with updates in ther Berroco Tee Party Facebook group and the Berroco Lovers group on Ravelry.

Choose any tee pattern you like—just make sure you’re using yarn from Berroco or any of our awesome distribution brands: Lopi, WoolAddicts, Amano, West Yorkshire Spinners, or Lang Yarns.

Bonus Perk: Use code BerrocoTeeParty25 at checkout on Berroco.com or Ravelry for 50% off a Berroco tee pattern (expires 6/9/25)!

FOs and WIPs

On Monday, I picked up my Aal Ower Toorie and worked on the next repeat of the chart.

By last night, I was ready to start the decreases for the crown.

Here's a close up. I love the purples and the pattern on this year's Shetland Wool Week hat.

Last Thursday, the four granny squares for my Geddy Tee by Tanis Lavallee were finished. I joined them using a flat slip stitch join and then picked up for the back. I am using Navia Bummull as my main yarn.

I finished the back and front sections and short rows to the underarm separations. I knit the backs and fronts to 6 inches from the edge of the granny squares and not the cast on neck edge.

I knit this far on the body before setting it aside to work on my Aal Ower Toorie.

The body with all of the stitches hasn’t moved quite as quickly! Isn't this going to be a pretty top?

KNIT GROUP AND GALLERY

Darlene knit herself a Ninilchik Swoncho by Caitlin Hunter using one of the Arranmore Light Swoncho Kits from my shop!

Arranmore Light from The Fibre Company is a beautiful tweedy blend of cashmere and silk with fine merino wool which along with the pattern made this a favourite for Darlene.

Darlene crocheted this cute Bluey Hat for her granddaughter!

This is a blanket Darlene crocheted for Hannah.

Cathy (MCatherineL) finished this cute Amigurumi Yogi Girl by Kseniia Semeliak.

Debbie finished another Tori by Trudy Van Stralen using LoftyFiber Euroflax Sport.

Debbie (@love.knit.spin.weave) has finished and is blocking her Vaughan by Dario Tubiana - RossoCardinale. Yarn is Rowan Felted Tweed.

Elena has knit many dinosaur hats for her boys! This one is her own design based on designs by Inger Berg. Yarn is Schoppel Wolle Zauberball Crazy.

Cecilia (@adventuremonkey6) knit this lovely pair of Flora slippers, Toffeln Flora by Kajsa Vuorela Fredriksson using BC Garn Semilla Melange.

Patty (Travelbravely) finished her Postcard from the Edge by Marie Greene.