Long Island Iced Tee

The Long Island Iced Tee is a lightweight, effortlessly chic, semi-cropped, top-down tee. Its elegant cap sleeves, which use compound raglan shaping, feature the Riptide stitch pattern. This stitch pattern is echoed in the delicate hem, keeping the tee light and airy. It knits up super-fast, so you can enjoy making this over a cocktail or two. Shaken or stirred?

We suggest you use Sandnes Garn Tynn Line, a soft, machine washable summer yarn made with cotton, linen and viscose!

Construction Notes

The Long Island Iced Tee is worked in one piece, in the round, from the top down. The EOR marker is placed at the back centre. German Short Rows are worked for shaping the neck area of the tee and are worked simultaneously with the raglan shaping. Compound raglan shaping is then worked for the remainder of the yoke. The body is then worked straight to a semi-cropped length but can be lengthened (additional yarn would be required). The cap sleeves are finished with either ribbing or an I-cord bind off. Finally, the neck can be left unfinished with its minimal cast-on edge, or an attached I-cord can be applied. Charts are provided for the sleeve raglan increases on page 15 as a visual aid to the written instructions.

Skill Level: Advanced Beginner to Intermediate.

Video Tutorials

There are several video tutorials linked in this pattern, including:
1) German Short rows
2) 1 x 1 Italian bind off
3) Attached I-cord neckband

Size

• 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
• Finished chest circumference:
• 84 (92, 99.5, 108, 116.5) (127, 135.5, 144.5, 153)cm
• 33.5 (36.75, 39.75, 43.25, 46.5) (50.75, 54.25, 57.75, 61.25)”

Suggested fit approx. 5 – 10cm/ 2 – 4” positive ease. Sample shown in size 4 with 5cm/ 2” ease. Finished garment measurements are taken with relaxed fabric after blocking, so please knit and block a gauge swatch.

Materials

Please note: if not using Magic Loop for neck, sleeve, or cuffs, then a set of double-pointed needles will also be required.

• Sandnes Garn Tynn Line: Metres: 3 (3, 3, 4, 4) (5, 5, 6, 7) skeins
• 3.75mm/US 5 – 80-100cm/ 32-40” circular needle (or size needed to obtain gauge) for main sweater
• 3.25mm/US 3 – 80cm/ 32” circular needle (or 0.5mm / 2 US sizes smaller than gauge-size needle) for I-cord bind-off and sleeve cuffs.
• 3mm/US 2.5 – 40cm/16” circular needle (or 0.75mm / 2.5 US sizes smaller than gauge-size needle) for cast on. Smooth waste yarn for holding live sts.
• Tapestry/Darning needle
• Stitch markers: 9 (One in a unique colour).
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