Sari Nordlund’s adorable ‘Poet tee’, presented this spring in Penelope, inspired us to try a more relaxed version in Robinson, which Céline immediately put on her needles 🙂
The pattern, which combines moss stitch and lace, comes out beautifully with this lightly textured yarn, which blends the softness of Arles merino with the freshness of recycled cotton. The pattern calls for a 20 sts x 28 rows gauge, which corresponds to the standard gauge of this yarn knitted with 4 mm needles for a regular, fairly dense finish.
We chose to lengthen the sleeves to a 3/4 length, perfect for mid-season, making it very versatile. With shorts for chilly mornings or pants for back-to-school season, it’s a pretty, comfortable, lightweight little sweater, with a “wow” result that’s particularly gratifying!
CONSTRUCTION
This pattern is worked seamlessly from top to bottom, so it’s easy to adjust to your own tastes and measurements: first the neckline is knitted flat, then the rest of the sweater is knitted in the round.
“Poet tee” pattern by Sari Nordlund knitted in Robinson “nougat” in size 3.
The pattern appears on the front and back of the sweater, and the raglan sleeves are knitted in stockinette stitch in the round. To finish, the neck band is made by picking up stitches along cast-on row.
DETAILS OF OUR VERSION IN ROBINSON AND THREE-QUARTER SLEEVES
Our version is knitted in size 3, with 15 cm of positive ease at the chest and sleeves lengthened to 33 cm (measured from the underarm): to lengthen the sleeves, we worked the decreases every 8 rows for a total of 8 times (instead of 2), then knitted straight through for another 30 rounds before making the cuffs in 1×1 ribbing.
The total weight of this version is 410 g, or approximately 1025 m and 5 balls of Robinson (250 m / 100 g) for this variation with three-quarter sleeves (compared with 800 m, or 7 balls of Pénélope (133 m / 50 g) for the original version with short sleeves).
Pattern: « Poet Tee » by Sari Nordlund, available in french and in English on our website in 9 sizes corresponding to a chest circumference of 90 to 170 cm / 35.5 to 67 inches.
Yarn used for our version: Robinson (70% Organic merino d’Arles (France) and 30% recycled cotton, included 2% of others recycled fibres (France), 250 m / 100g), colorway “nougat”.
Samples made in Pénélope “brume” (bottom) and Robinson “citronnade” (top)
You’ll need 3 (3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6) balls of Robinson (250 m /100g) to knit it (+ 1 or 2 extra balls if you want a version with lengthened sleeves).
We hope this version will give you some ideas for your summer projects!