Fourth Ave Tee - Knitting Pattern

This adventurous beginner, top-down t-shirt pattern includes a classic boxy shape, with ribbing details along the front and back of shirt, and a split hem. This top can look casual when dressed down with sweats or elegant when dressed up! It's sure to become your every day, knit again and again top!

Sizes

This pattern is written to meet the finished measurements in the chart provided below, with finished bust sizes: 36, 40, 44 (48, 52, 56, 60)[64, 68, 72]"/91.5, 102, 112 (122, 132.5, 142.5, 152.5)[162.5, 173, 183]cm.

The sample was knit to about 10"/25.5cm of positive ease (larger than my body measurements) at my full bust. With previous garments, I have found through testers and my own samples, that these patterns can easily accommodate from 4"/10cm up to 10"/25.5cm of positive ease.

Materials

You will need one stitch marker and one BOR marker, waste yarn or extra needles to hold live stitches, darning needle, scissors, measuring tape, and your super amazing body.

Techniques

You will need to know how to pick up stitches, knit in the round, purl, increase, decrease, hold stitches, complete a sewn bind-off, block, weave in ends, and have fun.

Suggested Yarn

Sunfish from thelittlewolfknits: 75/25 superwash merino/nylon, fingering weight 4-ply, 463yd/424m per 100g. The sample used two skeins of Don’t Dream Too Far.

Any light fingering should work – just make sure to adjust to get gauge.

-Alternatives include:

o Knit Picks Stroll

o Cascade Yarns Heritage

Suggested Needles

Main Needle: US 5 (3.75mm) circular needle

Ribbing Needle: US 4 (3.5mm) circular needle

But use whatever needle you need to achieve gauge!

Color Suggestions

Like I said, this pattern is perfect for any yarn, and can be made with a tonal or variegated AND it would make amazing scrappy project. Have random odds and ends lying around? Use them for a fun stripey version!

Gauge

24 sts x 32 rows = 4”/10cm stockinette knit in the round and blocked with your main needle. When swatching, remember to cast on more stitches than you’re intending to measure so that you can get an accurate measurement (the end and beginning stitches tend to be looser). I recommend using this tutorial to start and finish the swatch for the most accurate measurements.

Yardage:

For the top as written to the cropped length, you’ll need: 685, 755, 827 (951, 1027, 1102, 1177)[1324, 1406, 1485]yds/627, 690, 756 (869, 938, 1008, 1076)[1210, 1285, 1357]m of Sunfish. If using the suggested yarns, that would be 2, 2, 2 (3, 3, 3, 3)[3, 4, 4] skeins of Sunfish.

For the top as written to the full length, you’ll need: 832, 918, 1006 (1147, 1239, 1331, 1421)[1585, 1683, 1778]yds/761, 839, 919 (1048, 1132, 1216, 1299)[1448, 1538, 1625]m of Sunfish. If using the suggested yarns, that would be 2, 2, 3 (3, 3, 3, 4)[4, 4, 4] skeins of Sunfish.

Each additional 1"/2.5cm of length to the body will require approximately an additional 34, 38, 41 (45, 49, 52, 56)[60, 63, 67]yds/31, 34, 38 (41, 45, 48, 51)[55, 58, 61]m.