Tolsta Tee Set in Cedar
The Tolsta Tee is a perfect basic raglan t-shirt that can be the canvas for all of your creative ideas. Knit your tee in Fiddlesticks Cedar, a fabulous, silky soft 8ply bamboo/cotton blend with beautiful drape, a smooth finish and subtle sheen.
Designed by Rebecca Clow
You will need to purchase the pattern from Rebecca Clow's Ravelry store here.
The Tolsta Tee is a perfect basic raglan t-shirt that can be the canvas for all of your creative ideas. The pattern includes the instructions for the tee, plus an extra document with resources on how to customise the Tolsta to your liking. Entirely seamless, Tolsta is knit on circular needles.
These yarn sets are put together in Fiddlesticks Cedar, a fabulous smooth bamboo/cotton sport-DK weight yarn. The bamboo gives it a slight silkiness and sheen adding lustre, depth and a beautiful drape to your finished project, while the cotton adds softness and stability to the yarn.
Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) (7, 8, 9, 10)
Finished Bust Circumference: 80 (89.5, 101, 110.5, 120) (129.5, 141, 150.5, 160, 169.5) cm/ 31.5 (35.25, 39.75, 43.5, 47.25) (51, 55.5, 59.25, 63, 66.75) inches
0-8cm/ 0-3 inches of positive ease is recommended, meaning you should pick a size with that is 0-8cm/ 0-3 inches larger than your chest measurement.
Deb is wearing our sample in Fiddlesticks Cedar in the 4th size, which has a finished bust of 110cm. She has a bust size of 97cm, giving 13cm of ease. You can find all of the notes that Rebecca, our sample maker, made about the pattern on her Ravelry page here.
Gauge: 17 stitches and 27 rows in stockinette.
Yarn: Fiddlesticks Cedar
Balls: 4 (5, 5, 6, 6) (7, 7, 8, 8, 9)
Yardage: 474 (535, 603, 660, 717)(773, 842, 899, 956, 1012) metres
521 (583, 658, 719, 781) (843, 918, 980, 1042, 1104) yards
Colour: choose from 124-01 White, 124-02 Ecru, 124-21 Beige, 124-25 Tin, 124-28 Denim, 124-29 Black, 124-32 Avocado, 124-44 Peony
You will also need (not included):
- 4.0mm and 5.0mm circular knitting needles
- Stitch markers
The pattern is for a plain version of the top. To add eyelets as pictured, follow the instructions below. To add stripes, simply purchase a ball of a contrast colour of Fiddlesticks Cedar and refer to the pattern for the modification.
Modification to the pattern to add in the eyelets every 10 rows
The first row of lace eyelet pattern is done 3 rounds after German Short Rows, details follow.
Knit GSRs
Knit 1 round to resolve GSRs
Knit 1 inc round
Knit 1 round
Knit eyelet round: Commences on inc round, keep doing inc's at same time. Make sure you have an equal amount of yos to k2togs and work around the inc's. i.e. k2tog, yo, inc, k1, inc, k2tog, yo.
Knit eyelet round every 10 rounds from here.
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