Maine Rock It Tee

I took this yarn and pattern with me to Florida, but I never started it. I’m going to leave it active for now in the hopes that I’ll get it cast on soon.

6/25/26 – After finishing two shawls back to back, I wanted a different “big” project. This was wound and ready to go, so here we are!

I am doing the 6th size, 48″ chest. That’s only about an inch positive ease for me, but this is a very loose fabric (I started on a US 5 but was getting 5 st/in (very unofficial gauge measurement), so after the first stripe, I started a second time on a 4. That’s giving me 5.5 st/in (roughly). I’m good with that because a) I’m currently knitting flat and I know that once I get to in the round it’ll be a little tighter, b), it’s supposed to be a roomy top, and c) it’s SW yarn; if I need to, I’ll toss it in the dryer to snug it up.

6/26 – I had the thought that for the rest of the worked-flat part of this top, I’m going to use a US 3 to do the purl back rows and continue with the 4 for the knit rows. I’ve done that on other projects and it’s really helped even out my fabric and my gauge. I am not going to rip back and start it over to do that though…just going to start where I’m at, going into the second blue stripe. Hopefully it won’t look weird…if it does, then I’ll decide if I want to start over a third time. :}

7/7 – I’m almost through the second section of raglan increases. Can’t wait to have this thing going in the round!

7/15 – I’ve separated the sleeves from the body. My sleeves have waaaaaay more stitches on them than the pattern calls for, so I’m pretty sure I misread directions at some point, but…sigh…whatever. It’ll be find. I knit two stripes after the split. I plan to put it on a long cord so I can try it on. I have no idea how the body is going to fit at this point. I’m cautiously optimistic about it, but I’m also worried that the V in the front may be super low? I dunno. Will be kind of hilarious if I have a tight bodied, large sleeved top with a V halfway down my front. LOL Sigh. :}

7/17 – I was able to try the top on and it fits great! Yay! My concern now is having enough yarn to make it the length that I want. I think at this point I’m going to pause on the body and do the i-cord edging on the sleeves and neckline, then I’ll know exactly how much yarn I have left to finish the body. I have no idea how much yarn to expect to use for those edgings, but I’m really hoping it’s not more than 10 grams total.