Stacy Charles Fine Yarns Barrow Tee Jumper Knitting Pattern

Stacy Charles Fine Yarns Barrow Tee

What is Being Made

The Barrow Tee is a knitted short-sleeved sweater designed by Teresa Chorzepa. This intermediate-level garment is available in five sizes ranging from Extra Small through Extra Large, with finished bust measurements from 33 inches (84 cm) to 46 inches (117 cm) and finished lengths from 23½ inches (59.5 cm) to 25½ inches (66 cm). The design features a classic crew neckline and is constructed as a pullover-style tee suitable for warm-weather wear.

Techniques Used

The Barrow Tee employs several key knitting techniques to create its structure and fit:

• Bottom-up construction: The garment is knitted from the lower edge upward, allowing for straightforward sizing adjustments and easier try-on during the knitting process.
• Worked flat: All pieces are worked on straight needles in flat rows rather than in the round, making this pattern accessible to knitters who prefer traditional flat knitting methods.
• Seamed assembly: Individual pieces (front, back, and sleeves) are knitted separately and then seamed together using a yarn needle, creating clean, professional-looking seams.
• Lace elements: The pattern incorporates lace stitching details, adding visual interest and texture to the finished garment while maintaining breathability suitable for a summer tee.
• Armhole and neckline shaping: The pattern includes strategic decreases worked on right-side rows to shape the armholes and neckline, creating a fitted silhouette that follows the body's contours.

Stitches Used

The Barrow Tee utilizes fundamental knitting stitches combined with specialty decreases to achieve its structure:

• Stockinette stitch: The primary stitch throughout the garment, created by knitting all stitches on right-side rows and purling all stitches on wrong-side rows. This creates the smooth, classic fabric that serves as the foundation for the tee.
• Crossover Pattern: A lace pattern worked over a multiple of 6 stitches, incorporated to add textural detail to the design.
• Knit 2 together (k2tog): A right-leaning decrease used to shape the right side of the neckline and armholes on right-side rows.
• Slip, slip, knit (ssk): A left-leaning decrease created by slipping two stitches knitwise one at a time to the right needle, returning them to the left needle in turned position, and knitting them together through the back loops. This decrease is used to shape the left side of the neckline and armholes.
• Purl 2 together through back loop (p2tog-tbl): A decrease worked on wrong-side rows to maintain consistent shaping on the reverse side of the fabric.
• Make 1 (m1): An increase stitch created by lifting the strand between needles from front to back and working it through the back loop with a twist to prevent holes, used where shaping requires additional stitches.

Materials

The Barrow Tee is designed to be knitted with Stacy Charles CRYSTAL yarn, a blend of 85% polyester and 15% cotton that provides durability and a subtle sheen. The yarn is available in color #64 quartz for this pattern. Yardage requirements range from 5 balls for the smallest size to 7 balls for the largest size, with each ball containing 0.88 ounces (25 grams) and 144 yards (131 meters) of yarn.

Construction requires size 8 (5 mm) straight needles or the size necessary to achieve the specified gauge of 15 stitches and 20 rows equaling 4 inches (10 cm) in Stockinette stitch when blocked. A yarn needle is also needed for seaming the finished pieces together. Checking gauge before beginning the project is essential to ensure the finished garment achieves the intended measurements.