CALIFORNIA T-SHIRT PDF Knitting Pattern - 2 2 ways of knitting (seamless and with seams)

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This pattern is available in English and French as a digital download and sent automatically after order confirmation (PDF type).

As I’m not an English speaker, the translation was provided by IA.

The women's CALIFORNIA T-Shirt features a sleek V-neckline, loose fit, and distinctly feminine style. This style can be knitted in two different ways: in the round, seamlessly from the top down using circular needles, or flat, back and forth from the bottom up with seams worked on straight needles. The knit combines openwork, cable, seed stitch, and 1/1 ribbing, made with WORSTED • ARAN wool yarn.

Sizes: XS (S) L (M) XL (2XL) 3XL (4XL) 5XL

Bust circumference (finished garment): 101 – (106) – 116 – (121) – 126 – (136) – 146 – (156) – 166 cm ( add 20 cm to your chest measurement and take the size of the work closest to the result or your preference)

Ease: designed with a positive ease of 20 cm

Total meterage: 630 (700) 910 (980) 1080 (1190) 1330 (1470) 1610 m

Yarn and weight: WORSTED • ARAN weight yarn: FONTY Scarlett 70 m / 50 g

Notions: 4.5mm circular and/or straight needle (80 or 100 gauge cable) for the body, 4mm circular and/or straight needle (60, 80 or 100 gauge cable) for the ribbing, cable needle, cables or pieces of yarn for stitches on hold, markers, yarn needle

Gauge: 10 cm of lace stitch or 10 cm of lace stitch on needle 4 (2 threads held together) = 16 stitches and 26 rows

The tutorial is followed with the help of instructions and a diagram, with additional videos available on my YouTube channel - technical videos are available to guide you, with narration in French and subtitles in English and French - (links in the tab below).

I have a bust measurement of 83 cm and I wear a size S and the seamless version (positive ease of 23 cm). I use color 0760.

important information: The sample shown in the photo was made without seams. Since the construction techniques are different, there may be aesthetic differences compared to the version with seams. Only the seamless version was tested.

* Description above for seamless version.

LANGUAGES French English

Level: INTERMEDIATE 3/5

Points and techniques required:

Openwork stitch, cables, rice stitch, 1/1 ribbing (neckline, armholes and lower body).
Pick up stitches, increase, decrease, bind off stitches.

Links to the boss's videos

Technical videos are available to guide you, with French narration and English and French subtitles.

Model Specific Videos:

Openwork stitch (California T-Shirt) - YouTube

General videos:

Construction details(s)

The tutorial can be followed with the description as well as the diagrams (not transcribed in row by row), and with additional technical videos to support you available on my YouTube channel (links in the tab below).

SEAMLESS (from top to bottom and back and forth):

The California T-Shirt is worked from the top down using a combination of openwork, cable, and seed stitches in a Worsted-Aran cotton yarn. The back is worked in a trapezoid pattern back and forth with increases, then stitches are picked up to work the shoulders of the front separately. Once the back and front are joined, the knitting continues in the round to form a tube, with increases in between creating the armholes and neckline. The piece continues straight down to the bottom, where 1x1 or cable ribbing finishes the collar and V-neckline.

WITH SEAM (flat, from bottom to top back and forth):

The California T-Shirt is knitted flat, from the bottom up, starting with 1/1 ribbing, then with a central openwork motif, cables and seed stitch on the sides, in WORSTED • ARAN cotton yarn. You will work the back first, then the front. The straight shape is maintained until the armholes, where the shoulders and neckline are shaped by decreases. Finally, stitches are picked up at the armholes and neckline for a 1/1 or cabled ribbing finish.

Iimportant information: The version shown in the photo was made without seams. Since the construction techniques are different, there may be aesthetic differences compared to the version with seams. Only the seamless version was tested.