Mirabilis by SaRi

Nearly seamless knits have always fascinated me and one of my first encounters with that kind of knitter's bliss was the traditional Icelandic yoke sweater. While designing this girls’ shirt, I had a look at a number of yoke sweaters and most of them do only 3 or 4 decrease rows. However, as expected, this did not work out in the cotton yarn I had chosen which is far less forgiving than wool. It took some experimenting until I had found a sequence that did not include too many decrease rows but did not pucker either. Here it is. As a special feature this shirt includes short row shaping for the back.

Lately, I have been experimenting with small devices to change a design. A crochet edging is one of these devices, embroidery is another. To show you how they change the shirt, you'll find pictures of all three alternatives, the knit shirt, the crochet shirt and the embroidered shirt. The choice is yours – or maybe you have more ideas to change the basic shirt?

Sizes

4 (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) years
Shown in size 10.

Yarn

Schachenmeyer Catania (100 % cotton; approx. 136 yards [125 meters]/50 grams): Color 0237 (MC), 2 (2, 2, 3, 3 , 3, 3) balls;
Schachenmeyer Catania (100 % cotton; approx. 136 yards [125 meters]/50 grams): Color 0222 (CC1), 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)  ball;
Austermann Limone (100 % cotton; approx. 136 yards [125 meters]/50 grams): Color 72 (CC2), 1 (1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) balls

Needles

US #2: 24” circular
US #3: 24” circular
US #3: 2 sets of dpns
1 crochet hook size C/3

Gauge

24 sts and 32 rows = 4” in St st.

Notions

Tapestry needle; 2 stitch markers; 4 stitch holders