Mae - a cropped cotton tee knitting pattern

Mae is a summer-y cotton cropped tee. Featuring puff sleeves, this tee is perfect for bold, feminine summer aesthetics.

The Mae Summer Crop is designed so the hem falls around your natural waistline, with the waist of the garment sitting slightly higher. A faux seam sits along the sides of the body and along the inside of each sleeve, with short rows creating most of the capped sleeves, and increases and decreases to shape the puffs. She is worked in the round from the bottom up with set-in sleeves.

Construction

Mae is worked in the round from the bottom up with set-in sleeves. A set of short rows shapes most of the capped sleeves with increases and decreases to create the puffs. 

Sizes

1 (2, 3, 4) [5, 6, 7] (8, 9, 10, 11)

Finished chest circumference: 30 (33, 35.5, 39) [41.5, 44.5, 47] (50, 53, 55.5, 59) inches / 76 (83.5, 90.5, 98.5) [105.5, 112.5, 120] (127, 134, 141, 149.5) cm

Download the full schematic here.

Your best fit

Mae is designed to fit with approximately 0 - 2 inches / 0 - 5 cm of negative ease at the fullest part of your bust.

The model is wearing size 2, with 1.5 inches / 3.8 cm of negative ease at the full bust Her full bust is 34 inches / 86 cm.

Yarn

Sample shown in Juniper Moon Farm Neve

100% cotton; 222 yds / 203 m per 100 g skein. This is a cable plied, chainette worsted weight cotton yarn.

Yardage (shown in Valentine): 468 (515, 570, 600) [625, 667, 708] (750, 792, 833, 875) yds / 427 (470, 521, 548) [571, 609, 647] (685, 724, 761, 800) m; 3 (3, 3, 3) [3, 4, 4] (4, 4, 4, 4) skeins.

Gauge

20 sts and 30 rows over 4 inches / 10 cm in stockinette stitch after blocking.

Needles

US size 6 / 4.0 mm

Notions

• 10 -14 Stitch markers
• 2 Unique stitch markers for the beginning of the round and the mid-point
• Stitch holders or waste yarn
  
• Tapestry needle

Techniques

• Seaming
• Working short rows
  

Credits

Tech edit: Heather Storta
Photography: Elizabeth Margaret
Model: Jeannette Doherty