DIY: Knit Open Edge Tee by Jessie Maed Designs in Sandbox

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This is the second Open Edge Tee by Jessie Maed Designs that I knit for myself. I knit my first Open Edge Tee as part of the Summer Top Make-Along (MAL) hosted by Yarns Untangled, one of our local yarn shops. This tee was actually a mistake… I had meant to cast on the Outline Tee, also by Jessie Maed Designs, but I didn’t double check which pdf file I opened. By the time I noticed I was knitting from the wrong pattern, I had already finished 5 cm of the bottom of the tee! In the end I didn’t mind, as I like my first Open Edge Tee, and I had wanted to knit another anyway. Like my first tee, I chose some bamboo-cotton fingering-weight yarn that I bought from Yarns Untangled a few months prior.

The Open Edge Tee, a bottom-up tee, calls for fingering weight yarn. An eyelet framed v-neck and dropped stitch detailing add an airy touch to this summer tee. Rows of dropped stitches decorate the body and sleeve hems. The dropped stitch technique was not only easy to do, but also very eye-catching. I also really liked the twisted rib on the hems.

I had 7 skeins of Sugar Bush Yarns Trickle in the Sandbox colourway in my stash. The speckled yarn worked up quickly and the resulting fabric is so soft! Sadly the yarn company closed and the yarns are no longer available. As written, the Open Edge Tee pattern is cropped. I’m on the tallish side and don’t like crop tops, so I added almost 10 cm of length to the body. I did the same alteration on my first tee. Because of this extra length, I almost ran out of yarn the first time round. However, as I was knitting a size smaller, I knew that I’d have enough yarn to make the body longer. In the end, I could have added another 5 cm of length. In total, I used just over 700 m of yarn.

I used 3.0 mm needles for the ribbing and 3.5 mm needles for the body. I normally knit quite loosely, so I sized down my needles a bit. The pattern includes nine sizes, from a bust of 71 cm / 28″ up to 158 cm / 62.” I knit the size 4 for my last Open Edge Tee, but I found that it was quite loose and I could have even sized down. So for this project, I decided to knit the size 3, which had a bust of 36 – 38.” Although my full bust is 45,” my upper bust is 40.”

After knitting the body in the round, you knit the front and back flat. The front has a beautiful eyelet design that creates a lovely curved neckline. German short rows shape the shoulders before you seam them using a three-needle bind off. To seam the tee, you knit the three-needle bind off inside out. This means that the finished tee has the seam exposed, adding some visual interest.

The last part to knit was the sleeves. You pick up stitches around the armhole and then after a few rows of stockinette, knit the dropped stitches and twisted rib to mirror the body hem. I have never knit a dropped shoulder top before, and I have not yet decided if I like the look. However, this tee is super soft and comfy and I will definitely wear it all summer!

Get the Open Edge Tee pattern from Jessie Maed Designs on Ravelry here.

Check out my other summer knits here:

• Cascata Tee
• Leiden Tee
• Cullum Tee
• Riley Tee
• Peone Tee for myself and for my mom