BABY RINGER TEE (EXPANSION)

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Add a little retro flare to your Baby Gem Tee by modifying it with 1960’s/70’s ringer style hems!

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Please note that this is an expansion add-on and NOT A COMPLETE KNITTING PATTERN! Therefore you must purchase the original Baby Gem Tee pattern in order to to use this expansion. If you need to purchase the Baby Gem Tee pattern, you can do so here.

How To Use This Expansion Pattern

The Baby Ringer Tee expansion pattern provides instructions to make “ringer” style hems in place of the frilled lettuce hems of the Baby Gem Tee. 

Follow the Baby Gem Tee pattern instructions as written until you reach the specified sections outlined in this expansion pattern. It will help to first read over this expansion pattern to find out where the pattern changes are made and highlight/mark them in your Baby Gem pattern. The parts that are different from the Baby Gem Tee pattern are:

The body hem 

The sleeve hems 

The neckband 

Please note that the yarn required for the Baby Ringer Tee varies from the Baby Gem Tee, as you will need a contrasting yarn colour. The main yarn colour has been labelled as yarn A, and the contrast colour for the ringer hems is labelled yarn B.

Please refer to the Baby Gem Tee pattern for pattern notes, techniques, tutorial links, and everything else that  you can’t find in this Baby Ringer Tee expansion pattern!

PATTERN INFO

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)

To fit chest sizes: 71-76 (81-86, 92-97, 102-107, 112-117)(122-127, 132-137, 142-147, 152-158)cm /28-30 (32-34, 36-38, 40-42, 44-46) (48-50, 52-54, 56-58, 60-62) inches

Finished chest (fullest point) circumference: 76 (87, 97, 107, 117) (127, 137, 148, 158)cm / 30 (34, 38, 42, 46) (50, 54, 58, 62) inches – to be worn with approximately 0-5cm / 0-2 inches positive ease. Choose more negative ease for a “baby tee” fit, or more positive ease for a relaxed fit..

Model’s height is 155cm / 5 feet 1 inches, with a chest (fullest point) circumference of approximately 76cm / 30 inches and is shown wearing size 1 with no ease.

MATERIALS

Recommended Yarn

Sandnes Garn Mandarin Petit (fingering weight; 100% cotton; 180m / 195 yds per 50g / 1.75oz) 

Yarn A: 3 (4, 4, 5, 6) (6, 7, 8, 8) balls 

OR approximately 510 (590, 695, 810, 910) (1060, 1190, 1300, 1370) m / 560 (650, 765, 890, 1000) (1165, 1310, 1430, 1510) yards of a fingering weight yarn

Yarn B: 1 ball 

OR approximately 55 (60, 60, 65, 70) (75, 80, 85, 90) m / 60 (65, 65, 70, 75) (80, 85, 90, 95) yards of a fingering weight yarn in a contrasting colour