This is a revised version of Reina De Picas Tee first released in 2021 which includes a shorter yoke option as well as charts with hidden holes in the lace section to make your yoke less revealing, should you prefer this option.

It is a seamless top-down tee with short sleeves and an interesting lace pattern on the circular yoke while the rest is made in simple stockinette.

The range of ease across all the sizes is 13-14.5 cm/
5.25-5.75”.

The picture shows size 3 with 14 cm/5.5” of positive ease.

YARN:
DIVERSA by LANA GROSSA, fingering weight (74% Cotton, 26% Viscose), 210 m/230 yds in 50 Gr
Grams: 235 (255, 275, 300, 330) (350, 375, 395, 410)
Metres: 985 (1070, 1155, 1260, 1385) (1470, 1575, 1660, 1720)
Yards: 1080 (1175, 1265, 1380, 1520) (1610, 1725, 1815, 1885)

NEEDLES:
• 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 80 cm/32” circular needles
• 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 60 cm/24” circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (neck)
• 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 80 cm/32” circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
• 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (sleeves)

NOTIONS:
• stitch holders or waste yarn
• main marker and smaller markers for chart sections
• cable needle
• tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends

GAUGE:
25 sts/32 RNDs = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch on 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 needles after blocking

SIZES:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
to fit chest circumference: 70 (80, 90, 100, 110) (120, 130, 140, 150) cm/28 (32, 36, 40, 44) (48, 52, 56, 60)“
FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT:
83 (93, 104, 113.5, 123) (134.5, 144, 153.5, 163) cm/33.25 (37.25, 41.5, 45.5, 49.25) (53.75, 57.5, 61.5, 65.25)”

PATTERN NOTES:
• The sweater is worked in one piece top down.
• You start with neck band in garter stitch, then work the circular yoke according to the lace charts.
• For open lace structure, you work CHARTS 1, 2 and 3, and for “hidden” holes, please choose CHARTS 1A, 2A and 3A (the holes are hidden by knitting yo’s as twisted to the left or twisted to the right (tl and tr) sts in the next round, depending on yo’s position in the CHARTS.
• After the circular yoke, you separate for body and sleeves, work the neck shaping with short rows, then continue working body and sleeves separately.

SKILLS REQUIRED:
• basics (cast on/bind off, knit/purl, increase/decrease)
• short rows
• working in the round
• working from a chart (written instructions are also provided)