Ben was flying off to Seattle again for work. Shamefully, I still hadn’t knit either of the beautiful skeins of yarn he had bought me back from Yarn Dragon in Pike Place. He’s a good man – going into a yarn shop on his own, discussing my yarn preferences with the staff and bringing back well chosen surprises. Although I have considered sending Yarn Dragon a photo of the lovely Ben with a message, “If you see this man looking for wife-treats, please send him home with XXX”!!! 🤔

I wanted to use this beauty –Yarn Dragon’s Sophistisock – to make another Rock It Tee by Tanis Lavallee as I’m wearing my last one a lot!

The original pattern calls for stripes with 2 strands of Rowan Kidsilk Haze (laceweight). My stash diving came up with the perfect colours of Rowan Fine Lace instead…but yellow or green?

I swatched. Then had the inspired (or obvious!) idea to try a strand of each…Which do you prefer?

I thought the green was muddy and the yellow too dominant. The mix was just right, picking up the subtle colours in the lovely sock yarn.

I told you all about the Rock It Tee’s construction in my post Rocking Those Stripes, so I won’t bore you with detail again.

Very briefly:

• Top down V neck
• Eyelet pattern raglan seams and side seams
• Stripes
• I-cord bindoff edging on sleeves, neck and hem

Wanna see her?

Here’s the back, eyelet and icord bindoff detail…

After multiple photos prancing around the green garden with yellowing autumnal leaves…

I thought I would hide, camouflaged, in the bamboo!

Can you see me?

Completed Knit Report
Name:	Rock It Tee Two
Pattern:	The Rock It tee by Tanis Lavallee
Yarn:	Yarn Dragon’s Sophistisock Rowan Fine Lace
Pattern Problems:	Increase rows at armhole confusingly worded – needed to consult the oracle of Ravelry comments.
Pattern Modifications:	Knit in 4ply (fingering) and Rowan fine lace in place of Rowan Kidsilk Haze
Washing and Wearing:	Too cold to wear on it’s own – currently wearing with a matching thermal t-shirt underneath
Knit It Again???:	Yes! Yes! Yes!
Difficulty:	2/5 Really easy if you have ever done top down.
Rating:	4/5
Other Postings Relating To This One:	Rocking Those Stripes