SEYMOUR TEE

Meet: Seymour Tee! The newest addition to my ‘London inspired’ pattern line.

This top down colorwork tee combines our new squishy Cria DK, with our Homestead Sport to create an exceptionally soft yoke motif. 

This sweater was inspired by Henry VIII third wife, Jane Seymour.  Jane was a prolific and skilled embroiderer, often being praised for her talent with the needle.  She was also known for her gentle and peaceful nature which had been commented on by many royal ambassadors of the English court.  Jane was publicly proclaimed Queen of England on June 4, 1536, and the following year on the 12th of October, birthed a son: Prince Edward. Tragically, Jane suffered complications during her birth, and passed only 12 days later.  King Henry was devastated, as Jane was to be known by Henry’s own hand as ‘his one true love’ which some historians speculate was due to her being the only Queen to ever successfully give Henry a male heir, and later in his will he proclaimed that upon his passing, he would be laid to rest next to Queen Jane.  Jane was the only Queen of Henry VIII to receive a Queen’s funeral, and in the winter of 1547 when Henry died, he was buried next to Jane in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, where they remain together, today.

YARN:
MC: Homestead Sport ( ~75g | 250 yards / 228 m | 100% American Superwash Merino | 3 ( 4, 4, 4, 5 ) ( 5, 6, 6, 7 ) skeins

CC: Cria Cloud DK ( 100g | 270 yards / 247 m | 80% Baby Suri Alpaca / 20% Acrylic | 1 ( 2, 2, 2, 2 ) ( 2, 2, 2, 2 ) skeins

Sample shown in- MC: “Elm Street” | CC: “Peach Fuzz”

SIZES: 1 ( 2, 3 , 4, 5 ) ( 6, 7, 8, 9 )
Bust Size: 30 ( 34, 38, 42, 46 ) ( 50, 54, 58, 62 )” // 76 ( 86, 97, 107, 117)( 127, 137, 147, 160 ) cm

Finished Size: 40 ( 44, 48, 52, 56 ) ( 60, 64, 68, 72 )” // 102 ( 112, 122, 132,142 ) (152, 163, 173, 183 ) cm

Recommended ease is 7.5 - 13” // 19 - 33 cm; sample is shown in Size 4 on a 39” bust

NOTE: Sample shown is slightly cropped. If you wish to add additional length to the sweater, additional yardage may be required.

NEEDLES:
Main Fabric: US 4 / 3.5 mm - 32” / 80 cm to 40” / 100 cm circular and preferred needles for small circum. knitting (Magic Loop, 9“ circular, or DPNs) Use the needle size you need to achieve gauge

Ribbing & Collar: US 3 / 3.25 mm - 32” / 80 sm to 40” / 100 cm circular and preferred needles for small circum. knitting (Magic Loop, 9” circular or DPNs) Use the needle size you need to achieve gauge

GAUGE: 24 sts & 28 rows = 4” / 10 cm on main needles
Measured over colorwork stitches, swatched in the round, and
after blocking

NOTIONS: Stitch markers, locking stitch markers, tapestry needle, scissors, waste yarn or “The Knitting Barber Cords” for holding sleeve sts.