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Design: Rachel Søgaard

English translation: June Thomsen Dinard 1st edition - January 2023 © filcolana
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A simple, striped T-shirt with a little puff sleeve. The stripes begin and end with knit and purl
stitches that give them a slight undulated look. The designer borrowed the name from the town
on the coast of Brittany. Like Saint Malo on the other side of the river Rance, it is one of the
French’s favourite seaside resorts.

SIZES MATERIALS
4 yrs/104cl (6 yrs/116cl) 8 yrs/128cl (10 yrs/140cl) Yarn from Filcolana
12 yrs/152cl) Colour A: 100 (100) 150 (150) 150 g Merci in
col. 101 (Natural White)
MEASUREMENTS Colour B: 50 (50) 50 (50) g Merci in col. 604
Fits chest sizes: 58-61 (62-65) 66-68 (69-72) (Kattegat)
73-76 cm
Circumference: 67 (70) 74 (77) 81 cm Circular needles 2.5 mm, 40 cm
Length (measured from the middle of the back): Circular needle 3 mm, 40 and 80 cm
34 (39) 43 (46) 48 cm Double pointed needles 2.5 and 3 mm

GAUGE Stitch markers

27 sts and 40 rounds in striped pattern on 3 mm
needles = 10 x 10 cm.
Gauge is measured after washing.

Needle sizes are for guidance only.

If you have more stitches on 10 cm, change to a larger
needle. If you have fewer stitches on 10 cm, change to
smaller needles. 

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 Technical Workflow
ABBREVIATIONS The T-shirt is worked from the bottom and up.
st(s): stitch(es) First work a broad ribbing edge, then continue with
stockinette in striped pattern in the round. Then bind
k: knit off for armholes and work the sleeves.
p: purl Then join body and sleeves and work the yoke with
raglan decreases.
tbl: through back loop
Finally, finish the neckline with a folded ribbing edge.
tog: together

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 Pattern
Next round: Bind off the first 8 (8) 10 (10) 12 sts and
knit rest of the round.

Stripe pattern
1-12th round: Knit stockinette.
13th round: Knit rib (k1, p1) over entire round using
colour B.
14th round: Knit all sts using colour B.
15th round: Knit rib (p1, k1) over all sts using colour
A. Note that the knit and purl sts are staggered here
compared to 13th round.
Repeat these 15 rounds.
Let work rest and knit the second sleeve like this:
Cast on as first sleeve and knit rib (p2, k2) in the round
until the ribbing measures 3 (3) 3.5 (3.5) 4 cm.
Work the second sleeve like the first sleeve, and when
binding off, bind off the last 8 (8) 10 (10) 12 sts for the
armhole.

BODY
With 2.5 mm needles and colour A cast on 172 (180)
192 (200) 212 sts. Join round and place a marker at
beginning of round.

Knit rib (k2, p2) until ribbing measures 5 (5) 5.5 (5.5)
6 cm.

Change to 3 mm circular needles.

Work stripe pattern and increase 8 sts evenly over

1st round = 180 (188) 200 (208) 220 sts.

Continue in stripe pattern in the round until work

measures approx. 19 (23) 27 (29) 31 cm, on last
round place another marker after 90 (94) 100 (104)
110 sts.

Next, bind off for armholes like this:

Bind off 8 (8) 10 (10) 12 sts, knit to next marker, bind
off 8 (8) 10 (10) 12 sts, knit entire round (= 82 (86)
90 (94) 98 sts for the front and back respectively).

Let work rest and work sleeves.

SLEEVES
With 2.5 mm double pointed needles and colour A cast
on 72 (76) 80 (84) 88 sts. Join round and place
a marker at beginning of round.
Knit rib (k2, p2) in the round until the ribbing
measures 3 (3) 3.5 (3.5) 4 cm.
Change to 3 mm double pointed needles.
Work stockinette and increase 8 sts evenly on
1st round = 80 (84) 88 (92) 96 sts.
Work another 3 rounds in stockinette using colour A.
YOKE
Join parts on 3 mm needles like this: Left sleeve, front,
right sleeve, back = 308 (324) 336 (352) 364 sts.
Place a marker between each part, 4 markers in total on
the round.
The beginning of the round is now between the back
and the left sleeve.
Continue stripe pattern in the round, with raglan
decreases on every 2nd round like this:

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Next round: *Sl1 knit-wise, k1, pass the slipped st
over the knitted st, continue stripe pattern till 2 sts
before next marker, k2tog*, repeat from * to * over
entire round.
Next round: Work stripe pattern over all sts, only knit
the st before and after each marker.
Repeat decreases on every 2nd round until you have
worked a total of 17 (19) 19 (21) 21 decreases.
On last decrease round, place a marker on each side of
the 18 (18) 22 (22) 26 middle sts on the front.
FINISHING
Fold the neckband inwards towards the wrong side and
sew it onto the pick-up-edge using overcasting sts.
Sew the little hole under each sleeve using kitchener
sts.
Weave in all ends.
Wash the T-shirt according to washing instructions on
the labels and lay it flat to dry on a towel.

Next round: Knit to the first marker at the neck, bind

off the next 18 (18) 22 (22) 26 sts, and work the round
as the pattern indicates, knit the st on each side of the
raglan markers.

Break yarn.

Now continue in stockinette with colour A without

stripes.
Join yarn to the right side after the bound off sts and
knit back and forth and work raglan decreases as
before, binding off for neckline on every 2nd row like
this:
At beginning of every row bind off 2 sts twice and 1 st
8 times (all sizes).

Continue without decreases at the neck while still

working raglan decreases, until you have decreased
24 (26) 26 (28) 28 times in total.

Knit 1 round where you decrease 10 (10) 12 (12) 14

sts on each sleeve by working the middle 20 (20) 24
(24) 28 sts together as k2tog.

Break yarn.

NECKLINE
With 2.5 mm circular needles, join yarn again where
the round began originally (between back and left
sleeve) and knit rib in the round like this: K1,
*p2, k2*, repeat from * to * to next raglan, pick up 46
(46) 48 (50) sts along the bound off sts on the front,
knit **k2, p2**, repeat ** to ** to last st on the
round, k1. Be careful that the pattern corresponds with
working a k2 over the raglan seams (k1 on each side).

Knit rib over 4 cm.

Bind off as pattern indicates.

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