Finished Object – Trellis Tee 2

You know what’s really difficult to photograph? Black yarn, almost as difficult as it is to see properly while working with it.

A close up of a white woman’s torso standing in a garden in the sun facing the camera wearing a knit shirt made mostly of black yarn with stripes of brown and blue on the upper third and a skirt with white and black stripes.

But I managed to grab a couple pictures of this finished Trellis Tee by Lauren at Mother of Purl. I actually finished it a few weeks ago, but even though it was my “cooler” version of the previous one I made in acrylic yarn, it was still too hot for the second summer heatwave we’ve been having recently.

A close up of a white woman’s torso standing in a garden in the sun facing away from the camera wearing a knit shirt made mostly of black yarn with stripes of brown and blue on the upper third and a skirt with white and black stripes.

This version is made from Knit Picks Cotlin yarn in varying colors of scraps I had in my basket, hence the stripes near the top working in the brown and blue.

A close up of the top of a knit shirt showing the varying-sized stripes of black, blue, and brown going toward the neckline.

Unfortunately, I didn’t bother to keep any notes of how much of each color I had, so this isn’t a very helpful post in terms of yarn specifics. But what I can be helpful about is that this pattern is wonderfully written in a “recipe style,” meaning you take your measurements, make a swatch, and do a tiny bit of super easy calculator math to get your cast-on number, and then you are set.

A close up of the lace detail panel on the left side of the front in black yarn with a “wheat stalk” pattern.

The one modification I did (aside from the striping) was to work in the round where the pattern normally calls for seaming the sides. That was also necessitated by the fact I was working from scraps, so that I could keep track of where I needed to start adding the other colors. 

I have finished a few more projects, and am slightly motivated to do those write-ups as well, so hopefully a string of finished object Fridays is going to happen over the next few weeks.

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