Knit the Perfect Summer Tee

Description

Knit the perfect summer tee with us! The Quotidian Tee by Kerri Blumer is our current favourite — an elevated basic tee pattern with four silhouette options, extensive sizing, and just-right detailing. You’ll learn how to achieve your ideal fit using skills that will carry forward to future sweater projects. At the end of the class, you’ll have a flattering tee to wear that will fit easily into your multi-season wardrobe.

What You Will Learn

1. 1. 1. Sweater Fitting: Learn which body measurements are essential to taking control of your sweater fitting and how to measure them accurately.
      2. Sweater Customization: We’ll take that measurement info and use it to assess the knitting pattern’s schematic to decide which size (or combination of sizes) will give your ideal fit. Then we’ll decide if more customizations, like bust darts, will be useful.
      3. Pattern-Reading Tricks: Learn a few ways to organize a pattern’s “AT THE SAME TIME” instructions and choose your favourite system.
      4. Bottom-Up Sweater Construction: The Quotidian Tee is knit in the round from the bottom up, then divided at the armholes and V-neck opening and knit flat in sections to the shoulders.
      5. Three-Needle Bind Off: A no-sew method to join the shoulder seams.
      6. Top-Down Set-In Sleeves: Learn to pick up and knit with no gaps, then use short rows to shape the sleeve caps. This pattern includes instructions for short, elbow-, and full-length sleeves!
      7. Knitting Techniques: Twisted stitches, maintaining even tension when changing from in-the-round knitting to flat knitting, short rows, picking up and knitting, Three-Needle Bind Off

Class Details

• • • Date & Time: 
      • May 19th, June 16th, 23rd, and 30th, 2026
      • 2 time slots
        • @2:00-4:00pm
        • @6:00-8:00pm
    • Location:
      • Maker Savvy Classroom
    • Skill Level: Intermediate
      • If you’re comfortable with basic knitting techniques (like knit, purl, increase, decrease), then you can make this tee.
    • Instructor & Qualifications:
      • Amanda Schwabe is a knitwear designer and teacher with who has knit, unknit, reknit, and custom knit a lot of sweaters. She can help you fix any mistake and calculate a sweater from scratch.

Special Information & Preparation

• Pre-Class Prep: Download Kerri Blumer’s free Quotidian Tee Project Planner and choose a tee silhouette to determine how much yarn you’ll need. Have your yarn wound and ready for knitting.
• What’s Included in Registration:
  • Pattern: Quotidian Tee by Kerry Blumer
  • Additional Materials: Sweater Fitting Worksheet by Amanda Schwabe

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