Gress by Rebecca Clow

Gress

Knitting
June 2025
DK (11 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in Lace
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
540 - 1650 yards (494 - 1509 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
English
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Gress is a tee and tank with bands of garter and simple lace. It can be knit at a DK or a fingering weight gauge, making it a hugely versatile pattern.

Gress is knit from the top down. The back panel is worked first, then the fronts and it’s joined in the round and the body is worked. If working the tank, the arms are finished with ribbed cuffs. The tee is knit with set-in sleeves that are shaped with short rows.

Gauge:
DK: 18 stitches x 36 rows per 10 cm/4 inches in pattern
Fingering: 22 stitches x 42 rows per 10 cm/4 inches in pattern

Sizing:
DK
Finished Chest: 75.5 (84.5, 95.5, 104.5, 115.5) (124.5, 135.5, 144.5, 155.5, 164.5) cm/29.75 (33.25, 37.5, 41, 45.5) (49, 53.25, 56.75, 61.25, 64.75) inches

Fingering
Finished Chest: 74.5 (83.5, 94.5, 103.5, 114.5) (123.5, 134.5, 143.5, 154.5, 163.5) cm/29.25 (33, 37.25, 40.75, 45) (48.75, 53, 56.5, 60.75, 64.5) inches

Recommended ease:
Recommended ease 2-8 cm/0.75-3.25 inches, so you should pick a size that is 2-8cm/0.75-3.25 inches larger than your chest.

Yardage:
DK
Tank: 495 (576, 651, 728, 812) (903, 1113, 1068, 1172, 1252) m/ 540 (628, 710, 793, 886) (984, 124, 1164, 1277, 1364) yards
Tee: 566 (653, 733, 815, 904) (1005, 1081, 1185, 1299, 1385) m/ 617 (712, 799, 888, 986) (1095, 240, 1292, 1416, 1509) yards

Note: this is the amount for a single strand, if holding fingering weight double to meet DK gauge, you will need double the amount listed.

Fingering
Tank: 594 (691, 781, 873, 975) (1083, 1198, 1282, 1406, 1502) meters/648 (754, 852, 952, 1063) (1181, 1248, 1397, 1533, 1637) yards
Tee: 680 (784, 879, 978, 1085) (1206, 1364, 1423, 1559, 1662) meters/741 (854, 958, 1066, 1183) (1314, 1488, 1551, 1700, 1811) yards

Yarn
The samples were knit in Knitting for Olive Cotton Merino (held single for fingering and double for DK) and Gepard Wool Cotton 3.

The test knitters also used Knitting for Olive Pure Silk, Sandnes Garn (Tynn) Line, Filcolana Arwetta, Woolyknit Cotton, Purl Soho Linen Quill, Cascade Ultra Pima, Rowan Summerlite DK, Drops Belle, and Hjertegarn Lana Cotton.

Techniques Used
K2tog, YO
Picking up Stitches