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Look! Listen! Vibrate! Smile!

Smile by The Beach Boys has a brightly colored cover and a beautiful, complex backstory: this is a record that broke the mold and challenged the “formula.” Is it the most perfect pop album of all time? Probably. It certainly contains some of the most beautiful pop songs ever written.

This is a bunch of songs I return to regularly. One I know by heart and feel deeply attached to. It was the soundtrack to the long train ride across the country that inspired its design, as I returned home from teaching a workshop at La Quincallera in Santander last year - winter receding, and the landscape waking up to the first signs of spring.

This linen tee is designed to do double duty: light and comfortable enough to wear under multiple layers without feeling bulky, yet refined enough to stand on its own.

It features a set of parallel stripes and a classic fit, creating an iconic summer silhouette. It is knit from the top down with raglan increases and folded hems at the body and sleeves. It includes an option to work a longer icord as a decorative ribbon or a simpler neckline finished with just an i-cord edge, both options add structure and help the T-shirt retain its shape over time.

SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9)
Finished bust circumference: 92 (98, 104, 111, 119)(128, 137, 145, 153) cm.

Intended to be worn with at least 4-7.5 cm of positive ease at the bust.

YARN
Antigone by De Rerum Natura (100% ecological linen, grown in Normandie). 284 yards (260 meters) per 100 gr.
3 (3, 3, 4, 4)(4, 5, 5, 5) skeins of MC.
1 (1, 1, 1, 1)(1, 1, 2, 2) skeins of CC.
Please note that some testers managed to knit size 1 using only 2 skeins of MC.
The pink sample is knit in Antigone by De Rerum Natura in size 1 with colors Macaron (MC) and Graphite (CC).
The blue sample is knit in Antigone by De Rerum Natura in size 1 with colors Abysse (MC) and Écume (CC).

GAUGE
21 sts x 30 rounds = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” in the round, in stockinette stitch, on larger needle, after blocking.
If using the original yarn, note that linen grows after washing. Make sure to wash your swatch. Measurements given in the pattern have taken this into consideration.

NEEDLES
— 3.25 mm circular needle, cable length of at least 80 cm / 32” for the body (or needle size to obtain gauge).
— 3 mm circular needle, cable length 80 cm / 32” for hems (or one size below gauge-size).

NOTIONS
Blocking tools, darning needle, removable stitch markers, scrap yarn, and tape measure.