Câlin is an oversized and cropped tee-shirt with a double neck. Câlin means hug in french and it's truly what the tee-shirt is all about. You can worn it direclty on your skin or with a shirt
It’s an ideal projet to start working on yoke increase & intarsia for beginners with the work on the little heart on the sleeves
Composition -
Câlin is knitted from top to bottom on circular needles. First, the double collar is knitted in the round followed by the yoke. Then it's divided into 3 parts: body and two sleeves. The body and the sleeves are worked in the round. A cute intarsia heart is knitted on each sleeve.
Available in english and French
Gauge -
10cm x 10cm : 14st x 19rws With 6mm needle
Size -
XS - (S) - M - (L) - XL
Hight - 44 - (46) - 48 - (50) - 52 cm
Wight 48 - (50) - 53 - (56) - 59 cm
Yarn -
Yarn used for the body is Sweet Tweed (25g = 165m; Needle 4mm) from Hobbii , you need :
6 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 balls
or
310 - 330 - 377 - 415 - 460 m of yarn meeting the gauge
Yarn used for edges and hearts is Friends Kid Silk (25g=200m; Needle 4-4,5mm) de Hobbii, you need:
2 2 - 2 - 2 3 balls
or
300 320 350 375 410 m of equivalent kid silk
Both yarn are knitted using 3 threads
You need to divide your ball in 3 for the Kid Silk and for size M and L if you use the recommended yarn.
