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Three needle bind off and mattress stitch finish a knitted t-shirt

by Cristina Simionovici

Yesterday, we knitted the front of the Blissful Tee. With the front and back knitted up, it’s time to finish the t-shirt. I’m using Universal Yarn Filly and KNITTER’S PRIDE Mindful 80cm (32″) Fixed Circular Lace Knitting Needle – 2.75mm (US 2).

I’ve placed the shoulder stitches for both front and back on the needles and using a three needle bind off, I’ll complete the shoulder seams first.

Attaching the front and back of a knitted t-shirt from the shoulders with a three needle bind off; Universal Yarn Filly

The front of the Blissful Tee showing the 3 needle bind off

The next step is seaming the side seams.

Starting at the bottom of the work, I use the mattress stitch to close the sides. The colors match quite nicely. Starting with the same color change for the front and back worked well!

Close-up of the side seam for the Blissful Tee; Universal Yarn Filly

Blissful Tee side seam

Now that the side seams are finished, it’s time to pick up stitches for the neckline and the sleeves. I pick up stitches around the neckline and knit around a 1/1 rib.

The armholes are also finished in the round after picking up stitches and knitting a 1/1 rib for 1½”.

The project is finished!

A knitted t-shirt with stripes; Universal Yarn Filly

Blissful Tee finished

When I try the top on, I find there’s no positive ease, but it fits me well. Now I’ll wash it with Soak wash and lay it flat to dry.

A knitted t-shirt with stripes on a person; Universal Yarn Filly

Blissful Tee using Universal Yarn Filly in the Kite colorway

It was so much fun knitting up the Blissful Tee, I used Universal Yarn Filly, KNITTER’S PRIDE Mindful 80cm (32″) Fixed Circular Lace Knitting Needle – 2.75mm (US 2) and Soak Wild Mint wash.

3 skeins of Universal Yarn Filly in variegated blues, pinks, lilacs, and aqua with 1 bottle of Soak wash, and the KNITTER’S PRIDE Mindful Collection knitting needles

Universal Yarn Filly in the Kite colorway

On a nice spring or cooler summer day, I can wear my new top and enjoy the compliments.

This is part 5 of 5 in this series

Go back to part 4: Knitting the front of a t-shirt to match the back – Making stripes work

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