Had fun knitting the Moonflower Tee by Ksenia Naidyon / @lifeiscozy! After finishing the Poet Tee, I wanted to continue making warm weather garments and came across this pattern on Reddit. It had such a lovely texture, and being a big fan of showing stitch definition, I just happened to have more Southwick in my stash and decided to give it a go.

A few progress photos above: working short rows for the back of the neck; the sleeves newly separated; continuing down the body

The pattern cleverly uses traveling stitches for a striking cable effect and made it interesting to knit throughout. I had to pay attention to the many M1s across the rows. I missed one here and there, and had to go back to correct a few times, but thankfully it wasn’t too difficult to do so.

Blocked and ready to wear. The pattern is so satisfying to look at and I’ve gotten many compliments online!

Sadly for me, when I started the pattern I thought to knit size B rather than A because I didn’t want the top to be a snug fit – since I had used Southwick just recently, I got over-confident and didn’t swatch. The finished garment turned out to be more oversized than I liked, so I shared the garment’s photos and measurements on my Facebook and offered it to friends. And now this Moonflower Tee has a new home with my friend J who said it fit her perfectly! So it turned out to be a happy ending after all.

And guess what – I now have a second Moonflower Tee on my needles in size A, hopefully for me.

Pattern: Moonflower Tee by Ksenia Naidyon
Yarn: Valley Yarns Southwick in Iguana
My project page on Ravelry