Alderwood Tee - Top Knitting Pattern for Women in Tahki Yarns Cotton Classic Twist by Tahki Yarns

Alderwood Tee – Top Knitting Pattern for Women by Teresa Chorzepa in Tahki Yarns Cotton Classic Twist

The Alderwood Tee is a women's knitted top designed by Teresa Chorzepa and published by Tahki Yarns. Rated Easy, this pattern is an excellent choice for knitters who are comfortable with basic techniques and ready to explore simple cable work without feeling overwhelmed. The finished garment is a relaxed, wearable tee-style sweater featuring elegant cable detailing, making it a versatile wardrobe staple suitable for warm-weather knitting and wearing alike.

Sizes and Finished Measurements

The Alderwood Tee is available in five sizes to suit a wide range of figures:

• Sizes: Small, Medium, Large, XL, and 2XL
• Bust circumference: 34 (38, 42, 46, 50) inches / 86.5 (96.5, 106.5, 117, 127) cm
• Length: 19½ (20½, 21½, 22½, 23½) inches / 49.5 (52, 54.5, 57, 59.5) cm

The generous size range ensures that knitters of many body types can enjoy this design, and the incremental length adjustments across sizes give each version a well-proportioned fit.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a women's knitted tee-style top, a lightweight pullover sweater with a neckband and cable-panel detailing. The silhouette is casual and modern, making it an ideal layering piece or standalone top for spring and summer. The combination of a Lace Cable pattern and Stockinette stitch gives the fabric visual interest while keeping the construction approachable for beginner to intermediate knitters.

Construction and Techniques

The Alderwood Tee is constructed using a seamed, worked-flat method, meaning the individual pieces — typically a front, back, and any additional panels — are knitted flat on straight needles and then sewn together at the seams. This traditional construction approach is well-suited to beginners because it allows each section to be completed and checked independently before assembly.

• Worked flat: Knitting back and forth in rows on straight needles, as opposed to knitting in the round. This produces a fabric with right-side and wrong-side rows, giving the knitter clear visual cues for pattern placement.
• Seamed construction: Finished pieces are joined using a yarn needle, a technique that adds structure and durability to the garment. Seaming also helps the tee hold its shape over time.
• Cables: The pattern features cable stitches worked over the body of the tee, adding a classic, textured dimension to what might otherwise be a simple stockinette fabric. Cables are created by temporarily placing stitches on a cable needle, knitting subsequent stitches from the left needle, and then knitting the held stitches — producing a twisted, rope-like effect in the fabric.

Stitches Used

The Alderwood Tee draws on a small but effective set of stitch patterns:

• Lace Cable pattern: The primary stitch pattern used across the body, combining cable crossings with openwork elements. The gauge for this pattern is 23½ stitches and 26 rows per 4 inches (10 cm), reflecting the slightly denser nature of the textured fabric.
• Stockinette stitch (St st): A foundational knitting stitch created by knitting all right-side rows and purling all wrong-side rows. It produces a smooth, flat fabric and is used in sections of the garment. The gauge in Stockinette is 19 stitches and 26 rows per 4 inches (10 cm).
• 4/4 RC (Right Cross Cable): A specific cable technique where 4 stitches are slipped to a cable needle and held in back, the next 4 stitches are knitted from the left needle, and then the 4 held stitches are knitted from the cable needle. This creates a right-leaning cable twist.
• 4/4 LC (Left Cross Cable): The mirror image of the 4/4 RC, where stit