Visage Tee

Visage Tee by Laura Dupuis

What is Being Made

The Visage Tee is a cropped, fitted cotton knit top designed by Laura Dupuis of White Willow Wearables. This intermediate-level knitting pattern creates a summer garment featuring a distinctive keyhole peekaboo detail at the neckline. The design offers customization options including adjustable keyhole size, modifiable overall length, and flexible fit options with approximately 2 inches of negative ease built into the pattern. Sizing ranges from XS to 5X, accommodating bust sizes from 28 inches to 62 inches.

Techniques Used

This knitting pattern employs top-down construction methods, a popular technique for garments that allows for in-progress fitting and easy customization. The pattern utilizes circular needle knitting for the body, providing seamless construction and the ability to work in the round. Sleeve shaping is accomplished using double-pointed needles or the magic loop method with circular needles, offering knitters flexibility in their preferred technique. The keyhole feature requires careful stitch manipulation and shaping to create the decorative peekaboo opening at the neckline.

Stitches and Stitch Techniques

While specific stitch patterns are not detailed in the available pattern information, the Visage Tee is constructed as an intermediate-level project, indicating the use of fundamental knitting stitches combined with shaping techniques such as increases and decreases for proper garment fit. The cropped silhouette and fitted design require strategic increases and decreases to create the body shaping, waist definition, and sleeve cap shaping typical of fitted knit tops.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn: Mako Cotton by Lion Brand in worsted weight (size 4), with yardage requirements varying by size: 325 yards for XS/S, 400 yards for M, 450 yards for L, 525 yards for XL, 575 yards for 2X, 650 yards for 3X, 725 yards for 4X, 800 yards for 5X, and 875 yards for the largest size. The pictured colorway is Mint, though any worsted weight yarn of equivalent fiber content and yardage can be substituted.
• Needles: Size US 7/4.5mm circular needles for the body and Size US 7/4.5mm double-pointed needles for sleeve construction, with the option to use circular needles with the magic loop technique instead of dpns.
• Quantities: Pattern requires 3 balls for XS/S sizes, 4 balls for M/L, 5 balls for XL, 6 balls for 2X/3X, and 7 balls for 4X/5X when using Lion Brand Mako Cotton.

Pattern Details

The Visage Tee is named after Michelle Visage and delivers what the designer describes as summertime realness. The pattern is available as a downloadable PDF from White Willow Wearables and is graded across nine sizes to accommodate a wide range of body types. The model pictured is 5'3" with a 42-inch bust and wears a Large, providing a helpful reference for fit. Knitters can customize the garment by adjusting the keyhole size to their preference, modifying the overall length for a different silhouette, and choosing their desired level of body-hugging fit. The use of cotton yarn makes this an ideal warm-weather garment, while the worsted weight provides structure and drape suitable for a cropped, fitted design.