1110 Inlet - Jumper Knitting Pattern for Women in Valley Yarns Leverett

1110 Inlet – Women's Eyelet Lace Tee Knitting Pattern by Julie Turjoman for Valley Yarns

The 1110 Inlet is a women's knitted summer tee designed by Julie Turjoman and published by Valley Yarns. Described as boxy, drapey, and breezy, this relaxed pullover is built around a repeating eyelet lace sampler construction that gives it a light, airy feel ideal for warm-weather wear. It also works beautifully as a layering piece over a tank or shirt during spring and fall. The silhouette is body-skimming with 6–8 inches of generous positive ease, landing at mid-hip for an effortlessly casual fit.

What Is Being Made

The finished garment is a two-piece seamed tee — worked as a separate front and back — featuring a boat neckline, short set-in sleeves, and garter stitch edgings. It is available in nine sizes ranging from XS through 5XL, with finished bust measurements spanning 36 to 68 inches. The length from hem to underarm is 16½ inches, though the pattern notes that additional length can be added with extra yarn. The sample shown in the pattern is knitted in Size S in color 09 Navy.

Techniques Used

• Bottom-up construction: Both the front and back pieces are worked flat from the cast-on hem edge upward to the underarms, with no body shaping along the sides.
• Worked flat (seamed): The body pieces are knitted back and forth in rows and then seamed together, making this a traditional flat-knit, seamed garment rather than a seamless construction.
• Eyelet lace patterning: The body fabric is composed of a repeating combination of eyelet lace motifs separated by rows of garter stitch and stockinette stitch, creating a sampler-style surface texture.
• Sleeve integration: Sleeve stitches are cast on at each side of the piece at the underarm and worked together with the body stitches up to the beginning of the boat neck shaping — a neat technique that avoids a separate sleeve seam at the cap.
• Picked-up edgings worked in the round: The boat neck and sleeve edgings are finished with a narrow garter stitch border, worked by picking up stitches around the selvage edges and knitting in the round on circular needles.
• Long-Tail cast-on: The pattern specifies the Long-Tail method for casting on, which produces a neat, elastic foundation edge well suited to the garter stitch hem.
• Cables: Cable techniques are referenced among the skills used in this pattern, adding structural texture alongside the lace elements.
• Lace: Simple lace motifs formed by yarn-overs and decreases create the signature eyelet sampler panels throughout the body.

Stitches Used

• Stockinette stitch – forms the base fabric between lace panels and is used for gauge reference (20 sts and 28 rows = 4 inches, blocked, on larger needles)
• Garter stitch – used for hem edgings, sleeve edgings, the boat neck border, and as separating rows between lace repeats
• Eyelet lace stitches – yarn-over and decrease combinations arranged in repeating sampler motifs across the body panels
• Cable stitches – incorporated as part of the overall stitch vocabulary of the pattern

Materials and Yarn

The pattern is written specifically for Valley Yarns Leverett, a DK/worsted-weight yarn composed of 70% Pima Cotton and 30% Linen, sold in 50g skeins of approximately 109 yards each. The cotton/linen blend offers excellent breathability and a subtle natural drape, making it particularly well suited to a warm-weather garment like the Inlet tee. Yardage requirements range from 8 hanks (XS) up to 18 hanks (5XL).

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