A 1950s design
The Jukebox Tank Top
rewritten for your size, yarn and gauge
An early-1950s men's sleeveless tank top, knitted all over in a textured trellis of travelling stitches that part and meet again in a chain of ovals. A round neck, deep armholes made to sit over shirt sleeves, and neat K1 P1 rib welt, neckband and armbands. Made to wear over a crisp shirt. Men's sizes, chest 34 to 54 in.
- Fit
- Close-fitting, as the original: the finished chest is about the same as the body chest
- Skill level
- Intermediate. A 12-row travelling-stitch pattern (two-stitch twists, with a cable-needle alternative), on two flat pieces with a round neck shaped from a tick-off planner.
- Sizes
- Men's, chest 34 to 54 in (86 to 137 cm): S to 3XL (UK/US 34 to 54, EU 44 to 64)
- Yarns
- Fingering / 4-ply, Sport, DK / light worsted, Worsted / Aran
- Original yarn
- A soft worsted-type wool knitted firmly, at about 28 sts and 40 rows to 4 in (10 cm) over the trellis pattern. For the closest match to the photo, use a yarn that knits to this gauge.
- Gauge
- Your own, from 20 to 34 stitches per 4 in (10 cm)
- You get
- Your complete pattern straight away, to read on screen, print or save, plus an email link back to it
Nothing thicker than Aran is offered: the travelling stitches turn stiff and the trellis loses its neat ovals.
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What you'll get
- Every piece written out in full for your size and gauge
- Row counts with the length to check against, so you always know where you are
- Row-by-row planners for the tricky bits, where shaping happens on both edges at once
- Drawings of each piece with your measurements, and full making-up instructions
Every design is chosen by a knitter and checked against its original pattern. If you get stuck, email us and a real person will help.
This one needs a swatch. Please measure your gauge over the trellis pattern itself (the pattern shows you how to knit the swatch), laid flat and lightly blocked, not plain stockinette: the travelling stitches draw the knitting in. A yarn label's gauge is for plain stockinette, so it won't give the right size here. Here's how to measure your gauge.
