The sweater/ tunic is knitted top down, with Raglan increases in the back and yoke increases spread evenly over the rest of the row (I call this construction ‘YoRa’ and I have used it for several designs by now). This way, the rounded front neckline is lower than the back neck, without the use of any short rows.
See last photo!

To enhance this effect, Stockinette is used in the back and Garter (which gives you less height with the same number of rows) in the front and a ‘transition’ in between on the sleeves.

For the lower body, the “Parquet” pattern creates a field of diamonds. (Optional) waist shaping is done by first reducing the width of single diamonds and later enlarging them again. The diamonds ‘dissolve’ on the wide skirt before the tunic ends with a bi-colored Garter hem.

The ¾ trumpet sleeves pick up the idea of the sea lion’s flapper – but of course they are optional and you could as well knit (long) straight sleeves.

The pattern gives instructions for sweater length and tunic length alternatives.
Suggested to be worn with 0-4cm ease.

The name “Sea lioness” was inspired by the yarn choice - “Lyonesse” by Blacker yarns is a wonderful combination of 50% wool and 50% linen, which gives the piece the drape which is needed for the wide skirt. And of course inspiration also came from the colors which again remind me of the sea …

If you are a loose knitter, you could achieve the gauge of 24 stitches with yarns like Pascuali/ Das Regenbogenschaf Pinta, too. (Or you knit size XL at a gauge of 26 sts to achieve size L, which has been succesfully been done by one of the test knitters.)

1350/ 1600/ 1800/ 2050 meters needed for sizes S/ M/ L/ XL (1200/ 1400/ 1600 of this MC).