Willow Tunic by Lyudmila Aksenik

Willow Tunic

Knitting
August 2021
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
930 - 1620 yards (850 - 1481 m)
10 adult sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) or 86-133cm/32-50” bust circumference
English Russian
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‘Willow’ has multiple options you can choose from:
• work it as a tunic or a dress;
• straight or A-line silhouette;
• with/without elongated back.
The pattern is worked top-down in the round, so you can easily try it on and decide on the length in the process. You start with a circular yoke with all-over lace, then continue in reverse stockinette (I will show how to switch to knitting instead of purling, if you prefer!) and finish with lace trim at the bottom.
I recommend minimal positive ease (2-5cm/1-2”) at the bust. You can ensure the right fit by working bust darts (provided for sizes 3-10).

YARN:

sport-weight yarn with high linen content (300-350m/330-370yds per 100g/3.5oz)
Yardages per size are provided in the Sizing & Yardage table below.

  • The sample was knit out of Millefili ‘Lin tube’ (100% linen; 300m/330yds per 100g/3.5oz; chain-plied).
  • Suggested substitutes: Schoppel-Wolle ‘El Linio’ and Knit Picks ‘Lindy Chain’.

You can also use yarn with classic construction, as long as you can get gauge, but yardages may vary.

NEEDLES:
3.25/US 3 (or size to get stockinette gauge) circulars on a ~60-80cm/24-32” cable.

GAUGE (PER 1010CM/ 44” AFTER WET-BLOCKING)

  • Stockinette: 22 stitches by 32 rows;
  • Lace print (see chart & written instruction for base motif on page 8): 19 stitches by 32 rows

TECHNIQUES
• Classic Long-Tail cast on
• Knitting and purling flat and in the round
• Reading charts (optional)
• Decreases:
o Basic knit 1-stitch decreases (k2tog, ssk)
o Centered double decrease – see pictures on the right
• I-cord bind off (on 3 sts) – see video-tutorial by New Stitch A Day
• Increases
o Yarnovers
o Right and Left Lifted Increases (RLI / LLI)
• German short-rows