#12 Popular Tunic/Vest (人気のチュニックベスト) by Hitomi Shida (志田 ひとみ)

#12 Popular Tunic/Vest (人気のチュニックベスト)

Knitting
March 2011
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 29 rows = 4 inches
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
2.5 mm
2.25 mm (B)
Japanese

This is both a knit (bottom half) and crochet (top half) pattern.

Tools/Materials:

  • Yarn: 10 skeins/275g of Diakeito Masterseed Cotton Print in brown/ash pink (511)
  • Needles: Japanese size 5 (3.6mm) - you can substitute with either US4 (3.5mm) or US5 (3.75mm)
  • Hooks: Japanese sizes 4/0 (2.5mm) and 3/0 (2.3mm)

Dimensions:
chest circumference 91cm, across shoulder 32.5cm, length 68.5cm, sleeve length 12cm

Gauge:

  • 22 stitches x 29 rows = 10cm in pattern
  • Motif = 6.5cm in diameter with larger hook, 6cm in diameter with smaller hook

Additional Notes:
* The bottom row of motifs are worked with the smaller hook, and the rest of the motifs are worked with the larger hook.