Rainbow Tunic by Carol Wessinger

Rainbow Tunic

Knitting
January 2012
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette in Silky Merino
US 6 - 4.0 mm
650 - 1210 yards (594 - 1106 m)
Finished Chest 34, 38, 42, 46, 50"
English
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Lace drapes and picot edgings add feminine touches to this 3-way garment—leave it sleeveless, make short sleeves, add lace undersleeves.
Learn new techniques—
Picking up from slipped stitches (to knit drapes).
Picot edging worked sideways.
Cast-on picot edging.
Explanations for these techniques are given in the pattern. Bottom edging for garment and short sleeves are a twisted stockinette hem. Bottom edging for the drapes and lace undersleeves is a knitted-in picot trim—no extra finishing.