Buddleja tunic by Lyudmila Aksenik Old

Buddleja tunic

Knitting
April 2025
both are used in this pattern
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
698 - 2785 yards (638 - 2547 m)
• 8 children sizes: 1 y.o. (2 y.o., 3-4 y.o. / 5 y.o., 6-7 y.o., 8-9 y.o./ 10-12 y.o., 13-15 y.o) – 14 adult sizes: [1, 2 /3, 4, 5/ 6, 7] {8, 9 /10, 11, 12/ 13, 14} or 86-153cm/32-60” bust circumference
English
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Buddleja is a sweater or tunic with classic fit (~5% positive ease at the bust) and decorative print at the yoke. It is knit mainly top-down in the round with minimal seaming and purling.
Start with circular yoke (flat sideways in garter stitch, using short-rows for shaping and creating the print). Then pick up sts from the yoke, raise the back for a better fit and separate for the body & sleeves. Knit the body top-down in the round. Basic instructions assume straight body, but there is additional guidance on A-line shaping fit. In addition, adult sizes №3-14 have instructions for horizontal bust darts (optional, but highly recommended for better fit).
Neckline is decorated with I’cord (applied along the neck)– either in main or contrast color, based on personal preference. Hem and cuffs are decorated with i-cord

MATERIALS AND TOOLS
YARN: fingering in 2 contrast colors. The yardage for your size in both color-blocking options is provided in the table below. You can choose for winter yarn content:
• Winter content (merino etc.) ~420-450m/450-485yds per 100g/3.5oz.
The sample was knit out of Zauberball Crazy (CC) 420m/458yds and Schoppel hand dyed yarn (420m/458yds per 100g/3.5oz)

NEEDLES:
• Main: 3mm/US2.5 (or size to get garter gauge) circulars for the yoke on a 40-100cm/16-40” cable, depending on the size worked + DPNs for the sleeves, if you prefer them to magic loop (for magic loop take 1 size larger needles);
• Smaller: 2.5mm/US1.5 60 cm/24” circulars and same cable length as the main ones for I-cords.

GAUGE (PER 1010CM/ 44” AFTER WET-BLOCKING)
• Stockinette: 24 stitches by 36 rows – on main needles;
• Garter stitch: 22 stitches by 48 rows – on smaller needles.

SIZING & YARDAGE
• 8 children sizes: 1 y.o. (2 y.o., 3-4 y.o. / 5 y.o., 6-7 y.o., 8-9 y.o./ 10-12 y.o., 13-15 y.o) – see bust and height below
• 14 adult sizes: 1, 2 /3, 4, 5/ 6, 7 {8, 9 /10, 11, 12/ 13, 14} or 86-153cm/32-60” bust circumference.

TECHNIQUES

• Provisional cast-on (using crochet hook & scrap yarn)
• Working in garter stitch and stockinette flat and stockinette in the round
• Reading charted instructions (optional)
• Increases
M1L, M1R:
• Chain selvage edges in garter
• Kitchener stitch/grafting garter fabric
• I-cord bind-off on 3 sts
• German short-rows