Garter Tunic Design, Part 1
Last time, I mentioned that I had frogged the original garter tunic. I decided that I wasn’t happy with the Drops pattern, but that I would swipe some of the design features of it.
I thought about the yarn I had: Noro Kureyon, color 150. I thought about the recipient: notch neck, tunic length. I thought about how I wanted to knit it: top-down.
The biggest issue really is the Noro. If the rounds are too large, the striping can look strange. I didn’t want to alternate balls every 2 rows to make a more defined striping scheme. I really wanted the tonal Noro striping. So a textured pattern — even one as simple as garter stitch — at the yoke where the rounds are longer made more sense.
I began knitting, starting at the yoke.
kureyon yoke [flickr]
I wasn’t 100% happy. The following day at work I was taking a mental break from some code and I suddenly drew this:
a sketch [flickr]
Better, slightly more cohesive. I knit on…
[to be continued]
that looks nice – the design is simple, but with nice little touches!
your design looks intriguing. i love noro in garter stitch.
Noro makes me happy and frustrated at the same time. Yay + Boo!