Alpine Resort Tunic: YARN Bookazine (FOLK)

** If you are making this tunic, please see the bottom of this post for errata information **

Today Scheepjes has released the sixth edition of their YARN Bookazine: FOLK edition, which means patterns, bold colours and fairy tale creatures. At least that’s what comes to my mind when I think of it and that’s definitely what I see when I look at this cover!

When we were first told about this theme, I knew I wanted to contribute because there is no better time to do a little colour work than this. So, here is my contribution, the Alpine Resort Tunic. This is my very first garment design, which was certainly an adventure  (I will write about in a separate post), but I’m really proud of it and I love how it turned out.

This tunic is knit from the bottom up using stranded colourwork in the round and uses a combination of Scheepjes Stone Washed and River Washed yarns. It is designed to have a loose, comfortable fit which is nice to wear over shirt on a cool fall or winter day.

The pattern is available in sizes Small – XXL and with the easy to follow instructions and chart, it would be easy to resize if you wanted it smaller or larger than the sizes provided. For reference, the model in the photos is wearing a size medium.

This is a bit more advanced than some of my other patterns, as I would consider it to be more of an intermediate level. That said, it’s still not difficult for a knitter with the knowledge of the basics, who wants to practice colourwork and learn a little bit about making a garment.

To be honest, though, I don’t think anything is out of the scope of the more adventurous and determined beginners, especially if they aren’t afraid to jump in and ask for help if necessary. So if you like it, give it a go! What’s the worst that can happen? The great thing about yarn is that you can always start over again, right?!

As I mentioned earlier, this project was such an adventure for me and such a learning experience in so many different ways. I plan to write more about all of that later as it’s sort of its own story… things like how I came up with the idea, my trials and tribulations along the way, how real life can affect the designing process. So much to tell!

I also want to dig more into the other projects I really like in this issue, as there are a few which I definitely plan to make – and some of them are crochet! Oh my word, that doesn’t happen very often. While I am bicraftual, I definitely lean more heavily on the side of knitting, so you know these crochet projects are special if I see them and think MUST MAKE.

You can see all of the patterns included in this issue here on Ravelry and decide which are your favourites, but you will have to wait to hear about my faves when I come back in another post. Until then, here is some more info for if you want to prepare to make an Alpine Resort for yourself!

ERRATA

Klik hier voor informatie in het Nederlands.

There were print errors for this pattern, please see the errata below.

Under Special Instructions, the following line should follow the description for the icord bind off:
Repeat rows 2 and 3 until 2 sts left, k2tog tbl.

In the instructions for the BACK under All Sizes it should read as follows:
Continue in pattern, work Rows 1-16 of Chart and not Rows 1-6 as stated.

The chart should read as follows:

This is a very easy fix as it was blue sections that weren’t printed, so you can just grab a pen or coloured pencil and fill in the squares. Mistakes happen, right? Although, it’d would have been fun to pretend that this was done on purpose, like we had the genius idea of providing a pattern as well as a fun colouring project! Who doesn’t love a bit of colouring?!

I have marked in the missing squares using red, to make it easier to see what you need to change.

If you have any questions regarding the pattern, please feel free to contact me. If you ever have questions or think you have found an error in YARN or another Scheepjes publication, please be sure to check their errata page on their website as the information you need may already be there. If not, please contact them via the contact info at the bottom of their page.

Scheepjes Stone Washed (78% Cotton, 22% Acrylic; 50g/130m)

• Yarn A: 803 Black Onyx x 3 (3: 3: 3: 4) balls
• Yarn B: 801 Moon Stone x 3 (4: 4: 4: 5) balls
• Yarn C: 802 Smokey Quartz x 2 (2: 3: 3: 3) balls

Scheepjes River Washed (78% Cotton, 22% Acrylic; 50g/130m)

• Yarn D: 952 Rhine x 3 (4: 4: 4: 5) balls

WHERE TO BUY:

The Yarn Bookazine has been released today (October 25, 2019) and will be arriving in stores very soon! If you don’t see it when you visit the website for your preferred shop, try again a bit later, as they will be popping up within the next few days.

UK and International buyers can find it at Woolwarehouse, Black Sheep Wools, Deramores and Habbedash.
Canadian and International buyers have a great option with Knotty House.
Those of you in the Netherlands can find all you need at Caro’s Atelier

You can also ask your preferred Scheepjes retailer or find a shop near you!

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