Outsize lace panels create long vertical lines that flatter in the Alpaka Tunic. Deborah Newton designed an A-line silhouette that works equally well with minimal or plenty of positive ease. A gently felted roving-style alpaca yarn makes for crisply defined lace patterns in a silky and fluid fabric.
Finished Size 43 (48 1⁄2, 54)" bust circumference. Dress shown measures 43", modeled with plenty of positive ease.
Yarn Schoppel Wolle Baby Alpaka Naturbelassen (50% wool, 50% alpaca; 109 yd [100 m]/100 g): #8870 charcoal, 6 (7, 8) skeins. Yarn distributed by Skacel.
Yarn Weight #3 - Light
Needles Sizes 9 (5.5 mm) and 10 (6 mm): 24" circular (cir). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions Markers (m); tapestry needle.
Gauge 17 sts and 22 rows = 4" in lace and seed st patt on larger needle; 23 sts of lace chart measures 5 1⁄2" wide on larger needle.
Originally Published Interweave Knits Fall 2009