Thursday, March 30, 2017

Pinnet Tunic Top

Life is always hectic, and this time of year it feels more so.  Spring is coming, so there's a garden to plan, but also end-of-the-year school events, doctor's appointments, a busy season in my main Etsy shop selling reusable products and then... Girl Scout cookie season.

Due to some miscommunication, I, as troop leader, ended up with the rest of the troop's cookies in my house a week before sales ended.  We had way too many cookies and I had no idea until that moment.  Our troop did great in getting rid of them, and we had a lot of help from another troop, but things were dicey for a while.  I didn't sleep for three nights in a row after I saw those cookies!

This happened just as I posted looking for testers for my newest pattern - a lightweight girl's tunic perfect for summer days, with pretty little picots along the sleeves and hem and a button placket on the back.

It's over now, and things have calmed down. I've caught up with orders in my Etsy shop and I'm glad to say that I can now concentrate on my favorite things - my kids and my knitting -again!

Here's the tunic, modeled a size too big on my 4 year old daughter:


It turned out really cute and I'm pleased with it, if not the fit on my daughter!  (But I knit a size 6 and she wears a 5T)


It's a fairly simple pattern, but not a beginner pattern, due to a button placket on the back and picot bind offs.  I knit this one in a superwash sock yarn in a fingering weight, but plan to make my final version in a cotton or linen blend - perfect for a warm summer day!  Look for it in my Ravelry shop in late April 2017!