Juniper Moon Farm Waistcoat Knitting Pattern

Juniper Moon Farm Dalia Tunic

What is Being Made

The Dalia Tunic is a knitted pullover garment designed as part of the Winter Breeze Collection by designer Claudia Wersing. This tunic features a classic silhouette with a finished length to shoulder of 26¾ inches (68cm) and is available in five sizes ranging from Small to 2X-Large, with bust measurements from 33 inches (84cm) to 49 inches (124cm). The garment is constructed to provide comfortable, relaxed fit across multiple size ranges.

Techniques Used

The Dalia Tunic is created using several fundamental knitting techniques that build a structured, polished garment:

• Bottom-Up Construction: The tunic is worked from the bottom edge upward, beginning with a cast-on at the lower edge and progressing toward the shoulders and neckline.
• Worked Flat: The piece is knitted flat on straight needles rather than in the round, requiring seaming to join pieces together at the conclusion of knitting.
• Seamed Assembly: After individual pieces are completed, they are sewn together using mattress stitch or similar seaming techniques to create the finished garment.
• Cable Work: The tunic incorporates cable stitches as a primary design element, requiring the use of a cable needle to manipulate stitches and create textured, dimensional patterns.
• Ribbed Edging: The design begins with a knit-one, purl-one (K1, P1) ribbed section measuring 4¼ inches (11cm), which provides elasticity and a finished appearance at the lower edge.
• Shoulder Shaping: The garment includes structured shoulder shaping achieved through sequential cast-off rows, creating a properly fitted armhole and shoulder line.
• Neck Shaping: Back neck shaping is incorporated to provide proper fit at the neckline opening.

Stitches Used

The Dalia Tunic employs a focused selection of knitting stitches to create its distinctive texture and structure:

• Honeycomb Pattern: The primary stitch pattern used throughout the body of the tunic. This four-row repeat pattern alternates between cable crosses, creating a dimensional honeycomb texture. Row 1 and Row 3 feature alternating C2R (cable 2 right) and C2L (cable 2 left) stitches worked across the center panel. Rows 2 and 4 are worked entirely in purl stitches, allowing the cable crosses to stand out in relief.
• C2R (Cable 2 Right): A two-stitch cable cross where one stitch is slipped onto a cable needle and held at the back of the work, the next stitch is knitted from the left-hand needle, and then the stitch from the cable needle is knitted, creating a rightward-leaning cable twist.
• C2L (Cable 2 Left): A two-stitch cable cross where one stitch is slipped onto a cable needle and held at the front of the work, the next stitch is knitted from the left-hand needle, and then the stitch from the cable needle is knitted, creating a leftward-leaning cable twist.
• Knit Stitch (K): Used throughout the ribbed sections and as part of cable crosses.
• Purl Stitch (P): Used in the ribbed sections and as the background stitch in the Honeycomb pattern rows, allowing cable texture to be the focal point.

Materials

The Dalia Tunic is designed to be worked in Juniper Moon Farm Herriot Great yarn in the colorway Raw White. Yarn requirements vary by size: Small and Medium sizes require 6 hanks of 100-gram weight yarn each; Large and X-Large sizes require 7 hanks; and 2X-Large size requires 8 hanks. This yarn weight and fiber content are selected to work at a gauge of 20 stitches and 20 rows over a 4-inch (10cm) square in the Honeycomb pattern.

The pattern calls for US size 10 (6mm) knitting needles for the main fabric and ribbing, along with a US size 10 (6mm) circular needle for any sections that may benefit from circular needle construction. A cable needle