Chain Maille Tunic Designed by Linda Voss Plummer
2 skeins Red Heart (remember that knights can wear traditional metallic gray or pink or red or whatever their inner knight dictates!) Size 11 needles or size needed to meet gauge 12 sts/4" using two strands of yarn clasp Sizes 2-4 (6-8) Peplum: Make 6: Using two strands of yarn, cast on 10 (12) sts. Work in garter st for 4 (6) “ Do not bind off. Front: Feed 3 sections onto knitting needle - 30 (36) sts Work in garter st until pieces measures 8(10) " above peplum Knit across 15 (18) sts. Attach new yarn and knit across remaining sts. Continue both sides of front top for 2(2 12)". At neck edge (on each side) bind off 3-2 (3-2-1) sts - 10(12) st remain on each side. Continue in garter st until pieces measures 12(14)" above peplum Place sts on holder.
Back:
Make as for front, but do not divide. Joining: Using 3 needle bind-off, join front and back shoulders. I did not join sides. Belt: Using one strand of yarn, cast on 8 sts. Work in garter st as long as desired. Sew on clasp and give to your favorite knight! "One of the joys of teaching and knitting is participating in the warmth of knitting with others and experiencing its healing and supportive powers." Linda can't remember when she didn't knit. She has taught locally and regionally and has been fortunate to study with nationally and internationally recognized knitters. She loves to lead students to the joy of knitting and then watch them become independent knitters, helping them create their own designs and make decisions about how they want to adapt patterns Her special passions are cables, lace and two color knitting such as Fair Isle and Scandinavian patterns. She also spins, weaves and quilts but if, perish the thought, she had to decide on one activity, it would be knitting. Linda is married, has 3 children, 6 grandchildren and 4 granddaogs. She now lives in Northern Pennsylvania with her husband, Mike, and Chocolate Lab, Muddy Waters. She has taught knitting at Knit One in Pittsburgh, PA, the Pittsburgh Knit and Crochet Festival, .Chautauqua Institution, and currently teaches at olga's in Coudersport PA and conducts Does a Bear Knit in the Woods? Retreats in north central PA. facebook.com/artsyknits ravelry: artsyknits Clvossplummer2012
