Allover lace and cool bamboo yarn: the perfect combination for the summer. Dawn is a seamless lace tunic worked from the bottom up. No need to know how to increase or decrease in a lace pattern, everything is charted and written out for you.

Finished measurements

Chest:
82.5 (91.5, 100.5, 109.5, 118, 127, 136) cm
32½ (36, 39½, 43, 46½, 50, 53½) inches

Suggested ease: 2.5 – 7.5 cm (1 – 3 inches) positive. It’s important to choose a yarn with a good drape. The weight of the yarn and gravity will take care of the fit.

Shown in size 91.5 cm (36 inches) with about 6 cm (2½ in) positive ease

Yarn
Alize Bamboo Fine
100% bamboo
440 meters (481 yards) / 100 g
#2994
2 (2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4) skeins

Needles
3.25 mm (US 3) circular needle (60/80/100 cm long, depending on size)
or use needle size that gives you the correct gauge

Notions
stitch markers
yarn needle

Gauge
22.5 stitches / 34 rounds = 10 cm (4 inches) in lace pattern (Chart B)
28 stitches / 36 rounds = 10 cm (4 inches) in stockinette stitch

Skill level
intermediate

Skills used
working lace patterns
increasing and decreasing
casting on new stitches
circular knitting

Construction
Seamless, worked in the round from the bottom up.

Pattern details
colour-coded easy-to-read pattern instructions
instructions include both US and metric measurements
easy-to-read charts, charts are also written out
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