Keyhole Tunic in Blue Heron Silk Merino

I’ve been working on this keyhole tunic for a while, experimenting with various yarn types and weights. This is Silk Merino, colourway Ocean, from Blue Heron Yarns, the hands-down best yarn for this project. It is amazingly lightweight and has the perfect amount of stretch – enough to get this fitted garment on without busting a seam, but not so much that it stretches out of shape.

It was fun to use a partial circle as the basis for this garment. Something about the geometry and/or the yarn is magical, because there were few increases required from the waist down. (My first time through, I couldn’t accept that so I increased what I thought was a reasonable amount and the hips came out huge! Not the look I was going for.)

As soon as I work up the pattern for other sizes I will post it on my website.