Ladie's Tunic in Schachenmayr Catania - S7367A - Downloadable PDF

Ladies' Tunic in Schachenmayr Catania Sport Weight Yarn

What is Being Made

This downloadable knitting pattern creates a ladies' tunic designed for a comfortable, elegant fit. The tunic is available in three size options: 36/38, 40/42, and 44/46, making it accessible for a range of body types. The design features strategic shaping through waist decreases and increases, creating a tailored silhouette that flatters the wearer while maintaining the relaxed comfort of a tunic-length garment.

Techniques Used

This knitting pattern employs several intermediate-level shaping techniques to achieve its fitted design. The construction uses circular knitting worked in the round, which creates seamless fabric and allows for continuous pattern work. The tunic incorporates strategic waist shaping through a series of decreases and increases placed at marked intervals around the garment.

The shaping strategy involves decrease rounds worked every 16 rounds to cinch the waist, followed by increase rounds distributed across every 4th and 8th round to add fullness through the hip and lower body areas. This creates a classic hourglass silhouette typical of tunic designs. The pattern requires careful attention to marked stitch placement to ensure symmetrical shaping around the circumference.

Stitches Used

• Knit stitch (rechts) – the primary stitch forming the fabric base
• Right-leaning decreases – created by knitting two stitches together (2 M rechts zusammenstricken)
• Left-leaning decreases – slip stitch, knit, pass slipped stitch over (Überzug), also called a slip-slip-knit decrease
• Increases – yarn-over or bar increases worked at regular intervals to shape the lower body
• Stitch markers – essential for tracking decrease and increase placement across the round

Materials and Yarn Information

This pattern is designed for Schachenmayr Catania yarn in sport weight. Sport weight yarn is a versatile mid-weight option that creates fabric with excellent drape and definition, making it ideal for fitted garments like tunics where stitch detail and shaping remain visible. The yarn choice allows the decreases and increases to be clearly defined in the finished garment while maintaining a comfortable, breathable fabric suitable for layering or wearing as a standalone piece.

Knitters will need circular needles appropriate for sport weight yarn (typically US 4-6 / 3.5-4mm) to work this pattern in the round. The exact yardage requirements vary by size, with larger sizes requiring proportionally more yarn to accommodate the increased stitch counts at different sections of the tunic.

Pattern Structure Overview

The pattern begins by establishing the base stitch count for the chosen size, then progresses through the body with carefully spaced shaping rounds. The decrease phase creates the fitted waist, while subsequent increase rounds build out the hip and lower body. This structured approach to shaping ensures a professional-looking garment with balanced proportions across all three available sizes.