Miraval Tunic

 The Miraval Tunic

This is a tunic I crocheted using the free Miraval pattern that I found on Pinterest, I pinned it on my Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kaleebird/ I used worsted weight yarn, the pattern called for DK weight but I just could not find any there is only a slight difference between worsted and DK weight; my tunic ended up being a little bulkier because I chose worsted.

 I bought a pound skein and I used the majority of it for the body! For the edging I used a yarn from the Vanna's Choice collection. I bought my yarn at Jo-Ann's, this was a rather inexpensive project, just time consuming. I had never made anything like this before so this was my first time with an apparel crochet pattern. I have been crocheting for about a year now so this was a nice challenge. 

This is the beginning of the yolk of my tunic, crocheted in a round using a mix of dc shells. (You can see where my rounds joined, not too pretty) The tunic itself is crocheted as one whole piece and you go back later and crochet the sleeves onto the body.

I added a tie to my tunic using leftover Vanna yarn to give the tunic a little more shape. The project definitely was a challenge! I learned all new kinds of stitches and garment shaping techniques, the pattern I used also needed a little deciphering but I was able to figure it out. I altered some of the finishing because the worsted yarn made the decorations a little too thick for my liking so I simply reduced the number of rows for the fringe to make it less poofy. I love this tunic and think it would great in any combination of colors, I preferred a nice neutral taupe and brown with color flecks in it. This is definitely a great project which I highly recommend to anyone looking for a challenge!