Zig Zag Peplum?

[goodtaste]

Hi! I would like to make a summer to ending in a zig-zag peplum. I need the peplum to be 49 cm wide and about 4 inches long both fron and back, it will be really the only "fancy" thing about the top.
Trouble is that my crocheting in zig-zag gets pretty tight and I lose my gauge very easy. Can anyone give me some tips to avoid this or direct me to an already existing pattern for a zig-zag top (I would only use the bottom and make the top in shells or some other stitch).
Thank you!;)

[Empress Busy Bee]

I can't recall a peplum top off hand but I'm certain I've not seen a zigzag one at all.
Have you tried going up a size in your hook to keep the gauge?

Maybe you could work with this one:

http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=95&d_id=37&lang=en


Not sure what's going here but maybe it can help:

http://*****************/web/20011120043322/www.cei.net/~vchisam/groovy/7909p.html

:)

[goodtaste]

Thank you very much, Empress Busy Bee.
I have not seen a crocheted one either. Strange that no designer has attempted one, but I have seen some beautiful ones in knit the catalogs I get. I buy yarns sometimes at Pattenworks and their catalogs have some pretty tops with ripple combinations and I'm going to try to figure out one.
Thanks for your tips.

[sewmom]

Here are some things I found that you might be able to adapt to what you need.

http://crochic.tripod.com/lacytank.htm
http://crochetaddictspatterns.blogspot.com/2005/05/sherbert-tank-top.html
http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=95&d_id=6&lang=en
http://*****************/web/20010424163641/http://www.cei.net/~vchisam/groovy/776-12.html

This one's a skirt, but I thought I would include it.
http://www.adultramblings.therapids.net/rippleskirt.htm

This one is for purchase, but is specifically a peplum
http://www.artoftangle.com/sweater_peplum.htm