Relief Net Summer Tunic
You'll need:
300g of middle weighed yarn with at least 50% cotton content of grey color;
Knitting needles 4;
Crochet hook 2.
Size: M
Used Patterns
Relief net, which is made due to the following description:
1st row: 1 selvedge st, * 1 yarn over, knit2tog through back loop*; repeat from * to * to last 2 sts, 1 knit st, 1 selvedge st;
2nd and 4th rows: purl;
3rd row: 1 selvedge st, 1 knit st, * 1 yarn over, knit2tog through back loop*; repeat from * to * to last st, 1 selvedge st.
Repeat 1st-4th rows.
Stitches control: 14 sts x 20 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Back
Cast on 67 sts and knit 1 row of purls. Make relief net, starting from the next row. After 60 cm, bind off 2 sts from both sides for arm-holes. Then, decrease 1 st x 5 in paired rows. Bind off all the sts at 78 cm.
Front
Make the same way, as back to 70 cm height. Then, bind off the central 27 sts for neck-hole and finish separately. Decrease 1 st x 2 from inner side of neck-hole. Bind off the rest sts for shoulders at 78 cm.
Assembly
Make shoulder seams. Sew sides and sleeves. Fasten the neck-hole, bottom part of sleeve and tunic with 2 rows of single crochets by means of the crochet hook. Make "picot" in each 3rd crochet of the last row. Crochet leaves and circles decorations due to the schemes. Sew these decorations to your tunic.