​Knit Tunic with Vertical Pattern

You’ll need:

500, 550, 600g of mixed content yarn with at least 50% of wool;

Straight knitting needles 6;

Circle knitting needles 6.

Size: S-M/L-XL/XXL.

Used Patterns

Stockinette stitch: in right-side rows – knit sts, in wrong-side rows – purls;

Wrong-side: in right-side rows – purls, in wrong-side rows – knit sts;

Relief pattern: is made on 13 sts due to the scheme.

Make wrong-side rows due to the ornament, yarn overs – as purls. Make 1^st-10^th rows once, then repeat 3^rd-10^th rows. Make the sts (gray sts on the scheme) as knit sts in the last right-side row before you bind off the sts.

Tension: 15 sts x 22,5 rows = 10 x 10cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 143, 149, 155 sts. Work due to the following description: 1 selvedge st, 64, 67, 70 sts of stockinette stitch, 13 sts of relief pattern, 1 selvedge st. At 90 rows (40,5 cm), 86 rows (38,5 cm), 82 rows (36 cm) bind off 2 sts from both sides for arm-holes and 1 st x 4 in every even row. You should get 53, 59, 65 sts. At 130 rows (58 cm) of relief pattern, bind off the central 33 sts for the neck-hole and finish each part separately. For smooth rounding, bind off 3 sts x 1 in the 2^nd row along the neck-hole edge. At 134 rows (60 cm) of relief pattern, bind off 7, 10, 13 sts for each shoulder.

Front

Make in the same way, as back. The only difference – deeper neck-hole. For this, bind off the central 23 sts at 54 cm and 3 sts x 1, 2 sts x 1, 1 st x 3 in every even row.

Sleeves

Cast on 35, 37, 39 sts and make placket: 2 rows (1,5 cm) of wrong-side pattern. Then, 2 rows of stockinette stitch. After that: 1 selvedge st, 10, 11, 12 sts of stockinette stitch, 13 sts of relief pattern, 10, 11, 12 sts of stockinette stitch, 1 selvedge st. In 20 rows (9 cm) from the placket, increase 1 st x 5 in every 14^th row from both sides. 1 st x 7 in every 10^th row, 1 st x 9 in every 8^th row. You should get 47, 53, 59 sts. At 106 rows (47 cm) from the placket, bind off 1 st x 13, 2 sts x 1, 2 sts x 1, 1 st x 11, 1 st x 2, 2 sts x 2, 1 st x 9, 2 sts x 3 in every even row from both sides for the cap. Bind off 13, 15, 17 sts at 136 rows (60,5 cm).

Assembly

Sew up the shoulders. Lift 84 sts with circle knitting needles along the neck-hole and make 1 row of purls. Bindoffthests. Sewthesleeves. Sew up the sleeve and side seams.