Summer Dress with Relief Vertical Pattern
You’ll need:
350g of 100% cotton yarn (175m/50g);
Knitting needles 2,5;
Crochet hook 2,5.
Size: S.
Used Patterns
Vertical relief pattern: due to the scheme.
Wrong side – in right-side rows: purls, in wrong-side rows – knit sts.
Stitches control: 23 sts x 33 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Back
Cast on 143 sts and work due to the following description: 1 selvedge sts, 12 sts of wrong side, 23 sts of relief pattern, 24 sts of wrong side, 23 sts of relief pattern, 12 sts of wrong side, 1 selvedge st. For waist fitting, make decreases – purl2tog in the beginning and end of every part of purls, except side parts. Make these actions 10 times in every 15th row. In 50 cm (165 rows) from the beginning of work, increase 1 st before and after selvedge sts in every 8th row from both sides. In 71 cm (233 rows) from the set-up edge, bind off 2 sts x 1 and 1 st x 1 in every even row from both sides for making arm-holes.
For forming loosed shoulder, increase 1 st from both sides. Repeat the increase of 1 st x 4. Repeat the increases in every 6th row – 1 st x 5, in every 8th row – 1 st x 1. In 16 cm (54 rows) from the beginning of arm-holes, bind off 5 sts x 2, 6 sts x 2 from both sides for shoulder chamfers. Then, bind off the rest 16 sts. At the same time, bind off the central 28 sts for the neck-hole and bind off 3 sts x 1 along the edge of neck-hole in a row.
Front
Make in the same way, as back, the only difference is deeper neck-hole. Divide your work in 2 halves at 3 cm (7 rows) from the arm-holes and make each half separately. For neck-hole, bind off 3 sts x 1 and 2 sts x 5 in every even row from the central edge, 1 st x 5 in every 4th row. In 16 cm from the beginning of arm-holes, bind off 5 sts x 2 and 6 sts x 2 from both sides for shoulder chamfer. Then, bind off the rest sts.
Assembly
Make all the seams. Fasten the neck-hole with 1 row of single crochets and 1 row of shrimp stitch.