​Melange Knit Tunic

You’ll need:

800g of mélange yarn Mondial Boreale (18% wool, 46% acryl, 36% polyamide; 55m/50g);

Knitting needles 5,5.

Size: S.

Used Patterns

Double rib: cast on the half of the needed quantity of sts with contrast color yarn.

1^st row with working yarn: * 1 knit st, 1 yarn over*; repeat from * to *;

2^nd row: * yarn over as knit st, slip 1 st as purl, don’t knit it, yarn in front of work*; repeat from * to *;

3^rd row and the last row: * 1 knit st, slip 1 st as purl, yarn in front of work*; repeat from * to *, take off the contrast color yarn.

1 x 1 rib;

Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit sts, in WS row – purls;

Wrong-side pattern: in RS row – purls, in WS row – knit sts;

Central motif (25 sts): due to the scheme.

Stitches control: stockinette stitch: 13 sts x 19 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back/Front

Cast on 69 sts and make 4 rows with double rib and 36 rows with 1 x 1 rib. Then, work with patterns order due to the scheme, in 15 cm from rib, bind off 2 x 1 st after the first 6 sts and before the last 6 sts in every 2^nd row. In 18 cm from rib, decrease 2 x 1 st after the first 6 sts and before the last 6 sts in every 2^nd row for arm-holes; in 31 cm from rib, decrease 2 x 1 st after the first 6 sts and before the last 6 sts in every 2^nd row; in 39 cm from rib, decrease 7 x 2 sts after the first 6 sts and before the last 6 sts in every 2^nd row and decrease 1 x 1 st. In 8 cm from the beginning of shoulder chamfers, leave open the rest 35 sts for neck-hole.

Assembly

Make one shoulder seam and upper part of side seam (totally, on 16 cm from open sts). For collar, cast on the open sts of neck-hole and work with 1 x 1 rib, increase 1 x 5 sts in the 1^st row. In 21 cm, make 4 rows with double rib and bind off all the sts. Make collar seam, then, make second shoulder seam and upper part of side seam (totally, in 16 cm from collar). Make lower parts of side seams to 36 cm height from the set-up row, leave arm-holes for 23 cm from both sides.