​Grey Knit Dress for Girl

You’ll need:

About 250 (300)g of grey Estate Lana Grossa yarn (90% cotton, 10% polyamide);

Knitting needles 4,5;

Crochet hook 3,5;

8 beads.

Size: 98/104 and 110/116

Used Patterns

Main pattern 1: due to the scheme 1, on which only RS rows are stated, make WS rows due to the ornament, yarn overs – as purls. Repeat 1st-4th rows.

1 square on the scheme = 1 st x 2 rows.

Main pattern 2: due to the scheme 2, on which only RS rows are stated, make WS rows due to the ornament, yarn overs – as purls. Repeat 1st-2ndrows.

1 square on the scheme = 1 st x 2 rows.

Stitches control: main pattern 1: 18 sts x 29 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Main pattern 2: 21 sts x 29 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Front

Cast on 77 (82) sts with knitting needles 4,5 and work with main pattern 1. For hips chamfers, bind off 5 x 1 st in every 20^th row from both sides. In 34 (36) cm from the beginning of work, continue work with main pattern 2. In 41 (44) cm from the beginning of work, bind off 1 x 3 sts, 2 x 2 sts, 3 x 1 st in every 2^nd row. In 49,5 (53,5 cm) from the beginning of work, bind off the central 13 (14) sts for the neck-hole, then, 1 x 3 sts, 1 (2) x 2 sts and 2 x 1 st in every 2^nd row. In 54 (58,5) cm from the beginning of work, bind off 2 x 5 sts in every 2^nd row for sleeve chamfers.

Back

Make in the same way, as front, but in 53 (57,5) cm from the beginning of work, start making neck-hole: bind off the central 25 (30) sts, then, 1 x 1 st in the next 2^nd row.

Sleeves

Cast on 42 (47) sts with knitting needles 4,5 and work with main pattern 2. For sleeve chamfers, increase 5 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from both sides. In 4 cm from the beginning of work, bind off 1 x 3 sts, 2 x 2 sts, 8 x 1 st, 1 (2) x 2 sts and 1 x 3 sts in every 2^nd row from both sides. In 13 (13,5) cm from the beginning of work, bind off the rest sts.

Make the second sleeve in the same way.

Assembly

Make all the seams. Fasten the neck-hole line with 1 row of “shrimp stitch” with the help of crochet hook. For both cords of belt make chains of 90 (95) cm long and make 1 row of single crochets. Insert the cords through the holes of the upper row. Sew 2 beads on each end of cord.