​Knit Melange Tunic

You’ll need:

800g of mélange Mondial Boreale yarn (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 sts:

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 purl without knitting, yarn in front of work*; repeat from * to *;

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

Stockinette stitch and 1 x 1 rib: 14 sts x 19 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back/Front

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

Assembly

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