​Green Pullover with Short Sleeves

You’ll need:

500g of green yarn (50% viscose, 50% cotton; 250m/100g);

Crochet hook 2,5;

Knitting needles 3;

Short circular knitting needles 2,5.

Size: S.

Used Patterns

2 x 2 rib;

Relief pattern: due to the scheme. Repeat 2^nd-4^th rows.

“Shells” pattern: * 5 double crochets in the 3^rd st from the crochet hook, 1 single crochet in the 3^rd st from the crochet hook*; repeat from * to *.

Note: make pattern design in natural size.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 84 sts and make 24 cm with 2 x 2 rib. Bind off the sts. Then, work with relief pattern with the help of the crochet hook, make increases by means of extra pattern repeats. Knit straight.

At 10 cm height from the beginning of relief pattern, make decreases for arm-holes from both sides due to the pattern design. Then, knit straight. At 25 cm height from the beginning of relief pattern, leave the central 18 cm for neck-hole open and knit each part separately for 3 cm straight. Finish your work.

Front

Make in the same way, as back, but with deeper neck-hole. For this, at 23 cm height from the beginning of relief pattern, leave the central 10 cm open and finish each side separately. For smooth rounding, make decreases from inwards and finish each side separately. For smooth rounding, make decreases from inwards due to the pattern design. Finish the second side of neck-hole in symmetry.

Sleeves

Cast on 56 sts, make 4 cm of 2 x 2 rib. Bind off the sts. Then, make relief pattern with crochet hook, make increases due to the pattern design, by making extra pattern repeat.

Then, form sleeve chamfers by making increases from both sides due to the pattern design (0,5 cm should be increased from both sides). At 5 cm from the beginning of relief pattern, make decreases from both sides for sleeve caps due to the pattern design.

Assembly

Make shoulder and sleeve seams. Sew up the sleeves. Cast on 90 sts along the neck-hole with circular knitting needles, make 5 cm of 2 x 2 rib. Bind off the sts due to the pattern. Fasten the lower edge of pullover and sleeves with “shells” pattern.