Knit Off-Shoulder Top
You’ll need:
150g of beige Colorado yarn (50% cotton, 50% polyacryl; 115m/50g);
50g of the same yarn, but in light-brown color;
Knitting needles 3;
Elastic rib.
Size: S.
Used Patterns
Double rib 1 x 1:
1st row: 1 knit st, 1 purl by turn;
2nd row: slip knit sts from the knitting needle, purls.
Repeat 1st-2nd rows.
Relief pattern:
1st, 3rd rows: * 3 purls, 2 knit sts, 3 purls, 2 knit sts, 4 purls (middle), 2 knit sts, 3 purls, 2 knit sts, 3 purls*; repeat from * to * to end of row;
2nd and all the even rows: due to the ornament;
5th, 7th rows: * 1 knit st, 3 purls, 2 knit sts, 3 purls, 2 knit sts, 2 purls (middle), 2 knit sts, 3 purls, 2 knit sts, 3 purls, 1 knit st*; repeat from * to * to end of row;
9th, 11th rows: * 2 knit sts, 3 purls, 2 knit sts, 3 purls, 4 knit sts (middle), 3 purls, 2 knit sts,3 purls, 2 knit sts*; repeat from * to * to end of row;
13th, 15th rows: * 1 purl, 2 knit sts, 3 purls, 2 knit sts, 3 purls, 2 knit sts (middle), 3 purls, 2 knit sts, 3 purls, 2 knit sts, 1 knit st*; repeat from * to * to end of row;
17th, 19th rows: * 2 purls, 2 knit sts, 3 purls, 2 knit sts, 6 purls (middle), 2 knit sts, 3 purls, 2 knit sts, 2 purls*; repeat from * to * to end of row.
Repeat 1st-20th rows.
Instructions
Cast on 96 sts + 2 selvedge sts (= 98 sts) with light-brown yarn and make 3 cm of double rib. Then, turn to beige yarn and work with relief pattern to the needed length. Insert the satin rib in the upper part of top, draw inside the double rib.