​Knit Beach Top

You’l lneed:

350 (400)g of Aruba yarn in mélange grey color (45% polyamide, 41% cotton, 5% acryl; 80m/50g);

Knitting needles 7 and 8;

Crochet hook 7;

Thin string thread;

18 cm of sewing lace 2 cm wide.

Size: S (M).

Used Patterns

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

Relief pattern: work due to the scheme, on which only RS rows are stated, make WS rows and yarn overs as purls. Start with 1 selvedge st, pattern repeat, finish with 1 st after pattern repeat and 1 selvedge st. Repeat 1^st-10^th rows.

Stitches control: 14,5 sts x 18 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 75 (87) sts and work with relief pattern. In 45 cm from the set-up row, decrease 15 (21) sts for bustier. Then, turn to knitting needles 8 and work with stockinette stitch. In 18 cm from the beginning of bustier, bind off all the sts.

Front

Make in the same way, as back, but for bustier widening, increase 6 x 1 st in every 5^th row from both sides.

Assembly

Make side seams; fasten all the edges with 1 row of single crochets and 1 row of “shrimp stitch”, use string thread in upper edge. For the “tunnel”, sew sewing lace in the center of front to the WS.

Strap

Make a chain of 82 cm long and fasten it with 1 row of slip sts. Draw both ends of strap in the upper part in “tunnel” and sew in the bottom part.