​Red Elegant Dress

You’ll need:

800g of red Extra Merino yarn (100% merino wool; 80m/50g);

Straight knitting needles 6;

Auxiliary needle;

Circle knitting needles 5;

Crochet hook 6.

Size: S-M.

Used Patterns

Wrong-side pattern with circle rows, knitting needles 5: purl

Make all the rest pattern with knitting needles 6.

Wrong-side pattern: in RS row – purls, in WS row – knit sts;

Pattern 1 (18 sts wide): due to the scheme 1, on which both RS and WS rows are stated. Repeat 1^st-14^th rows.

Pattern 2 (31 sts wide): due to the scheme 2, on which only RS rows are stated, make WS rows due to the ornament, yarn overs – as purls. Repeat 1^st-20^th rows.

Stitches control: wrong-side pattern, knitting needles 5: 16 sts x 24 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Combination of patterns, knitting needles 6: 17 sts x 22 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back/Front

Cast on 102 sts and make: 5 purl sts of wrong-side pattern, *18 sts of pattern 1, 6 sts of wrong-side pattern* x 3 times, 18 sts of pattern 1, 5 sts of wrong-side pattern between selvage sts. For A-shape, decrease in the following way: make purl2tog x 5 times in every 26^th row before the 1^st and after the last strip of pattern = 10 decreases, at the same time, make purl2tog x 3 times in every 20^th row x 6 times between the strips of pattern = 18 decreases. In 60 cm from the set-up row, bind off the rest sts loosely.

Sleeves

Cast on 68 sts and make: 2 sts of wrong-side pattern, * 18 sts of pattern 1, 4 sts of wrong-side pattern*; repeat from * to * x twice,18 sts of pattern 1, 2 sts of wrong-side pattern. For sleeve chamfers, make purl2tog in every 20^th rows from both sides x 3 times and purl2tog in every 11^th row x 5 times between sts of pattern 1. In 28 cm from the set-up row, bind off the rest sts loosely.

Yoke

Cast on 33 sts and work with pattern 2 between selvage sts. Work in shorten rows for the needed shape of yoke. For this, leave the last 6 sts and the last 10 sts (by turn) x once in every 6^th row. Upper edge will be 100 cm long, lower edge – 150 cm long, bind off the sts loosely, connect the short sides with seam.

Assembly

Sew the details of back, sleeves and front to the lower edge of yoke, the seam is in the middle of back. Cast on 160 sts with circle knitting needles along the upper edge of yoke and work with wrong-side pattern. Place marker on every 16^th st, then, make the marked st in every 3^rd circle row as purl2tog with the next st x 6 times = 10 decreases in a circle row. At 10 cm width of yoke, bind off the sts. Fasten all the edges with 1 circle row of single crochets and 1 circle row of “shrimp stitch”.