Lucia Knit Top

You'll need:

250 g of Mondial Scilla yarn white colour (100% cotton, 105m/50g);

Straight knitting needles 5.

Size: S

Used Patterns

Double rib: cast on half of the needed sts quantity with contrast yarn.

1st row: with working yarn * 1 knit st, 1 yarn over*, repeat from * to *.

2nd row: * knit yarn over as knit st, slip 1 st as purl without knitting, yarn is in front of work*, repeat from * to *.

3rd and last rows: * 1 knit st, slip 1 st as purl, yarn is in front of work*, repeat from * to *.

Unstring the contrast yarn in ready-made detail.

Stockinette stitch: right side - knit sts, wrong side - purls.

Main pattern

1st row: 1 knit st, * 4 knit sts, 1 yarn over*, repeat from * to *, 5 knit sts.

2nd and all the even rows: all purls.

3rd and all the odd rows: all knit sts.

Slip sts, corresponding to yarn overs of the 1st row in the last row and draw them along the whole work.

Stitches control, main pattern: 15 sts and 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm

Instructions

Back

Cast on 134 sts and knit 12 rows with double rib and 2 rows with stockinette stitch, decreasing 1 x 67 sts in the 1st row and 1 x 21 sts in the 2nd row (= 46 sts). Then knit with the main pattern (in the 2nd row= 56 sts). In 36 cm bind off 1 x 6 sts from both sides and then decrease in each 2nd row 6 x 1 st from both sides; slip sts, corresponding to yarn overs of the 1st row, while decreasing sts. In 45 cm bind off the rest 44 sts and slip 6 of them.

Front

Cast on 134 sts and knit 12 rows with double rib and 2 rows with stockinette stitch, decreasing 1 x 67 sts in the 1st row and 1 x 16 sts in the 2nd row (= 51 sts). In 36 cm bind off 1 x 6 sts from both sides and then decrease in each 2nd row 5 x 1 st from left side; slip sts, corresponding to yarn overs of the 1st row, while decreasing sts. In 45 cm knit on the rest 33 sts 115 cm more and bind off the sts, slip sts, corresponding to yarn overs of the 1st row.

Assembly

Make side seams. Sew the edge of front stripe, starting after 33 cm from the stripe beginning to the upper edge of the back (see the schemes). Sew short edge of the stripe to the left side seam at the height of 12cm from top bottom (see schemes).

Combine the points of stripe, stated with letters A and B with the same named points of back and sew the details. Make side seams, combining points C and D with the same named points of side seam and sew the details.