​Knit Dress with Round Yoke

You’ll need:

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

Straight knitting needles 6;

Auxiliary needle;

Circular knitting needles 5;

Crochet hook 6.

Used Patterns

Wrong-side pattern, knitting needles 5: purl;

All the rest patterns – 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 pattern. 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 sts of wrong-side pattern, *18 sts of pattern 1, 6 sts of wrong-side pattern*; repeat from * to * x 3 times, 18 sts of pattern 1, 5 sts of wrong-side pattern between selvage sts. For A shape, make decreases in the following way: purl2tog in every 26^th row x 5 times before the 1^st and after the last stripe of pattern = totally, 10 decreases, at the same time, make purl2tog x 6 times in every 20^th row between the stripes of pattern = totally, 18 decreases. In 60 cm from the set-up row, bind off the 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 between selvage sts. For chamfers, make purl2tog x 3 times in every 20^th row x 5 times and twice between pattern 1. In 28 cm from the set-up row, bind off the sts loosely.

Yoke

Cast on 33 sts and work with pattern 2 between selvage sts. Work with shorten rows. For this, leave the last 6 sts x once and the last 10 sts x once by turn. When the length of upper edge is 100 cm, and lower edge = 150 cm, 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. Cast on 160 sts along the upper edge of yoke with circular knitting needles and work with stockinette stitch. Mark every 16^th st and then make purl2tog of marked and next st after it x 6 times in every 3^rd circle row = 10 decreases. Bind off the sts at 10 cm wide of yoke. Fasten all the edges with 1 circle row of single crochets and 1 circle row of “shrimp stitch”.