​Nice Everyday Dress

You'll need:

500; 550; 600g of 100% cotton yarn (165m/50g);

Straight knitting needles 5;

Circle knitting needles 4,5 with short fishing line.

Size: S; M; L.

Used Patterns

Wrong-side rows: make with knitting needles 5. In right-side rows - all purls, in wrong-side rows - all knit sts;

Rib: make with straight knitting needles due to the scheme, on which only right-side rows are stated. Make wrong-side rows due to the ornament. Repeat 1st-146th rows in height.

Cable: make with straight knitting needles due to the scheme, on which only right-side rows are stated. Make wrong-side rows due to the ornament. Repeat 1st-12th rows in height.

Stitches control: 23 sts x 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 180; 190; 200 sts and divide the sts in the following way: 1 selvedge st, 35; 40; 45 sts - wrong-side rows, 3 pattern repeats of rib, 35; 40; 45 sts - wrong-side rows, 1 selvedge st.

After 146 rows, you'll get 114; 124; 134 sts. Continue work, dividing sts in the following way: 1 selvedge st, 35; 40; 45 sts - wrong-side rows, 3 pattern repeats of cable, 35; 40; 45 sts - wrong-side rows, 1 selvedge st.

At 60; 59; 58 cm from the 1st row, bind off 3 sts from both sides in even rows once, 2 x 2 sts, 1 x 7 sts. Then, decrease 1 st twice in every 4th row. There are 82; 92; 102 sts left.

Starting from 76 cm height, make the neck-hole. Bind off the central 42; 50; 58 sts. Then, bind off 4 sts once in every 2nd row along the forming side and 1 st 3 times.

At 80 cm, finish work and bind off the rest sts.

Front

Make in the same way, as back. The difference is in making the neck-hole. For this, starting with 67 cm, bind off the central 26; 34; 42 sts. Then, for the rounding line of neck-hole, bind off 5 sts, 3 sts, 2 sts, 1 x 4 sts in every 2nd row. Then, bind off 1 x 3 sts in every 4th row.

Knit the front part to the needed size, the same length, as back. Finish work with binding off the rest sts.

Assembly

Make all seams.

Along the neck-hole line, lift 132; 136; 140 sts (= 60, 62, 64 sts of back + 72; 74; 76 sts of front) with circle knitting needles 4,5. Make 1 row with purls and bind off all purls.

Along the edge of each arm-hole, lift about 91; 94; 97 sts. Make 1 row with purls, bind off all the purls.