Knit Blouse with Relief Pattern
You'll need:
400, 450 g of 100% cotton yarn (70m/50g) of crimson color;
Straight knitting needles 4,5 and 5;
Circle knitting needles 4,5.
Size: S, M.
Used Patterns
Stockinette stitch: in right-side rows - knit sts, in wrong-side rows - purls;
Wrong-side: all knit sts;
Garter stitch: all knit sts;
Relief pattern: the quantity of sts is multipled 14 + 1 + 2 selvedge sts. Make due to the scheme.
Make from 1st to 16th rows, then repeat from 13th to 16th rows.
Patterns Order
42 rows of stockinette stitch, 2 rows of garter stitch, 2 rows of wrong-side, 2 rows of stockinette stitch, the rest part - relief pattern.
Stitches control: 15,5 sts x 22 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Back
Cast on 73; 87 sts with knitting needles 4,5 and make 4 rows (2 cm) with wrong-side. This will be your placket. Then, turn to knitting needles 5 and make the patterns in previously described order. After knitting 88 rows (40 cm) from the placket, bind off 3 sts in symmetry, then 3 sts x 1, 2 sts x 1, 1 st x 2 in even rows. There are 53 (67) sts in work.
After 128 rows (58,5 cm); 130 rows (59,5 cm) from the placket, bind off central 19 sts for neck-hole and finish these parts separately.
Bind off 3 sts x 1, 2 sts x 1, 1 st x 1 in every half of pair rows along the inner edge for beautiful rounding.
After 136 rows (62 cm); 138 rows (63 cm) from the placket, bind off the rest 11; 18 sts for shoulders.
Front
Make in the same way, as back to 116 rows (53 cm); 118 rows (54 cm). Then, bind off the central 19 sts for forming neck-hole. Then, decrease 2 sts x 1, 1 st x 3 in the pair rows along the inner edge of each part. Decrease 1 st x 1 in the 4th row.
Sleeve
Cast on 51 sts with knitting needles 4,5 and knit placket with wrong-side for 4 rows (2 cm). Turn to knitting needles 5 and make 2 rows with stockinette stitch. Make increases in the last row: 0; 4 sts, divide them to the whole work. There are 51; 55 sts in work.
Then, knit due to the following scheme: 1 selvedge st, last 3;5 sts of pattern repeat once, pattern repeat x 3 times, finish with first 4; 6 sts of pattern repeat, 1 selvedge st.
For sleeve cap bind off 2 sts in symmetry after 4 rows (2 cm) from the placket and 2 sts x 1, 1 st x 11, 2 sts x 1, 3 sts x 1.
Assembly
Make shoulder seams. Lift 78 sts to the circle knitting needles and make 1 circle row of wrong-side. Then, 1 row of stockinette stitch. Bind off the sts as knit sts in the next row.
Make sleeve and side seams. Sew sleeves.