Summer Beach Set
You’ll need:
For Top:
50 (50) 100 g of white 100% cotton yarn (100m/50g);
50g of the same yarn, but blue color;
For Skirt:
400 (450) 500 (550) 600g of the same white yarn;
50g of the same blue yarn;
Auxilary yarn;
Knitting needles 3 and 4;
Circle knitting needles 4 (80 cm long);
Circle knitting needles 3,5 (60 cm long);
Markers.
Size
Bra size: А(В)С.
Skirt size: XS(S)M(L)XL;
Waist circumference: 66(76)86(96)104см;
Length: 37(39)41(43)45cm.
Used Patterns
Stockinette stitch: in right-side rows – all knit sts, in wrong-side rows – all purls, in circle rows – all knit sts;
Garter stitch: knitting around, alternate 1 row of knit sts and 1 row of purls;
Decreases: make from the right-side. Make 1 st before marker, slip 1 st as knit st, knit2tog and draw it through the slipped st.
Stitches control: stockinette stitch with knitting needles 4: 21 sts x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm square;
garter stitch with knitting needles 4: 22 sts = 10 cm.
Instructions
Bra-Top
Cast on 64 (72) 80 sts with blue yarn and make 7 rows (1st rows is right-side) of knit sts. Make the next row due to the following description: 27 (31) 35 knit sts, bind off 10 sts, 27 (31) 35 knit sts. Cuttheyarnandfastentheend.
Turn, slip the sts of the first half of bra to the auxiliary needle. This is your left side.
Right Part of Bra
Work on 27 (31) 35 sts. Place marker in the center of sts. Make garter stitch, alternating the coloring stripes: 4 rows with white yarn, 2 rows with blue yarn. At the same time, increase 1 st from both sides from the central st. Make the increase by means of yarn over. Knit it through the lower loop in the next row. Repeat the increases in every even row 4 times. You should get 35 (39) 43 sts. At 6 cm from the beginning of work, start making decreases of 1 st from both sides from the central st. Repeat them in every 4th row 15 (17) 19 times. There are 5 sts left on the knitting needles for strap. Make it with white color yarn with garter stitch for 30 (33) 35 cm.
Finish it in the following way: 1 knit st, slip 1 st as knit st, knit2tog, draw it through the slipped st, 1 knit st, 3 knit sts. Turn. Next row: slip 1 st as knit st, knit2tog, draw it through the slipped st. Cut the yarn and draw it through the slipped st.
Fancy Roller
Lift 40-50 sts with white yarn and knitting needles 3 along the edge of bra on the side of front center (start from the lower edge of garter stitch with white yarn and finish with the last row of garter stitch with blue yarn, i.e., from the beginning of bra to the beginning of strap). Make 1 row of knit sts, making deceases in a st by means of yarn over. You should get 80-100 sts. Turn to knitting needles 4 and make 4 rows of stockinette stitch.
Change to the blue yarn. Make 1 row of knit sts, bind them off from the wrong-side, as knit sts.
Sew the upper part of fancy roller to the strap, and bottom part to the blue stripe from the side of sts, bound off in the very beginning.
Sew to the initial 5 sts.
Side Strap
Lift 5 sts with blue yarn and knitting needles 3 on the side of 7 rows of garter stitch from the very beginning. You should get 40-50 cm long work by means of straight and reversed rows. Finish in the same way, as strap.
Left Part of Bra
Make in the same way, as right part. Make side strap and fancy roller in reflection to the right part.
Skirt
Make from up to down, i.e., start with waist. Cast on 140(160)180(200)220 sts with circle knitting needles 3,5. Make 4 rows of garter stitch around. Next row: * knit2tog, 1 yarn over*; repeat from * to * to end of row. Change to the knitting needles 4 and work with stockinette stitch. Place markers between 14(16)18(20)22 sts. Increase 1 st before each marker in the 2nd row of stockinette stitch. Make increase by means of yarn over, which is knitted from the wrong side as knit st through the lower lobe. Repeat increases, alternate them before and after marker, every 10th row 4 times. Youshouldget180(200)220(240)260 sts. At 32(34)36(38)40 rowturntotheblueyarn. After making 8 rows of garter stitch, turn to the white yarn again.
Next row: * 1 knit st, 1 yarn over*; repeat from * to * to end of row. Totally, 360(400)440(480)520 sts. Make 1 row of stockinette stitch, knit yarn overs through the lower lobes. After that – 6 rows of knit sts. Change to the blue yarn. Make 1 row of knit sts and bind off the sts.