Purple Relief Knit Blouse
You’ll need:
300, 300, 300, 350 g of yarn (with content of linen at least 58%; 150m/50g);
Circle knitting needles 3,5 (80 cm long)’
Markers;
Crochet hooks 2,5 and 3.
Size: S, M, L, XL.
Chest circumference: 84, 92, 100, 108 cm.
Length: 60, 62, 64, 66 cm.
Stitches control: with knitting needles 3,5 and stockinette stitch: 22 sts x 34 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Start with right edge of sleeve with straight/reversed rows. Cast on 83, 89, 95, 101 sts with knitting needles 3,5 and knit with stockinette stitch, except the central 81 sts – relief pattern due to the scheme 1 (1st row – wrong side).
Place marker on the central st.
Increase 1 st from both side in 5 rows (before and after the selvedge sts). Repeat increases in every 4th row – totally, 5 sts on each side. Include them into the ornament.
Then, knit straight 3 rows. Then, cast on the sts for the side edges. Place marker and cast on 84,86,88,90 sts in the end of the next 2 rows. Thereare 261, 271, 281, 291 stsontheknittingneedles. Then – knitstraight. In 10, 11, 12, 13 cm from the side markers, divide the sts for sleeve (st from marker goes to the front part). Finish both parts separately.
Back
Bind off 3, 2, 2, 1, 1 st for the neck-hole along the inner edge. Then, work straight. In 7, 8, 9 , 10 cm from the last row, bind off the sts wih 10th or 22nd rows of the relief pattern. Place marker in the center of the next row. Make 7, 8 ,8 10 cm more and cast on the sts for neck-hole rounding in reflection to back. Leave your work.
Front
Neck-hole rounding: bind off 10 sts, then bind off the sts in the same way, as for back. Place marker at the same height. Make the second part of neck-hole in reflection.
Connect them and continue work on all the sts.
Bind off 84, 86, 88, 90 sts when both your shoulders are at the same height in the beginning of 2 rows from both sides. Make the left row as right, make decreases instead of increases: 1 st,knit2tog, to the last 3 sts, slip 1 st, 1 knit st, draw the slipped st through the knit st. Bind off the sts.
Assembly
Make sleeve and shoulder seams.
Bottom Fastening
Make with crochet hook 3 with single crochets along the bottom part: 1 single crochet in the even rows, slip st and the next row: * 3 chain sts, 1 double crochet, skip 1 single crochet in the previous st, 1 single crochet in the next st*; repeat from * to *. Finish the row with slip st in the 1st st.
Sleeves Fastening
Make with crochet hook 2,5 along the bottom part with single crochets: 1 single crochet in every st, finish with slip st. The next row – in the same way, as for the bottom part, but skip 2 sts instead of 1.
Neck-Hole Fastening
Make with crochet hook 2,5 along the bottom part with single crochets: 1 single crochet in every st, 1 single crochet in every 2nd row at the places of bound off sts. Finish the row with slip st and make the next row as the bottom part of sleeve.