​Long Nice Tunic

You’ll need:

250 (350)g of blue Sigma yarn (50% cotton, 50% viscose; 100m/50g);

200 (300)g of the same yarn, but in grey color;

50 (100)g of the same yarn, but in plum color;

Knitting needles 4,5;

Circular knitting needles 4;

Size: S (L).

Used Patterns

Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit sts, in WS row – purls;

Wrong-side pattern: in RS row – purls, in WS row – knit sts.

Border: the quantity of sts is multiple 11 + 1 + 2 selvage sts and work due to the scheme 1, on which only RS rows are stated. Make WS rows and yarn overs as purls. Start with 1 selvage st, pattern repeat, finish with st after pattern repeat and 1 selvage st. Make 1^st-8^th rows x once.

Relief pattern: the quantity of st sis multiple 9 + 2 selvage sts. Work in the same way, as border, but due to the scheme 2. Start with 1 selvage st and sts before pattern repeat, pattern repeat, finish with sts after pattern repeat and 1 selvage st. Make 1^st-6^th rows x once, then, repeat 3^rd-6^th rows.

Patterns order: 8 rows of border pattern and 28 rows of stockinette stitch with blue yarn, * 4 rows of stockinette stitch with plum yarn and 10 rows with blue yarn*; repeat from * to * x once, 78 rows of relief pattern with grey yarn, 4 rows of plum yarn and 38 (48) rows with blue yarn with stockinette stitch = 184 (194) rows.

Stitches control: stitches control: 20 sts x 27 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Relief pattern: 20 sts x 26 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Border: 8 rows = 3 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 124 (146) sts and make 1 WS row of knit sts. Don’t take this row into account. Then, work with patterns order. In 9,5 cm = 26 rows from finishing of border, decrease 18 (20) sts for better fitting = 106 (126) sts. Decrease 8 (9) sts in the 41^st row from the end of border and decrease 6 (7) sts in the 55^th row = 92 (110) sts. In 28 cm = 72 rows from the beginning of relief pattern, bind off 1 x 3 (4) sts for arm-holes from both sides and then, 3 x 2 sts and 3 (4) x 1 st in every 2^nd row = 68 (82) sts. In 13,5 cm = 36 rows (17 cm = 46 rows) from the end of relief pattern, bind off the central 30 (34) sts for neck-hole and finish both sides separately. For smooth rounding, bind off 1 x 4 sts and 1 x 2 sts in every 2^nd row from inwards. In 15,5 cm = 42 rows (19 cm = 52 rows) from the end of relief pattern, bind off the rest 13 (18) sts of shoulder.

Front

Make in the same way, as back, but with V-shape neck-hole. For this, in 21 cm = 54 rows from the beginning of relief pattern, divide your work in half and increase 1 selvage st from inwards = 47 (56) sts in each half. In 30 cm = 78 rows from the beginning of relief pattern (in the next 1^st plum row) decrease 16 (18) sts for chamfer = 31 (38) sts, then, bind off 6 (3) x 1 st in every 6^th row from inwards and 0 (3) x 1 st in every 8^th row. Bind off the rest 13 (18) sts of shoulder at the same height, as for back.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams. Cast on 51 (59) sts with blue yarn along neck-hole chamfers and 48 (52) sts along back neck-hole = 150 (170) sts. Make 1 circle row of purls, then, bind off sts as knit sts. Cast on 94 sts for placket along arm-holes with blue yarn, make 1 WS row of knit sts, then, bind off all sts as knit sts. Make side seams.