​Knit Beige Dress

You’ll need:

450g of beige Merino Sport yarn (100% merino wool; 120m/50g);

Straight knitting needles 4 and 4,5.

Size: S.

Used Patterns

Double rib: cast on the half of the needed quantity of sts:

1^st row: with working yarn * 1 knit st, 1 yarn over*; repeat from * to *;

2^nd row: * make yarn over as knit st, slip 1 purl without knitting, yarn in front of work*; repeat from * to *;

3^rd and the last rows: * 1 knit st, slip 1 purl, yarn in front of work*; repeat from * to *; take off the contrast yarn in ready-made detail.

2 x 2 rib;

6 x 2 rib;

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

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

Special pattern: the quantity of sts is multiple 18.

1^st row: * cross 12 sts to the right (leave 6 sts on the auxiliary needle behind work, 6 knit sts, 6 knit sts from the auxiliary needle), 6 knit sts*; repeat from * to *;

2^nd and all even rows: purl;

3^rd, 5^th and 7^th rows: knit;

9^th row: * 6 knit sts, cross 12 sts to the left (leave 6 sts on the auxiliary needle in front of work, 6 knit sts, 6 knit sts from the auxiliary needle)*; repeat from * to *.

Repeat 1^st-10^th rows.

Stitches control: stockinette stitch: 16,5 sts x 26 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Special pattern: 29 sts x 29 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 82 sts and make 6 rows with double rib, after that, work with 2 x 2 rib. In 9 cm from the set-up row, change to knitting needles 4,5 and work with stockinette stitch. In 18 cm from rib, decrease 4 x 1 st in every 10^th row from both sides after the first 12 sts and before the last 12 sts. In 45 cm from rib, increase 1 x 36 sts and work in the following way: 1 selvage st, 108 sts of special pattern, 1 selvage st. In 15 cm from the beginning of special pattern, bind off 1 x 3 sts from both sides for arm-holes chamfers and decrease 2 x 1 st in every 2^nd row after the first 3 sts and before the last 3 sts, making the edging 3 sts from both sides with double rib. Decrease 1 x 28 sts after finishing decreases for arm-hole chamfers and work in the following way: 3 sts of double rib, 4 sts of wrong-side pattern, 58 sts with 2 x 6 rib (finish the row with 2 knit sts), 4 sts of wrong-side pattern, 3 sts of double rib. In 10 cm from the beginning of 2 x 6 rib, decrease 2 sts in every group of 6 purls, increase 9 x 2 sts in every 2^nd row from both sides after the first 3 sts and before the last 3 sts. In 14 cm from the beginning of 2 x 6 rib, decrease 2 sts in every group of 4 purls. After finishing side increases, bind off 2 x 5 sts and 2 x 4 sts in every 2^nd row from both sides for shoulder chamfers, leave the rest 40 sts.

Front

Make in the same way, as back, but bind off the central 22 sts of neck-hole in 16 cm from the beginning of 2 x 6 rib and finish both sides separately, bind off 2 x 3 sts and 2 x 2 sts in every 2^nd row from both side, make shoulder chamfers in the same way, as for back.

Assembly

Make one shoulder seam. For placket, cast on 86 sts along neck-hole, including the previously left sts and work with 2 x 2 rib, in 5,5 cm, make 6 rows of double rib and bind off all sts. Make second shoulder seams, placket and side seams.