How to Knit a Stylish Lilac Nico Yarn Top

You’ll Need

250 (300) 350g of lilac Nico yarn (97% cotton, 3% polyester; 95m/50g);

100 (150) 150g of the same yarn, but in red and yellow colors (each);

50 (100) 100g of the same yarn, but in bright-pink color;

Straight knitting needles 4 and 4.5;

Crochet hook 3.5.

Size

S (M) L.

Used Patterns

Pattern with Slipped Stitches

Knitting needles 4: the initial quantity of stitches is multiple of 3 + 1 + 2 selvage stitches. Work according to scheme 1, where only right-side rows are stated, make wrong-side rows and yarn overs as purls. Start with 1 selvage stitch and stitches before the pattern repeat, then pattern repeat, and finish with stitches after the pattern repeat and 1 selvage stitch. Make 1^st-6^th rows once, then repeat 3^rd-6^th rows. After the 1^st row, the quantity of stitches is multiple of 4 + 1 + 2 selvage stitches.

Waffle Pattern

Knitting needles 4.5: The quantity of stitches is multiple of 6 + 4 + 2 selvage stitches. Work according to the scheme, where only right-side rows are stated. Make wrong-side rows as face stitches. Start with 1 selvage stitch, pattern repeat, and finish with stitches after the pattern repeat and 1 selvage stitch. Make 1^st-10^th rows once, then repeat 3^rd-10^th rows.

Stripes Order

6 red rows, *4 yellow rows, 4 bright-pink rows, 4 lilac rows, 4 red rows*; repeat from * to *.

Stitches Control

Pattern with slipped stitches, knitting needles 4: 13 stitches x 20.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Waffle pattern, knitting needles 4.5: 25 stitches x 26 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 96 (108) 120 stitches with red yarn and work with the pattern of slipped stitches, making stripes order after the 1^st row, resulting in 127 (143) 159 stitches. In 35.5 cm = 73 rows from the set-up row, take off the stitches in the next wrong-side row, as previously described = 96 (108) 120 stitches, and continue work with the waffle pattern and purple yarn in 36 cm = 74 rows from the set-up row. In 15.5 cm = 40 rows (13 cm = 34 rows) 10.5 cm = 28 rows from the pattern with slipped stitches finishing, bind off 1 x 12 stitches from both sides for armholes = 72 (84) 96 stitches. In 29 cm = 76 rows from the finishing of the pattern with slipped stitches, bind off the central 36 (40) 48 stitches for the neck-hole and finish both sides separately. In 34 cm = 88 rows from finishing the pattern with slipped stitches, bind off the rest 18 (22) 24 stitches of shoulder.

Front

Make in the same way as the back, but with a deeper neck-hole. For this, in 21.5 cm = 56 rows from finishing the pattern with slipped stitches, bind off the central 36 (40) 48 stitches.

Assembly

Make shoulder and side seams. Fasten the neck-hole and arm-holes with 1 row of slip stitches with yellow yarn. Fasten the lower edge of the front and back with 1 circular row of picot with red yarn in the following way: *1 single crochet, 3 chain stitches, and 1 single crochet in the 1^st chain stitch*; repeat from * to *, slip 1-2 stitches, and finish with 1 slip stitch in the 1^st single crochet.