How to Knit a Beautiful Lemon-Yellow Cotton Garment

You’ll Need:

550g of lemon-yellow 100% cotton (90m/50g);

Knitting needles 4.5;

Circular knitting needles 4.

Size:

S.

Used Patterns:

Relief Pattern 1:

The quantity of stitches is multiple of 26 + 3 + 2 selvage stitches. Work according to the scheme, where only right side rows are stated. Make wrong side rows as stitches face, cross knit stitches as cross purls, and yarn overs as purls.

Relief Pattern 2:

Make in the same way as relief pattern 1, repeating the 21st and 22nd rows.

Patterns Order:

24 cm = 60 rows of relief pattern 1, 37.5 cm = 94 rows of relief pattern 2, and 28 cm = 70 rows of relief pattern 1, totaling 89.5 cm and 224 rows.

Marked Decrease:

Right side: 1 selvage stitch, knit 2 together to the left;

Left side: work according to the scheme to the last 3 stitches, then knit 2 together, 1 selvage stitch.

For wrong-side garter stitch, perform 1 circle row of purls and 1 circle row of knit stitches.

Stitches Control:

22 stitches x 25 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions:

Back:

Cast on 109 stitches and make 1 WS row of knit stitches. Don’t take this row into account. Continue work according to the patterns order. In 28 cm = 70 rows from the set-up row, make marked decreases for better fitting 1 x 1 stitch from both sides, then bind off 2 x 1 stitch in every 6^th row and 11 x 1 stitch in every 4^th row = 81 stitches. In 52 cm = 130 rows from the set-up row, increase 1 x 1 stitch from both sides as follows: after or before selvage stitch from cross thread, make 1 cross stitch according to the pattern. Make increases 8 times more in every 4^th row and 5 times in every 2^nd row. In 69.5 cm = 174 rows from the set-up row, there are 109 stitches on the knitting needles. In 85.5 cm = 214 rows from the set-up row, bind off 1 x 5 stitches from both sides for shoulder chamfer, then bind off 3 x 5 stitches and 1 x 6 stitches in every 2^nd row. At the same time, in 87 cm = 218 rows from the set-up row, bind off the central 35 stitches for the neck-hole and finish both sides separately. For smooth rounding, bind off 1 x 3 stitches and 1 x 2 stitches in every 2^nd row. In 89.5 cm = 224 rows from the set-up row, bind off the remaining 6 stitches of each shoulder.

Front:

Make in the same way as back, but for a deeper neck-hole, bind off the central 11 cm in 71 cm = 178 rows. After that, bind off 1 x 3 stitches, 1 x 2 stitches, 4 x 1 stitch in every 2^nd row and 8 x 1 stitch in every 4^th row.

Assembly:

Make shoulder seams. For placket, cast on 122 stitches along neck-hole with circular knitting needles and make 3 circle rows of WS garter stitch. After that, bind off all stitches as knit stitches. Make side seams.