Essential Crochet and Knitting Instructions for a Stunning Dark-Pink Garment

You’ll Need:

650 (700) 750g of dark-pink yarn (90% alpaca yarn, 5% wool, 5% polyamide; 140m/50g);

Crochet hook 6.5;

Circular knitting needles 7;

3 buttons.

Size:

S (M) L.

Used Patterns

Main pattern: the quantity of stitches is multiple of 3 + 1. Work according to the scheme. Start with stitches before pattern repeat, pattern repeat, and finish with stitches after pattern repeat.

1 x 1 rib (knitting needles).

Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit stitches, in WS row – purls.

Stitches Control:

Main pattern: 12 stitches x 8.75 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Stockinette stitch: 18.5 stitches x 24 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Make 64 (70) 76 chain stitches + 3 chain stitches increase and work with the main pattern. Finish your work at 71 cm = 62 rows from the set-up row.

Left Front

Make 22 (25) 28 chain stitches + 3 chain stitches increase and work with the main pattern, finishing your work at the height of the back.

Right Front

Make in the same way as the left front.

Sleeves

Make 46 (52) 52 chain stitches + 3 chain stitches increase for each sleeve and work with the main pattern. Finish your work at 39 cm = 34 rows from the set-up row.

Assembly

For cuffs, cast on 50 stitches with circular knitting needles and work with rib. At 8 cm width of cuff, bind off stitches as purls. For the hood, cast on about 104 stitches along the neck-hole (20 stitches along the upper edge of front, 64 stitches along the upper edge of back) and work with stockinette stitch. Mark the central 2 stitches. For better shaping, in 22 cm = 52 rows from the set-up row, make 2 stitches before the central stitches as broaching and make 2 stitches after central stitch as knit 2 together. Repeat these decreases 4 times in every 2^nd row. Bind off the rest 94 stitches in 26 cm = 62 rows from the set-up row. Fold the hood in half and make a central seam. Sew up sleeves. Make side and sleeve seams. Cast on 176 (194) 212 stitches with circular knitting needles and work with rib. At 4 cm width of placket, bind off stitches with a double thread of yarn, as purls. Sew buttons.