Instructions for Creating a Stylish Olive Color Garment

You’ll Need:

500g of half-woolen yarn in olive color;

Crochet hook 4;

Knitting needles 4 and 4.5;

1 big button.

Size:

M.

Stitches Control:

15 sts x 22 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 71 sts with knitting needles 4 and make 7 cm of 1 x 1 rib. Continue work with knitting needles 4.5 and fancy rib due to the scheme 1.

At 34 cm height from the beginning, bind off 4 sts from both sides for arm-holes and decrease 4 x 1 st in every 2^nd row, stepping back 2 sts from edge, resulting in 55 sts. In 21 cm from the beginning of arm-holes, at 55 cm height, bind off 15 sts for each shoulder and 25 sts for neck-hole.

Right Front

Work due to the scheme 4 with crochet hook 4. After finishing the 25^th row, cut the yarn. Fasten the bottom edge with 1 row of single crochets and sew rib.

Left Front

Make in symmetry to the right.

Sleeves

Cast on 33 sts with knitting needles 4 and make 12 cm of 1 x 1 rib. Continue work with knitting needles 4.5 and fancy pattern due to the scheme 1, increasing 9 x 1 st in every 6^th row from both sides, resulting in 51 sts. At 44 cm height from the beginning of work, bind off 4 sts for sleeve caps, decrease 4 x 1 st in every 2^nd row and 4 x 3 sts, then bind off the remaining 11 sts. Total height is about 53 cm.

Assembly

Make all the seams and sew up the sleeves into the arm-holes. For the collar, fasten the edge of the neck-hole with 1 row of single crochets, make 7 rows according to scheme 2, then cut the yarn. Fasten the edges of the front, including rib and collar, with 1 row of single crochets and then attach the front with trim according to scheme 3, making a button loop on the right front at the beginning of the neck-hole. Finally, sew on the button.