How to Crochet a Stylish Garment with Blue Linarte Yarn

You’ll Need:

250 (300) 300g of blue Linarte yarn (40% viscose, 30% cotton, 20% linen, 10% polyamide; 125m/50g);

100 (100) 150g of the same yarn, but in white color;

100 (100) 150g of the same yarn, but in light-green color;

Crochet hook 4.5.

Size:

S (M) L.

Used Patterns

Main Pattern:

Double crochets, insert crochet hook through back loop of stitches of the previous row.

Relief Pattern:

The quantity of stitches is multiple of 4 + 1. Work according to the scheme. Start with stitches before pattern repeat, pattern repeat, and finish with stitches after pattern repeat. Make 1^st-8^th rows x once, 3^rd-8^th rows x once; repeat from * to *, paying attention to color changes.

Stitches Control:

Main pattern: 17.5 stitches x 8.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Relief pattern: 17.5 stitches x 14.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back:

Make 77 (85) 93 chain stitches + 3 chain stitches increase with blue yarn and work with relief pattern. In 15 cm = 22 rows from the set-up row, work with the main pattern using blue yarn. At the same time, skip 4 x 1 stitch in every 2^nd row from both sides from pattern change = 69 (77) 85 stitches. In 14 cm from pattern change, increase 1 stitch from both sides and then 3 x 1 stitch in every 4^th row = 77 (85) 93 stitches. In 28 cm = 24 rows from pattern change, work with relief pattern. In 9.5 (8.5) 7.5 cm from the last pattern change, skip 5 stitches from both sides for armholes and bind off 1 x 3 stitches and 2 x 1 stitch in every 2^nd row = 57 (65) 73 stitches. For neck-hole, bind off the central 27 stitches in 22 cm from the last pattern change for the neck-hole and finish both sides separately. For smooth rounding, bind off 3 x 2 stitches in every 2^nd row from inwards. Finish your work on the remaining 9 (13) 17 stitches of the shoulder, finishing your work in 28 cm from the last pattern change or in 71 cm from the set-up row.

Front:

Make in the same way as back, but with a deeper neck-hole. For this, in 11 cm from the last pattern change, bind off the central 21 stitches and bind off 1 x 3 stitches, 1 x 2 stitches, and 4 x 1 stitch in every 2^nd row.

Assembly:

Make all the seams. Fasten the edges of the neck-hole and armholes with 1 circular row of single crochets and slip stitches using blue yarn.