Comprehensive Guide for Knitting with Cotton Yarn

Materials Needed

You'll need:

• 400; 450 g of yarn with at least 45% cotton (145m/50g);
• Straight knitting needles size 4.5 and 5;
• Circle knitting needles size 4.5.

Size Specifications

Size: S/M; L/XL.

• Chest circumference: 88; 108 cm.
• Length: 80; 82 cm.

Used Patterns

Relief 1 (A1)

Make according to the scheme. In wrong-side rows, all stitches are purls. Repeat the 1st-4th rows.

Relief 2 (A2)

Make according to the scheme. In wrong-side rows, all stitches are purls. Repeat the following sequences:

• 1st-20th rows twice,
• 21st-38th rows once,
• 39th-54th rows twice,
• 55th-68th rows once,
• 69th-80th rows twice,
• 81st-90th rows once,
• 91st-98th row to the end.

Stitches Control

19 stitches x 27 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 39; 58 stitches and allocate them in the following way: 1 selvedge stitch, * 4 stitches of A1, 15 stitches of A2*; repeat from * to * 6; 7 times. Finish with 4 stitches of A1, 1 selvedge stitch. Continue this way to the 91st row. Total: 97; 110 stitches.

In 60 cm from the bottom part, bind off 3 stitches x 1, 2 stitches x 2 in all the even rows and decrease 1 stitch x 8. Then, decrease 1 stitch x 2 in every 4th row. Total: 63; 76 stitches. Bind off 29; 34 central stitches for armholes at 16; 18 cm from the bottom part and 3 stitches x 1, 2 stitches x 1, 1 stitch x 1 from both sides in even rows. Bind off the rest 11; 15 stitches at 20; 22 cm from the bottom part for the armholes.

Front

Make the front in the same way as the back. The only difference is the deeper neck-hole. For this, bind off 17; 22 central stitches at 71; 73 cm from the bottom part and 3 stitches x 1, 2 stitches x 3, 1 stitch x 3 from both sides in even rows. Then, decrease 1 stitch x 2 in every 4th row. Finish the shoulder at the height of the back.

Assembly

Make seams. Lift 117; 127 stitches (front - 67; 72 stitches, back - 50; 55 stitches) along the neck-hole with circle knitting needles and make 1 row of purls. Bind off all the stitches as purls. Lift 78; 82 stitches at armholes and make 1 row of purls. Bind off the stitches as purls.