Complete Knitting Instructions for a Cotton Garment

You'll Need:

200g of yarn with at least 70% of cotton (350m/100g);

Knitting needles 3;

4 buttons;

Satin lace 7 mm.

Size:

2-3

Used Patterns

Garter Stitch

All knit stitches;

Stockinette Stitch

In right-side rows: knit stitches, in wrong-side rows: purls;

Relief Pattern

The quantity of stitches is multiplied by 6 + 3 stitches.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 170 stitches and make 6 rows with garter stitch. Turn to stockinette stitch and make 5 cm with this pattern. Decrease 84 stitches in the last row, leaving 86 stitches. Turn to relief pattern and make 14 cm with this pattern. Bind off 3 stitches x 1, 2 stitches x 2 from both sides in all even rows.

Continue knitting straight. At 12 cm of the arm-hole, bind off the central 16 stitches for the arm-hole.

Finish each part separately. Decrease 5 stitches x 1, 3 stitches x 1 in all even rows from the inner part for the neck-hole. At 16 cm of arm-hole, bind off the rest 20 stitches for the shoulder. Make the second part in reflection to the first one.

Front

Left Half

Cast on 86 stitches and make 6 rows with garter stitch. Turn to stockinette stitch, ensuring that the first 4 stitches from the left side to the upper part are made with garter stitch. This is the placket. At 5 cm from the 1st row of stockinette stitch, decrease 42 stitches. Do not make decreases on the stitches of the placket. Totally, there are 44 stitches in work. Then, cast on 5 stitches from the left side for the placket. You should get 49 stitches. Make the relief pattern: repeat the pattern 6 times. Finish the row with 1 knit stitch, 1 purl, 2 knit stitches, and 1 selvedge stitch. Continue making the placket with garter stitch. At 14 cm from the frilling, make the arm-hole - see the description of back. At 10 cm of arm-hole, bind off 14 stitches x 1, 3 stitches x 1, 2 stitches x 2, and 1 stitch x 1 in all even rows from the left side for the neck-hole. Bind off the rest 20 stitches for the shoulder.

Right Half

This part is made as a reflection of the left one. The only difference is that it has 4 button-holes. The distance between the first and last ends of the placket is 1 cm.

Sleeve

Cast on 42 stitches and make 6 rows with garter stitch. Then, switch to stockinette stitch. For widening, increase 1 stitch x 7 in the 8th row from both sides. You should get 56 stitches. At 19 cm from the lower placket, bind off 3 stitches x 1, 2 stitches x 1, 1 stitch x 7, 2 stitches x 2, and 3 stitches x 1. Totally, there are 14 stitches on the knitting needles. Bind off the last stitches.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams, sew the sleeves, and make side and sleeve seams. Lift 74 stitches along the edge of the neck-hole. Make 6 rows (1.5 cm) with garter stitch. Bind off the stitches. Sew the buttons. Insert satin lace through the holes of the relief pattern and make bows.