Essential Knitting Instructions for 100% Cotton Yarn

You’ll Need:

400, 400, 450, 500, 550, 600g of 100% cotton yarn (100m/50g);

Circle knitting needles 3 and 3.5 (60-80 cm long);

Elastic ribbon 70-120 cm.

Stitches Control:

21 sts x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm with relief pattern and knitting needles 3.5.

Size:

S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL.

Instructions:

Cast on 150, 168, 184, 204, 230, 256 sts with knitting needles 3.5 and circle them in a ring. Then, knit 2 rows of knit sts. After that, make 1 row of purls. Turn to the knitting needles 3.5 and make knit sts around to the height 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5 cm. Increase 8, 6, 10, 6, 4, 4 sts along the next row = 158, 174, 194, 210, 234, 260 sts.

At a height of 6, 6, 8, 8, 10, 10 cm, turn to the knitting needles 3 and make 2 scallops with garter stitch. At the same time, increase 10, 6, 10, 6, 6, 4 sts along the 1^st row of garter stitch = 168, 180, 204, 216, 240, 264 sts.

Change to the knitting needles 3.5 again and work according to the scheme 1A. Repeat 12 sts of the scheme pattern 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22 times in width. After finishing this scheme, start working according to the scheme 1B. After that, you should get 196, 210, 238, 252, 280, 308 sts.

Turn to the scheme 1C.

With knitting needles 3: make 2 scallops with garter stitch, at the same time, increase 27, 19, 15, 7, 9, 5 sts along the 1^st row = 223, 229, 253, 259, 289, 313 sts.

With knitting needles 3.5: work 7 sts according to the scheme 2A, repeat 6 sts of the scheme pattern 2B 35, 36, 40, 41, 46, 50 times, and finish with 6 sts of the scheme 2C.

When you make scheme 2 twice vertically, change to the knitting needles 3 and make 2 scallops of garter stitch. At the same time, increase 29, 23, 23, 17, 11, 11 sts along the 1^st row = 252, 252, 276, 276, 300, 324 sts.

Change to knitting needles 3.5: work according to scheme 3, repeat 12 sts of the pattern 21, 21, 23, 23, 25, 27 times in width = 273, 273, 299, 299, 325, 351 sts.

Repeat the X part of scheme 3 to the height 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52 cm. Then, work according to scheme 4 and bind off all the sts.

Assembly:

Fold the belt to the wrong side and sew it. Insert the elastic ribbon and close the hole.