Your Ultimate Knitting Guide: Stylish Cotton Blend Garment

You’ll Need:

150; 175; 200g of yarn with at least 45% cotton (120m/25g);

Knitting needles 3.5;

Crochet hook 3;

Size:

XS; S; M.

Used Patterns:

• 1 x 1 rib;
• Relief scheme - see the scheme.

Decreases:

• Along the right side: 1 selvedge stitch, knit two together;
• Along the left side: knit two together with left decline (slip 1 knit stitch, 1 knit stitch, pull the slipped stitch through the knit stitch), 1 selvedge stitch.

Stitch Control of Relief Pattern:

28 stitches x 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions:

Back:

Cast on 131; 147; 163 stitches and knit 1 row of purls. Then, 3 rows of rib for the placket. Turn to the relief pattern, divide the stitches in the following way: 1 selvedge stitch, 8 stitches before pattern repeat, pattern repeat 7; 8; 9 times, 9 stitches after pattern repeat, 1 selvedge stitch.

For side chamfers, make decreases after 16 rows from the placket, then, repeat the decreases of 1 stitch x 7. There are 115; 131; 147 stitches left.

In 154; 150; 146 rows (51.5; 50; 48 cm) of relief pattern, bind off 5 stitches x 1 from both sides for the armholes, then 4 stitches x 1, 3 stitches x 1, 2 stitches x 1, 1 stitch x 1 in every 2nd row. There are 85; 101; 117 stitches left.

In 38; 42; 46 rows (12.5; 14; 15.5 cm) from the bottom part of armholes, bind off the central 21; 25; 29 stitches for the neck-hole. Leave the right part for some time and work with the left part. For smooth rounding along the inner edge, bind off 6 stitches x 1 in even rows, 5 stitches x 2, 4 stitches x 1. There are 12; 18; 24 stitches in work. In 10 rows (3.5 cm) from the beginning of neck-hole, bind off the rest stitches.

Finish the right part in reflection to the left.

Front:

Use the schemes and description for the back, but make a deeper neck-hole. In 24; 28; 32 rows (8; 9.5; 11 cm) from the bottom part of armholes, bind off the central 11; 15; 19 stitches and finish each part separately. For rounding of neck-hole bind off 5 stitches x 1 in even rows, 3 stitches x 3, 2 stitches x 4, 1 stitch x 3. There are 12; 18; 24 stitches left. In 10 rows (3.5 cm) from the beginning of neck-hole, bind off the rest stitches.

Finish the right part in reflection to the left.

Assembly:

Make seams. Fasten the edges of armholes and neck-hole with "shrimp stitch".