Knitting a Stylish Bra-Top and Skirt Set

You’ll Need:

For Top:

• 50 (50) 100 g of white 100% cotton yarn (100m/50g);
• 50g of the same yarn in blue color;

For Skirt:

• 400 (450) 500 (550) 600g of the same white yarn;
• 50g of the same blue yarn;
• Auxiliary yarn;
• Knitting needles 3 and 4;
• Circular knitting needles 4 (80 cm long);
• Circular knitting needles 3.5 (60 cm long);
• Markers.

Size

Bra size: A (B) C.

Skirt size: XS (S) M (L) XL;

Waist circumference: 66 (76) 86 (96) 104 cm;

Length: 37 (39) 41 (43) 45 cm.

Used Patterns

• Stockinette Stitch: In right-side rows – all knit sts, in wrong-side rows – all purls, in circular rows – all knit sts;
• Garter Stitch: Knitting around, alternate 1 row of knit sts and 1 row of purls;
• Decreases: Make from the right side. Make 1 st before the marker, slip 1 st as knit st, knit 2 together, and draw it through the slipped st;
• Stitches Control: Stockinette stitch with knitting needles 4: 21 sts x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm square; Garter stitch with knitting needles 4: 22 sts = 10 cm.

Instructions

Bra-Top

Cast on 64 (72) 80 sts with blue yarn and make 7 rows (1^st row is right-side) of knit sts. Make the next row according to the following description: 27 (31) 35 knit sts, bind off 10 sts, 27 (31) 35 knit sts. Cut the yarn and fasten the end.

Turn, slip the sts of the first half of the bra to the auxiliary needle. This is your left side.

Right Part of Bra

Work on 27 (31) 35 sts. Place marker in the center of sts. Make garter stitch, alternating the coloring stripes: 4 rows with white yarn, 2 rows with blue yarn. At the same time, increase 1 st from both sides from the central st. Make the increase by means of yarn over. Knit it through the lower loop in the next row. Repeat the increases in every even row 4 times. You should get 35 (39) 43 sts. At 6 cm from the beginning of work, start making decreases of 1 st from both sides from the central st. Repeat them in every 4^th row 15 (17) 19 times. There are 5 sts left on the knitting needles for the strap. Make it with white color yarn with garter stitch for 30 (33) 35 cm.

Finish it in the following way: 1 knit st, slip 1 st as knit st, knit 2 together, draw it through the slipped st, 1 knit st, 3 knit sts. Turn. Next row: slip 1 st as knit st, knit 2 together, draw it through the slipped st. Cut the yarn and draw it through the slipped st.

Fancy Roller

Lift 40-50 sts with white yarn and knitting needles 3 along the edge of the bra on the side of the front center (start from the lower edge of garter stitch with white yarn and finish with the last row of garter stitch with blue yarn, i.e., from the beginning of bra to the beginning of strap). Make 1 row of knit sts, making decreases in a st by means of yarn over. You should get 80-100 sts. Turn to knitting needles 4 and make 4 rows of stockinette stitch.

Change to the blue yarn. Make 1 row of knit sts, bind them off from the wrong side, as knit sts.

Sew the upper part of the fancy roller to the strap, and bottom part to the blue stripe from the side of sts, bound off in the very beginning.

Sew to the initial 5 sts.

Side Strap

Lift 5 sts with blue yarn and knitting needles 3 on the side of 7 rows of garter stitch from the very beginning. You should get 40-50 cm long work by means of straight and reversed rows. Finish in the same way as strap.

Left Part of Bra

Make in the same way as the right part. Make side strap and fancy roller in reflection to the right part.

Skirt

Make from up to down, i.e., start with the waist. Cast on 140 (160) 180 (200) 220 sts with circular knitting needles 3.5. Make 4 rows of garter stitch around. Next row: * knit 2 together, 1 yarn over*; repeat from * to * to end of row. Change to knitting needles 4 and work with stockinette stitch. Place markers between 14 (16) 18 (20) 22 sts. Increase 1 st before each marker in the 2^nd row of stockinette stitch. Make increase by means of yarn over, which is knitted from the wrong side as knit st through the lower loop. Repeat increases, alternating them before and after the marker, every 10^th row 4 times. You should get 180 (200) 220 (240) 260 sts. At 32 (34) 36 (38) 40 row, turn to the blue yarn. After making 8 rows of garter stitch, turn to the white yarn again.

Next row: * 1 knit st, 1 yarn over*; repeat from * to * to end of row. Totally, 360 (400) 440 (480) 520 sts. Make 1 row of stockinette stitch, knit yarn overs through the lower lobes. After that – 6 rows of knit sts. Change to the blue yarn. Make 1 row of knit sts and bind off the sts.