How to Create a Beautiful Knitted Garment Using Relief Patterns and Cables

You’ll Need

400g of Estate yarn in white color (90% cotton, 10% polyamide; 130m/50g);

Straight knitting needles 4.5 and 6;

Crochet hook 5.

Size

S.

Used Patterns

Basic Stitches

2 x 2 rib, knitting needles 4.5;

Stockinette stitch: in RS rows – knit sts, in WS rows – purls;

Relief Pattern with Cables

Relief pattern with cables 12 sts wide, knitting needles 6: due to the scheme. Start with sts before pattern repeat, pattern repeat, finish with sts after pattern repeat.

Repeat 1^st-20^th rows;

Edge with Arches

1^st circle row: single crochets;

2^nd circle row: arches (= * 1 slip st, skip 2 sts, 5 double crochets in the next st, skip 2 sts*; repeat from * to *).

Stitches Control

Relief pattern with cables: 17.5 sts x 23.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Single crochets: 16.5 sts x 22 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 94 sts and make 10 cm of rib, increase 3 sts in the last row. Then, work with relief pattern with cables between selvedge sts. In 50 cm from rib, bind off the sts. Make 71 single crochets along the bound off edge. Make 18 cm from the beginning with single crochets and finish your work.

Front

Make in the same way as back, but with straps. For this, in 18 cm from the beginning of single crochets, leave 13 sts unfinished from both sides for arm-holes and the central 29 sts for the neck-hole. Make straps on the rest 8 single crochets from both sides. Finish them in 40 cm.

Assembly

Sew the straps to the upper part of back. Fasten the neck-hole line, inner sides of straps, arm-holes, and outer sides of straps with edge with arches.