Create a Stylish Garment with Red Mondial Giada Yarn

You’ll Need

300g of red Mondial Giada yarn (70% merino wool, 30% silk; 140m/50g);

Straight knitting needles 4 and 4.5;

Crochet hook.

Size: S.

Used Patterns

Double Rib

Cast on half of the needed quantity of stitches:

1^st row: with working yarn * 1 knit stitch, 1 yarn over*; repeat from * to *;

2^nd row: * yarn over as knit stitch, slip 1 stitch as purl without knitting, yarn in front of work*; repeat from * to *;

3^rd and last row: * 1 knit stitch, slip 1 stitch as purl, yarn in front of work*; repeat from * to * in the ready-made detail and take off the contrast yarn.

2 x 2 Rib

Main Pattern

The quantity of stitches is multiple of 4 + 1:

1^st row: * 1 knit stitch, 1 yarn over, knit 3 together with double broaching (slip 1 stitch as knit stitch, knit 2 together, draw it through the slipped stitch), 1 yarn over*; repeat from * to *, 1 knit stitch;

2^nd row: purl;

3^rd row: repeat from the 1^st row.

Bead: 4 chain stitches, 1 single crochet in the 3^rd chain stitch from the crochet hook, 1 single crochet in the next chain stitch.

Stitches Control

Main pattern, knitting needles 4.5: 25 stitches x 25.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 102 stitches with knitting needles 4 and make 4 rows with double rib and 48 rows with 2 x 2 rib. After that, work with the main pattern with knitting needles 4.5, decrease 1 x 1 stitch in the 1^st row and then increase 17 x 1 stitch in every 2^nd row. In 36 cm from rib, bind off 1 x 45 stitches from both sides for shoulders and leave the central 45 stitches open.

Front

Make in the same way as back, but in 32 cm (82 rows) from rib, leave the central 11 stitches open for the neck-hole and finish both sides separately, don’t knit 1 x 8 stitches and 2 x 2 stitches in every 2^nd row from both sides of center. In 4 cm from the beginning of the neck-hole, bind off the rest 45 stitches from both sides.

Assembly

Make one shoulder seam. Cast on 106 stitches along the neck-hole with knitting needles 4.5, including the open stitches, and make 30 rows of 2 x 2 rib and 6 rows with double rib, bind off all the stitches. Fasten the sides of front and back, except the lower edge of rib, with the crochet hook in the following way:

1^st and 2^nd rows: single crochets;

3^rd row: * 5 single crochets, 1 bead*; repeat from * to *.

Sew the sides of front and back rib.