How to Knit a Stylish Dress and Mittens

You’ll Need:

400g for the dress and 150g for the mittens of yarn (50% wool, 50% acrylic) in white color;

Knitting needles 4;

Set of 5 short needles.

Size:

Used Patterns:

• Pearled pattern: 2 knit stitches, 2 purl stitches by turn, replace the pattern on 2 stitches in every 3^rd row;
• Wrong-side pattern: in right-side rows – purls, in wrong-side rows – knit stitches;
• Relief pattern: according to scheme 1;
• 1 x 1 rib.

Instructions:

Front:

Cast on 140 stitches and make 2 rows with the wrong-side pattern. Then, work in the following way: 27 stitches of pearled pattern at the beginning and end of the row, relief pattern according to scheme 1 in the center, and 4 stitches of the wrong-side pattern from both sides. At 10 cm height, start making decreases in the pearled pattern: 1 stitch in every 6^th row from both sides. At 53 cm height, bind off 3 stitches from both sides for armholes, then 6 x 1 stitch in every 4^th row. At 7 cm height from the beginning of work, bind off all stitches.

Back:

Make in the same way as the front.

Sleeves:

Cast on 70 stitches and work with the relief pattern, decrease 6 x 1 stitch in every 4^th row from both sides. At 13 cm height, bind off the stitches.

Assembly:

Sew front and back together, then sew up the sleeves. Cast on 90 stitches along the neck-hole line and make 4 cm with 1 x 1 rib. Bind off the stitches.

Mittens:

Cast on 33 stitches and divide them on 4 needles. Make 5 cm of 1 x 1 circular rows. Then, make 30 cm according to scheme 2, increasing 2 stitches in every 6^th row, and include them in the pattern. At 35 cm height from the beginning of work, make 5 cm with 1 x 1 rib and bind off the stitches.