Complete Knitting Instructions for Your Stylish Garment

You’ll Need:

250g of beige Mondial Lucente yarn (50% cotton, 50% viscose; 90m/50g);

Knitting needles size 5;

Stuffing for pompoms;

Tapestry needle.

Size:

S.

Note:

To make the garment 1 size larger or smaller, increase or decrease 2 cm (4 knit stitches of front and back) in width and 2 cm (6 rows) in length.

Used Patterns

Double Rib:

Cast on half of the needed quantity of stitches with contrast yarn.

1^st Row: Working yarn, *1 knit stitch, 1 yarn over*; repeat from * to *;

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

3^rd and all following rows: *1 knit stitch, slip 1 stitch as purl, yarn in front of work*; repeat from * to *, take off the contrast yarn.

Other Patterns:

• Garter Stitch: all knit stitches;
• Stockinette Stitch: in right side row – knit stitches, in wrong side row – purls;
• Main Pattern: the quantity of stitches is multiple of 20 + 3 stitches. Work according to the scheme. 25^th row: repeat the pattern from the 5^th row.

Stitch Control:

18 stitches x 25 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back/Front:

Cast on 83 stitches and make 4 rows with stockinette stitch, followed by 24 rows with the main pattern, then 12 rows with garter stitch, and 2 rows with stockinette stitch. Following that, make the 21^st and 22^nd rows according to the scheme, then work with the main pattern starting from the 5^th row of the scheme.

In 37 cm from the set-up row, make 3 edging stitches from both sides as double rib and decrease 1 x 3 stitches, 2 x 2 stitches, and 6 x 1 stitch in every 2^nd row after the first 3 stitches and before the last 3 stitches to form the arm-hole chamfers. At the same time, with the beginning of arm-hole chamfers, bind off the central stitch for the neck-hole and finish both sides separately, making 3 edging stitches from both sides as double rib and decrease 5 x 2 stitches, and 12 x 1 stitch in every 2^nd row from both sides of the center after the double rib stitches.

In 50 cm from the set-up row, make double rib on the remaining 6 stitches from both sides. Decrease 3 x 1 stitch in every 2^nd row, then make 28 cm of double rib for straps, doubling the quantity of stitches for pompoms (6 stitches from each side). Make 10 rows of double rib, insert the stuffing inside the pompom, and bind off with kitchener’s stitch.

Assembly:

Make side seams. Create knots on pompom decreases. Knot the straps.