Knitting Instructions for Stylish Garment Using Superlana Klasik Yarn

You’ll need:

450g of grey-blue Superlana Klasik yarn (25% wool, 75% acryl; 280m/100g);

100g of mélange of black yarn;

Knitting needles size 3;

Crochet hook size 2;

Yarn for the belt.

Note

Work in 2 threads of yarn.

Used Patterns

French Rib

1^st row (RS): * 1 purl, cross the next 2 sts to the left*; repeat from * to *;

2^nd row (WS): * 1 knit st, cross the next 2 sts to the right).

Repeat 1^st-2^nd rows.

Instructions

Front

Knit from up to down. Cast on 82 sts in 2 threads of yarn, and work with French rib. Increase 1 st from both sides at 14 cm height. Make increases by dividing the edging st into 2 (1 thread of yarn). Make 4 such increases every 3 cm. At 30 cm height, decrease for chamfer from the right side: bind off 1 x 5 sts in every 2^nd row, 3 x 1 st, 5 x 2 sts, and then decrease 1 st. At 55 cm height, bind off the rest of the sts.

Back

Cast on 82 sts with 2 threads of yarn and work with French rib. At 14 cm height, make increases in the same way as for the front. At the same time, make increases for gores: mark the central 27 sts, increase 1 st in the marked places by dividing sts into 2 (1 thread of yarn). Include the increased sts in the pattern. Repeat these increases twice every 3 cm. At 30 cm height, make decreases for chamfer from the left side, bind off 1 x 3 sts, 3 x 3 sts, and 16 x 1 st in every 2^nd row. Then, work without decreases. At 55 cm height, bind off the sts.

Belt

Make 23 chain sts with 2 threads of yarn and work with single crochets to the needed length.

Assembly

Make side seams. Then, make flowers and leaves with 1 thread of yarn according to the schemes 1 and 2.