Crochet summer cardigan

Crochet summer cardigan

Dimensions: 36/38 (40/42)

 You will need: 950 (1050) g ecru Toccata yarn (100% cotton, 110 m/50 g); hook No. 3.5;

1 decorative button;

2 buttons.

Main pattern: Art. b/n; replace 1st tbsp. for 1 air lifting point.

 Openwork pattern: the number of loops is a multiple of 14 + 10 + 3 air. lifting point.

 Knit according to the pattern. Replace 1st tbsp. s/n of each row for 3 air lifting points.

Start with loops before the repeat, repeat the repeat and end with loops after the repeat. Repeat 1 time from the 1st to the 5th row, then repeat from the 2nd to the 5th row.

 Knitting density.

 Main pattern: 22.5 p. and 25 r. = 10 x 10 cm;

 openwork pattern: 24 p. and 9.5 r. = 10 x 10 cm.

Attention! Knit the entire back and front sides.

Description of work: tie a chain of 220 (248) air. p. + 3 air. p. rise and knit with an openwork pattern.

After 88 cm from the cast-on edge, continue working with the main pattern, while evenly decreasing in the 1st row. 22 p, = 198 (226) p.

 На высоте основного узора 14 (11) см распределить петли следующим образом: 39 (46) п. — правая полочка, оставить 22 п. — правая пройма, 76 (90) п. — спинка, оставить 22 п. — левая пройма, 39 (46) п. — левая полочка.

 First knit the back straight. At a height of the main pattern of 30 cm, leave the middle 34 stitches for the neckline and finish both sides separately.

At a height of the main pattern of 32 cm, finish working on the remaining 21 (28) shoulder stitches on each side.

 Now knit the left front.

 At a height of the main pattern of 24 cm, leave 11 stitches for the neckline on the left side.

 For rounding, leave in every 2nd r. 1 x 3 and 2 x 2 p.

Finish work on the remaining 21 (28) shoulder stitches at back height.

Finish the right shelf symmetrically.

 Sleeves: knit a chain of 52 (66) p. + 3 air. p, rise and knit in an openwork pattern. For sleeve bevels, add from the cast-on edge on both sides alternately in every 2nd and 4th r. 17 x 1 p. = 86 (100) p., including added loops to the pattern.

 Finish the work 58 cm from the cast-on edge.

 Assembly: sew shoulder seams and sleeve seams, leaving the top 5 cm open on the sleeve seams.

 Обвязать края полочек и вырез горловины спинки по 1 р. ст. б/н и «рачьего шага» (ст. б/н слева направо).

 Sew buttons to the shelves, 1 cm from the edge.

 Sew the 1st button 1 cm below the neckline, the 2nd button after 7 cm. Sew in the sleeves, while sewing the upper 5 cm to the left armhole loops.

 Sew a decorative button on the right shelf in the middle between the buttons.