Luxurious dress

Легкое, женственное, нарядное — это платье с игривыми элементами покорит всех вокруг.

Oh, how seductive the through openwork paths on the front and sleeves are!

SPOKES AND ACCESSORIES

 Knitting needles No. 3 and 3.5; elastic thread.

KNITTING DENSITY

27 p. x 38 r. = 10 x 10 cm, knitted in stockinette stitch on needles No. 3.5.

27 p. x 35 r. = 10 x 10 cm, knitted with a fancy pattern (according to the pattern for the sleeves) on knitting needles No. 3.5.

SPECIAL SYMBOLS

Knit 2 p. together with a tilt to the left, remove 1 p., as when knitting the front one, knit 1. and pull this loop through the removed loop, k2.

Decrease 1 p. at a distance of 2 p. from the edge Right: knit 2, knit 2 p. together,

Left: knit a row up to the last 4 stitches, 2 stitches. knit together with a tilt to the left, k2.

PATTERNS

Facial surface

Rubber

Knit alternately k1, p1.

Fantasy pattern

 Knit according to the patterns.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

On needles No. 3, cast on 138 (146:156:166: 182) sts and knit 1.5 cm with an elastic band.

Switch to knitting needles No. 3.5 and continue knitting in stockinette stitch, decreasing 1 stitch at the end of the 1st row. = 137 (145:155:165:181) sts. After 59.5 cm from the starting row, continue knitting in stockinette stitch and in a fancy pattern, distributing the stitches as described below.

Knit 32 (36:41:46:54) stitches in stockinette stitch, 73 stitches in a fancy pattern according to the diagram, then 32 (36:41:46:54) stitches in stockinette stitch.

ARMHOLES

After 65 cm from the initial row, close 1 x 2 p. for the armholes on both sides, then in each next 2 p.: 3 x 2 p. and 5 x 1 p. = 111 (119:129:139:155) p.

NECK

After 65 (66:67:68:69) cm from the starting row, close off the middle loop for the V-neck and finish both sides separately.

On both sides of the neckline, decrease at a distance of 2 p. from the edge (see Special conventions): * in each next 2nd p. 2x1 p., in the next 4th p. 1x1 p., from * repeat 9 times .

SHOULDER SHADES

After 85 (86:87:88:89) cm from the beginning row, bind off the remaining 28 (32:37:42:50) sts for the shoulders.

BEFORE

Knit like a back, but with a rounded neckline.

NECK

After 80 (81:82:83:84) cm from the starting row, close off the middle 19 stitches for the neckline and then knit both sides separately. To round the cutout along the inner edge, close in each next 2 p.: 1 x 5 p., 1 x 4 p., 1 x 3 p., 2 x 2 p. and 2 x 1 p.

SHOULDER SHADES

After 85 (86:87:88:89) cm from the beginning row, bind off the remaining 28 (32:37:42:50) sts for the shoulders.

SLEEVES

Using knitting needles No. 3.5, cast on 120 (132:144:152:168) stitches for each sleeve and knit 2 rows. knit, then knit in stockinette stitch.

After 4 cm from the starting row, switch to needles No. 3 and continue knitting with an elastic band, while in the 1st row. knit all loops in pairs together alternately knit and purl = 60 (66:72:76:84) p.

After 11 cm from the starting row, switch to knitting needles No. 3.5 and continue knitting with a fantasy pattern according to the diagram, evenly adding 1-m. 47 (47:47:47:45) stitches and starting from 1 (6:3:1:6th) stitch of the pattern (= 6th stitch of the pattern is in the middle of the sleeve) = 107 (113:119 :123:129) n.

ROLL SLEEVE

After 52 (51.5:50.5:49.5:47.5) cm from the starting row, close off 1 x 2 stitches on both sides, then in each next 2nd row. 3x2p. and 5x1p. After 57 (56.5:55.5:54.5:52.5) cm from the beginning row, bind off the remaining 81 (87:93:97:103) stitches.

ASSEMBLY

Sew shoulder and side seams.

 Attention: for sleeves, the front side of the work is the wrong side.  

Sew the sleeve seams.

 Sew the sleeves into the armholes, aligning the bevels of the cuff and the armholes.

 Lay an elastic thread in 3 rows of elastic on the cuffs from the wrong side through the halves of the loops (at the beginning, in the middle and in the last row).