Knitted dress

Sizes:
a) 3 mo. — b) 6 mo. — c) 12 mo. — d) 18 mo. — e) 24 mo.

Materials:
yarn Super Baby (70% acrylic, 30% lambswool, 25 g / 107 m), color Givre
3 — 4 — 4 — 5 — 6 skeins.
Needles No. 2.5, circular needles No. 3, crochet hook No. 2.5, stitch markers, knitting pin, 3 buttons with a diameter of 14 mm.

Knitting:
Garter stitch
Fancy pattern (see diagram)
Stockinette stitch
Three-stitch decrease: slip 2 stitches, knit the next 2 stitches, and pass the slipped 2 stitches over the resulting stitch.
Single crochet

Gauge:
20 cm of fancy pattern, needles No. 3 = 55 stitches and 10 cm = 40 rows.

IMPLEMENTATION:
Knit as a single piece.
Start from the neckline.

Cast on:
a) 93 sts — b) 103 sts — c) 113 sts — d) 123 sts — e) 133 sts, needles No. 2.5, knit garter stitch for 5 cm.
Continue with fancy pattern (see diagram), with circular needles No. 3.

After 9 rows from the start of the gauge: knit the edge stitch, the first stitch, from the 2nd to the 11th stitch a) 8 rows,
b) 9 rows, c) 10 rows, d) 11 rows, e) 12 rows, then knit from the 12th to the 21st stitch, ending with 1 edge stitch.

a) 9 rows — b) 10 rows — c) 11 rows — d) 12 rows — e) 13 rows.
(the first rows of the chart are finished, distributed: a) 90 increases — b) 100 increases — c) 110 increases — d) 120 increases — e) 130 increases).

We have: a) 183 stitches — b) 203 stitches — c) 223 stitches — d) 243 stitches — e) 263 stitches.

Continue knitting straight, with needles No. 3, 23 cm (a) — 25 cm (b) — 27 cm (c) — 29 cm (d) — 31 cm (e).

Then divide the work for sleeves and back:
a) 23 sts — b) 25 sts — c) 27 sts — d) 29 sts — e) 31 sts.
on both sides for sleeves. Leave on the auxiliary needles.

Continue knitting the back straight on the remaining stitches:
a) 37 sts — b) 41 sts — c) 45 sts — d) 49 sts — e) 53 sts.,
knit 10 rows (a) — 11 rows (b) — 12 rows (c) — 13 rows (d) — 14 rows (e).

Set aside on the needle holder the following (2nd sleeve):
a) 45 sts — b) 51 sts — c) 55 sts — d) 61 sts — e) 67 sts,
knit the next (half back):
a) 25 sts — b) 28 sts — c) 29 sts — d) 29 sts — e) 32 sts.
and knit the last stitch.

Start from:
a) 45 sts to row (last) a) 93? Wait, entering text: a) 45 p. to row (last)
b) from row 53, continue with circular needles No. 3:
a) 112 sts — b) 122 sts — c) 134 sts — d) 142 sts — e) 156 sts.
on the left, back: slip the last stitch from the previous row and perform a three-stitch decrease (see pattern).

Attention: at the level of the increases, while knitting garter stitch — for b) c) restore the motif.

Continue knitting straight to the end of the pattern (see diagram No. 2), make 4 increases (i.e., 1 in the center of each motif).

Increase the increases (next row):
a) 46 to 74 — c) e) from rows 54 to 82 of the diagram, then continue straight.

Knit straight:
a) Every 12 rows: 4 times
b) Every 14 rows: 4 times
c) Every 18 rows: 3 times and above 18th row: distribute 10 increases
d) Every 20 rows: 4 times
e) Every 26 rows: 3 times and above 26th row: distribute 10 increases

We have:
a) 190 sts — b) 210 sts — c) 220 sts.

Knit straight:
a) 12 rows — b) 15 rows — c) 16 rows — d) 16 rows — e) 24 rows, then finish with the pattern (see diagram No. 2) on the 1st or 9th stitch of the 8th row of the diagram, finish by binding off the stitches.

RIGHT SLEEVE END:
Pick up along the edge at the level of increases:
a) 45 sts — b) 51 sts — c) 55 sts — d) 62 sts — e) 67 sts.,
needles No. 2.5, knit 4 rows garter stitch, then cast off all stitches.
Repeat the same work with the second sleeve.

ASSEMBLY:
Sew together.
Using hook No. 2.5, make 1 row of single crochet along the back neckline.
Make 3 loops along the back opening. Sew on the buttons.

+ — edge stitch
 | — knit stitch on right side, or purl stitch on wrong side




— non-existent stitch
O — yarn over
 — 2 knit stitches together
— double vertical decrease: in a group of 3 stitches, slip the 1st and 2nd stitches as if knitting, knit the next stitch, and pass the slipped stitches over them




— simple decrease
λ — triple decrease (see pattern)