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Turquoise dress with white stripes:
Yarn: Turqoise and white – Fingering weight yarn,
2 mm knitting needles
(Double-pointed needles are fine when you only
work 1 row of each color) and if desired,
a circular needle, approx. 40 cm,
to work back and forth,
because there are many stitches in the beginning.
2 mm crochet hook
Cast on 116 sts with turquoise.
Work Stockinette stitch, stripes and make decreases:
Rows 1 - 4: (Turquoise), knit stitch
Row 5: Wrong side, (turquoise) purl stitch
Row 6: Right side, (white), knit stitch
Row 7: Right side, (turquoise), K 12, * K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog, K 24 *
Repeat between *-* 2 more times, end with K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog,
K 12 = 108 sts
Row 8: Wrong side, (white), purl stitch
Row 9: Wrong side, (turquoise), purl stitch
Row 10: Right side, (white), knit stitch
Row 11: Right side, (turquoise), K 11, * K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog, K 22 *
Repeat between *-* 2 more times, end with K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog,
K 11 = 100 sts
Row 12: Wrong side, (white), purl stitch
Continue with only turquoise and decreases:
Row 13: Wrong side, (turquoise), purl stitch
Now work:
4 rows stockinette stitch
Decrease on the next row: K 10, * K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog, K 20 *,
Repeat between *-* 2 more times, end with K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog,
K 10 = 92 sts
5 rows stockinette stitch
Decrease on the next row: K 9, * K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog, K 18 *
Repeat between *-* 2 more times, end with K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog,
K 9 = 84 sts
5 rows stockinette stitch
Repeat between *-* 2 more times, end with K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog,
K 8 = 76 sts
5 rows stockinette stitch
Decrease on the next row: K 7, * K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog, K 14 *
Repeat between *-* 2 more times, end with K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog,
K 7 = 68 sts
5 rows stockinette stitch
Decrease on the next row: K 6, * K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog, K 12 *
Repeat between *-* 2 more times, end with K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog,
K 6 = 60 sts
5 rows stockinette stitch
Decrease on the next row: K 5, * K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog, K 10 *
Repeat between *-* 2 more times, end with K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog,
K 5 = 52 sts
5 rows stockinette stitch
Decrease on the next row: K 4, * K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog, K 8 *
Repeat between *-* 2 more times, end with K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog,
K 4 = 44 sts
3 rows stockinette stitch
Decrease on the next row: K 3, * K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog, K 6 *
Repeat between *-* 2 more times, end with K 2 tog in the back loop, K 1, K 2 tog,
K 3 = 36 sts
1 row purl stitch
Continue with stripes:
Rows 1, 5, 9: Right side, white, knit stitch
Rows 2, 6, 10: Right side, turquoise, knit stitch
Rows 3, 7, 11: Wrong side, white, purl stitch
Rows 4, 8, 12: Wrong side, turquoise, purl stitch
Now work only with turquoise:
Row 13: Knit stitch
Row 14: Purl stitch
Rows 15, 17: K 17, slip 2 sts knit, K 17
Rows 16, 18: P 17, slip 2 sts purl, P 17
Row 19: K 4, cast off 7 sts, K 6, slip 2 sts knit, K 6, cast off 7 sts, K 4
Row 20: Cast off 3 sts, change to crochet hook and crochet chain 15,
change to knitting needles, cast off 14 sts, change to crochet hook,
crochet chain 15, change to knitting needles, cast off 4 sts
Cast off.
American English translation by Ariella
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Lisa C -04/09Mönster nr 42