MATERIALS (for size 42): 230 gr. of yarn, color of your choice, needles n.3, three pink buttons.
STITCHES USED
WITH NEEDLES:
tubular stitch (cast on).
1/1 Rib stitch.
stockinette stitch with dropped stitches (worked over 10 sts)
Row 1 (RS of work): *K8, sl1k (slip 1 st knitwise without working it, K1, pass the slipped st over the worked st), yo*; repeat from * to *.
Row 2 and foll.: in stockinette stitch. In the last row, drop the stitches corresponding to the yarn overs of Row 1 and unravel them to the base.
Slip stitch (sl st).
Single crochet (sc).
Double crochet.
Cord: cast on 4 ch and close them into a circle with 1 sl st, turn work and make 1 sc in each ch, working from outside to inside. Continue working sc in a tube.
GAUGE:
10x10 cm
worked with size 3 needles in stockinette stitch with dropped stitches equals 28 sts and 38 rows.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Back: cast on 110 sts with
needles n.3 and work 4 rows in tubular stitch, then in 1/1 rib stitch for a total of 2 cm in height. Continue in stockinette stitch with dropped stitches. At 24 cm total height, for armholes, bind off 12 sts at each side, unraveling the yarn overs, then decrease 1 st every 2 rows 3 times (=80 sts). At 30 cm total height, bind off all stitches, unraveling the yarn overs.
Front: work as for the back.
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FINISHING
Sew the sides, starting from an armhole, with a hook, finish the entire neckline with a round of sc, ending with 1 sl st in the 1st sc.
Next round: 1 sc in each st until the beginning of the neckline, **4 ch, skip 1 st, *1 sc in each of the next 6 sts, 4 ch, skip 3 sts*; repeat from * to * along the back neckline**, work sc along the entire armhole, then repeat from ** to * along the front neckline, 1 sl st in the 1st sc.
Next round: 1 sc in each st and 5 sc in each 4 ch arch, ending with 1 sl st in the 1st st. Break and fasten off yarn.
Collar: Row 1: with crochet hook cast on 91 ch, 1 dc in 4th ch from hook, 1 dc in each st until last 2 sts, 1 ch, skip 1 st, 1 dc in last st (=buttonhole), turn.
Row 2: 4 ch (3 ch = 1 dc, 1 ch = buttonhole space), skip one space, 1 dc in each st across the row, turn.
Row 3: 3 ch (= 1 dc), 1 dc in each st until last 2 sts, 1 ch, skip 1 st, 1 dc in last st (= buttonhole), turn.
Row 4: *4 ch, skip 2 sts, 1 sc in each of next 2 sts*; repeat from * to * across the row, turn.
Row 5: (5 sc in the 4 ch arch, 1 sc in each of the next 4 sts) across the row, work 1 sc in each st along the side, along the bottom and along the other side. Break and fasten off yarn.
Flower:
Row 1: with crochet hook cast on 33 ch, 1 dc in 4th ch from hook, in the same base st work 1 dc, in each next st work 2 dc (=66 dc), turn.
Row 2: 3 ch in the same base st work 1 dc, in each next dc work 2 dc (=132 dc), turn.
Row 3: (2 ch, 1 sc in each st) across the row. Break and fasten off yarn.
Roll the strip onto itself to form the flower and secure it with a few hidden stitches.
Make a very long cord, enough to border the entire neckline and collar in the following way: fasten the beginning of the cord on the wrong side at the height of the 6th arch of the back neckline, pass the cord through the same arch exiting on the right side, pass the cord through the first buttonhole of the collar from the wrong side to the right side, pass the cord through the next arch of the back neckline, exit with it on the right side of the next arch of the back neckline, pass the cord through the first arch of the collar and so on until the entire collar is connected. Attach the flower to the neckline. Attach the buttons.
