Summer top with waterfall collar, quick to knit
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Summer top with the unusual collar is
quick to knit.
The
download also includes an Excel table for converting your individual gauge. For this you need Excel or LibreOffice; the latter is available to download online for free.
The
PDF pattern is illustrated, but it is not a basic knitting course (link for basic knitting techniques included).
These
knitting skills are required:
cast on stitches, purl and knit stitches, yarn over, knit stitches together, slip-knit-pass-over decrease (is explained), increase from the strand between stitches, bind off stitches.
We need for sizes S/M/L: 300 g cotton (blend) tape yarn, Keiki by Austermann used here, 63% cotton, 37% polyamide, for needle size 5–6, gauge according to the ball band 16 stitches x 23 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm, 50 g – 90 m.
Pins for blocking, measuring tape, yarn needle for weaving in ends, scissors, row counter is helpful.
Used here: knitting needle size 5.0.
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Summer shirt, quick to knit
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This easy-to-knit
summer design size 38/40 (M) is made from 250 g cotton-blend yarn for needle size 3.5 - 4.0, 50 g - 125 m.
The
PDF pattern is illustrated.
The finished shirt has a stretchy back width of approx. 44 cm and is approx. 65 cm long, but also looks pretty shorter. Thanks to the simple pattern (made of yarn overs, knit and purl stitches) and cut, this piece can be
easily adjusted to any size (e.g. size S 42 cm back width, size L 46 cm back width). To convert your gauge, for example, there is this table:
READ OFF instead of calculating - PDF table for knitting and crocheting
What else you
need:
measuring tape, scissors, yarn needle for weaving in ends, stitch holder, if needed a set of double-pointed needles size 3.5 - 4.0; row counter and stitch markers are helpful, but not absolutely necessary.
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Crocheted baby traditional vest
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Even the littlest ones are dressed smartly in a traditional vest like this. In other colors and with different buttons, the style changes - it's worth trying out..
We need
for size 50/56 approx. 125 g, for size 62/68 approx. 150 g, for size 74/80 approx. 200 g, e.g. Schoeller+Stahl Zimba Top (= 4-ply), 80% wool, 20 polyamide, 50 g – 150 m, needle size according to the ball band 3.5 – 3.0, crochet hook size 4.0 used here; gauge according to the ball band 25 sts x 33 rows = 10 x 10 cm;
plus contrast yarn for edging and bow: 50 g of 6-ply yarn, e.g. Zimba Medium or another (sock) yarn 50 g – 125 m.
Measuring tape, scissors, yarn needle for weaving in ends, 2 decorative buttons.
These
crochet skills are required:
chain stitches, half double crochet, double crochet, front post double crochet, back post double crochet, slip stitches, crocheting in rows. Post double crochet is explained. The pattern is not a basic crochet course, but it does include relevant link tips.
Included in the download :
- PDF table of baby measurements for sizes 50 to 104
- PDF pattern, illustrated over 10 pages. Instructions worked out for size 50/56 with information up to size 80
Difficulty level: medium (for experienced crocheters: easy)