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LouiseENG180412 (1)
LouiseENG180412 (1)
LouiseENG180412 (1)
Suggested Needles: 3 mm
Gauge (washed and blocked): 29 st / 10 cm
Suggested Needles: 3 mm
Gauge (washed and blocked): 27 st / 10 cm
Left front
CO 12 using crochet provisionnal cast on.
Row 1 (WS) : P1, K1, P8, K1, P1
Row 2-36 : Follow Chart A being careful to add stitches 3 times :
at the end of row 15, you will have to cable cast on 13 st
at the end of row 34, cable cast on 3 st
at the end of row 36, cable cast on 6 st
When row 36 is over, leave your left front on hold.
Right front
CO 12 st using crochet provisionnal cast on.
Row 1 (WS) : P1, K1, P8, K1, P1
Row 2-36 : Follow Chart B being careful to add stitches 3 times :
at the end of row 16, you will have to cable cast on 13 st
at the end of row 35, cable cast on 3 st
at the end of row 37, cable cast on 6 st
Joining the 3 parts (Knitting flat, you are now going to join the right front to the back, beginning on a WS row,
then join your left front)
Join to your right front the back stitches and continue knitting them, with the 6 first and last stitches in moss
stitch, purling the stitches between.
Join the left front stitches, and continue knitting them, with the 12 first and 4 last stitches in moss stitch, and
purling the stitches between, except the dotted ones.
Body
From row 38 to row 48, follow chart D
Row 49 : 4 moss stitches, Purl the rest of the row, stopping 4 stitches before the end of the row.
Now you will have to join the 2 fronts in order to begin knitting in the round as follows :
Putting your right front over your left front (in order to have the buttonholes above the buttonband), you will have
to place on the same needle the 4 first stitches and the 4 last stitches of the row (the ones in moss st.),
alternating 1 st from right front, and 1 st from left front. P2tog 4 times these 8 stitches. Your fronts are now joined,
turn your work, you will from now on knit in the round.
Keep following Chart D until Row 58. Now that you are knitting in the round, WS rows won't be purled anymore,
but knitted.
Pick up (without knitting) the 12 sts from provisional cast on of right front. Undo the crochet chain. Do the same
with the corresponding back stitches. Close the strap using kitchener stitch. Do the same on left side.
Sew the 4 buttons on, weave in ends. Wash and wet block.
A tutorial for provisional crochet cast on can be found here:
http://bellaknitting.typepad.com/bella_knitting/2007/10/provisional-cas.html
The gray zones in chart A, B and C are here just to show the logic
of the construction, but should not be knitted (they will be knitted
in chart D)
Chart D
62 62
60 60
58 j d s j 58
56 / d j j s / j d s j 56
54 / d j j s / j d s j 54
52 / d j j s / j d s j 52
50 / d j j s / / d j j s / 50
48 / / / d j j s / / d j j s / / / 48
46 / / / d j j s / / d j j s / / / 46
44 / / / d j j s / d j j s / d j j s / / / 44
42 / d j / d j j s / d j / / / / / / / © / / / / j s / d j j s / / / 42
40 / / / d j j s / d j / / / / / / / / / / © / / / / / j s / d j j s / / / 40
38 / / / d j j s / d j / / / / / / / / / / / © / / / / / j s / d j j s / / / 38