Rocky Bay

Knitted top with lace pattern. Sizes S - XXXL. The piece is worked in DROPS Paris.

DROPS 190-16
DROPS Design: Pattern no w-691
Yarn group C
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Sizes: S - M - L - XL - XXL - XXXL
Materials:
DROPS PARIS from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group C)
400-400-450-500-550-600 g colour 19, light yellow

The piece can also be knitted with yarn from:
"Alternative yarn (Yarn group C)" – see link below.

DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLES (40 + 60 or 80 cm) SIZE 5 MM – or the size needed to get 17 stitches and 22 rows stocking stitch on 10 cm in width and 10 cm in height.
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INFORMATION FOR THE PATTERN:

RIDGE/GARTER STITCH (worked in the round):
1 ridge = 2 rounds. Knit 1 round and purl 1 round.

PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1 to A.7.
The diagrams show all the rows in the pattern seen from the right side.

DECREASE TIP-1 (evenly spaced):
To work out how to decrease evenly, count the total number of stitches on the needle (e.g. 204 stitches) and divide by the number of decreases to be made (e.g. 38) = 5.3. In this example, work approx. every 4th and 5th stitch together.

DECREASE TIP-2 (for body): 
Start 3 stitches before the marker thread, slip 1 stitch as if to knit, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch, knit 2 (the marker thread sits in the middle of these 2 stitches), knit 2 together.

DECREASE TIP-3 (for armholes):
Decrease on the inside of A.5/A.7 in each side. All decreases are made from the right side!
Decrease as follows after A.5: Slip the next stitch as if to knit, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch. Decrease as follows before A.7: Start 2 stitches before A.7: Knit 2 together.
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TOP:
The piece is worked in the round with circular needle as far as the armholes, then the front and back pieces are worked separately, back and forth.

BODY:
Cast on 204-221-238-255-272-289 stitches with circular needle size 5 mm and Paris. Work 2 RIDGES – see description above. Then work according to A.1 (= 12-13-14-15-16-17 repeats in width). Work A.1 three times in height. Knit 1 round where you decrease 38-43-44-45-42-39 stitches evenly on round – read DECREASE TIP-1 = 166-178-194-210-230-250 stitches. Insert 1 marker thread in each side, 1 at the beginning of the round and 1 after 83-89-97-105-115-125 stitches (= sides). When the piece measures 8 cm decrease 1 stitch on each side of the marker threads in the sides (= 4 stitches decreased) – read DECREASE TIP-2. Decrease every 4-4-4-4-4½-4½ cm a total of 7 times = 138-150-166-182-202-222 stitches. When the piece measures 33-34-35-36-37-38 cm work A.2 over all stitches, on the last round in A.2 decrease 0-0-4-2-4-0 stitches evenly on round = 138-150-162-180-198-222 stitches. Work A.3, on the last round in A.3 increase 0-0-4-2-4-0 stitches evenly on round = 138-150-166-182-202-222 stitches. The next round is worked as follows: Work garter stitch over the first 7-7-8-8-9-10 stitches, A.4 over the next 55-61-67-75-83-91 stitches (finish with knit 1), garter stitch over the next 14-14-16-16-18-20 stitches, A.4 over the next 55-61-67-75-83-91 stitches and finish with 7-7-8-8-9-10 stitches garter stitch. Work A.4 one time in height (continue with garter stitch in each side). Then work next round as follows: Cast off the first 3-3-4-4-5-6 stitches, knit 63-69-75-83-91-99 stitches, cast off the next 6-6-8-8-10-12 stitches, knit 63-69-75-83-91-99 stitches and cast off the last 3-3-4-4-5-6 stitches. Now finish the front and back pieces separately, working back and forth.

BACK PIECE:
= 63-69-75-83-91-99 stitches. Continue as follows, the first row is worked from the wrong side: A.7, start on row 2 in the pattern (from the left side of the diagram) (= 4 stitches), purl 55-61-67-75-83-91 stitches, A.5 (start on row 2 in the pattern). The next row is worked as follows – from the right side: A.5, decrease 1 stitch – read DECREASE TIP-3, work 0-3-3-7-8-12 stitches stocking stitch, A.6 A over the next 48-48-54-54-60-60 stitches, A.6 B (= 3 stitches), 0-3-3-7-8-12 stitches stocking stitch, decrease 1 stitch, A.7. Continue this pattern upwards and decrease on each row from the right side 0-3-3-7-8-12 more times = 61-61-67-67-73-73 stitches.
Continue this pattern until the piece measures 56-58-60-62-64-66 cm, cast off the middle 25-25-29-29-33-33 stitches. Each shoulder is finished separately. On the next row cast off 1 stitch from the neck = 17-17-18-18-19-19 stitches left on the shoulder. NOTE: The stitches which do not fit the pattern as you decrease towards the neck are worked in stocking stitch. Cast off when the piece measures 58-60-62-64-66-68 cm. Repeat on the other shoulder.

FRONT PIECE:
= 63-69-75-83-91-99 stitches. Work as for back piece until the piece measures 52-54-56-58-60-62 cm = 61-61-67-67-73-73 stitches. Now place the middle 19-19-23-23-27-27 stitches on a thread for the neck and each shoulder is finished separately. Continue to cast off for the neck at the beginning of each row from the neck as follows: Cast off 2 stitches 1 time and 1 stitch 2 times = 17-17-18-18-19-19 stitches left on shoulder – NOTE: The stitches which do not fit the pattern as you decrease towards the neck are worked in stocking stitch. Continue the pattern as before. Cast off when the piece measures 58-60-62-64-66-68 cm. Repeat on the other shoulder.

ASSEMBLY:
Sew the shoulder seams; sew edge to edge in the outermost stitch so that the seam is flat.

NECKLINE: 
Knit up approx. 65 to 80 stitches around the neck (including the stitches on the thread) with short circular needle size 5 mm. Work 2 ridges, then cast off with knit.

Diagram explanations

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