Knitted Red Summer Top
Difficulty level: 
Intermediate
Free Knitting Pattern
Size: 12/14 (42/44)
Materials: 6 balls (300 g) of red mercerized cotton.
Needles size 4 (3.5 mm), circular needles size 2.5 (3 mm), hook size B (2.5 mm)
Cable pattern:
Row 1: c2b (cable on 2 st)
Row 2: 2p.
Repeat these 2 rows.
Lace pattern: 25 st
Gauge: width: 25 st = 5 in (12.5 cm, height = 2.25 in (6 cm)
Row 1
2 p, * 1 k, 1 p*, repeat from * to * 5 times, 1 p, *1 p, 1 k*, rep 5 times, 2 p.
Row 2 and all even rows knit k over k and yon, p over p.
Row 3
1p, yon, 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k, p2tog (purl 2 stitches together), 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k, 3p, 1k, 1p, 1k, 1 p, p2tog, 1k, 1p, 1k, 1p, yon, 1p.
Row 5
2p, yon, 1p, k2tog (knit 2 stitches together), p2tog, 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k, 1p, yon, 1p, yon, 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k, 1 p, p2tog, k2tog, 1p, yon, 2p.
Row 7
4p, p2tog, 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k, 1p, yon, 3p, yon, 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k, 1p, p2tog, 4p.
Row 9
3p, p2tog, 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k, 1p, yon, 5p, yon, 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k, 1p, p2tog, 3p.
Row 11
2p, p2tog, 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k, 1p, yon, 7p, yon, 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k, 1p, p2tog, 2p.
Row 13
1p, p2tog, 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k, 1p, yon, 9p, yon, 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k, 1p, p2tog, 1p.
Row 15
p2tog, 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k, 1p, yon, 11p, yon, 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k, 1p, p2tog.
Repeat rows 1-16.
Directions:
Back
Cast on 111 stitches (including edge stitches).
Row 1. 3p, c2b (cable on 2 st), *lace pattern on 25 st, c2b, 3p, c2b, 3p, c2b*, rep from * to * once, lace pattern, c2b, 3p.
Knit 18 in (46 cm). Cast off.
Front
Knit the same as back. At 11 in (28 cm) start making a V-neck. For this cast off the center stitch and start decreasing a number of stitches knitting togeter 2 st in every odd row. Do this until 24 st left. cast off. Knit the same the other side.
Finishing:
Join shoulder and side seams. Cast on on a circular needles 142 st. Knit rib 1k, 1p 2 in (5 cm).
Finish neck and sleves by crocheting 1 in (2.5 cm) bands with sc (single crochet).
Enjoy!
