Cashmere Collection. Knitting patterns Dragonfly (eng) | Page 7

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With US4 (3,5 mm) needles CO 106 (114, 118, 122, 126, 134)
sts using Italian ribbing cast-on method in such a way that
there are 2 knit sts in the beginning and in the end of the
row (including selvage sts) on the RS. Continue to work in rib
2x2 for 12 rows total. Then work in stockinette st. Use the
same US4 (3,5 mm) needles for the first row and at the same
time evenly increase 2 (2, 4, 4, 4, 4) sts across the row. There
are 108 (116, 122, 126, 130, 138) sts total on needles. Then
change to the main US6 (4,0 mm) needles. Work 27 more
rows and finish with WS row.

A-line silhouette shaping
Decrease row: in the next RS row slip the selvage st, k1,
k2tog, k until last 4 sts, ssk, k2. Rep the decrease row 1 more
time in 28 rows (=4 sts decreased at the moment). Work
straight until you have 104 rows in stockinette st. Finish
with WS row, there are 104 (112, 118, 122, 126, 134) sts on
needles.

Side horizontal bust darts
Work RS row until last 10 (10, 7, 7, 5, 5) sts, wrap the next st
and turn, work WS row until last 10 (10, 7, 7, 5, 5) sts, wrap
the next st and turn.
* In the next RS row work to 9 (9, 6, 6, 5, 4) sts before
wrapped st, wrap the next st and turn, work WS row to 9 (9,
6, 6, 5, 4) sts before wrapped st, wrap and turn. Rep from * 1
(1, 3, 3, 5, 7) more times.

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Work the next RS and WS alignment rows, working over all
wrapped sts.
Work straight for 14 more rows, finish with WS row. There
are total 120 rows in stockinette st (count rows along the
sideline), 104 (112, 118, 122, 126, 134) sts on needles.
There are 126 (126, 130, 130, 134, 138) rows in the middle
of the piece counting with horizontal bust darts.
Finished horizontal bust darts height is 6 (6, 10, 10, 14,
18) rows or 2 (2, 3,5, 3,5, 4,8, 6,2) cm total.

Raglan lines shaping
Please note: while shaping raglan lines, at the same time
work on vertical bust darts and then on front neckline
shaping. Read the next three sections before further
working.
BO 9 (10, 10, 11, 12, 14) sts for underarm in the beginning
of the next RS row. Work the row until the end and turn.
BO 9 (10, 10, 11, 12, 14) sts in the beginning of the next WS
row. Work until last 2 sts and purl 2 tog., turn work. Slip the
selvage st, k1, k3tog, k until last 6 sts, sl2 k1 psso, k1, k2tog.
Turn and work WS row. Continue raglan lines shaping making
single and double decreases as follows.

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