cute as a button
This quirky knit is perfect for the warmer days of spring
MEASUREMENTS
To fit bust 81-86(92-97:102-107)cm; Finished measurements Bust 97(102:107) cm; Length to shoulder 51(53:55)cm; Sleeve seam 30(32:34)cm.
MATERIALS
9(10:11) 50g balls Debbie Bliss Cotton Denim DK in Milk 06.
Pair 3.75mm knitting needles. 17(18:18) small buttons.
TENSION
22 sts and 30 rows to 10cm square over st-st using 3.75mm needles.
ABBREVIATIONS
cm centimetres; dec decrease; foll following; inc increase; k knit; m1 make one st by picking up and working into back of loop lying between st just worked and next st; p purl; patt pattern;
rep repeat; RS right side; ssk [slip 1] twice, insert tip of left-hand needle from left to right through the fronts of both slipped sts and work 2 tog; st(s) stitch(es); st-st stocking stitch; tog together; yf yarn forward to make one st between k sts; WS wrong side.
NOTE
The right side of the top is worked in one piece from the lower front up to the underarm where the sts for the sleeves are cast on, then up and over the shoulder and down the back, the sleeve sts are then cast off for the underarm and the body is worked down to the lower back edge then cast off, the buttonhole band is worked together with the body along the whole edge, front and back. The left side is worked as a mirror image of the right side, omitting the buttonholes.
RIGHT FRONT and RIGHT BACK (worked in one piece)
With 3.75mm needles, cast on 53(55:57) sts. 1st row (RS) P1, [k1, p1] to end. 2nd
row P to last 5 sts, [k1, p1] twice, k1. Rep these 2 rows twice more. 7th row P1, [k1, p1] twice, k to end. 8th row P to last 5 sts, k1, [p1, k1] twice. These 2 rows form the st-st with ribbed front edge patt and are repeated. Patt 0(4:6) rows.
Buttonhole and side inc row (RS) P1, ssk, yf, k1, p1, k to last 2 sts, m1, k2. Patt 17 rows. Rep the last 18 rows 3 times more and the buttonhole and inc row once again. 58(60:62) sts. Patt 12 rows, so ending with a RS row.
Shape underarm and sleeve
Next row (WS) P2, m1, p to last 5 sts, [k1, p1] twice, k1. Patt 1 row. Rep the last 2 rows once more. Next row P2, m1, p to last 5 sts, [k1, p1] twice, k1. Buttonhole
row (RS) P1, ssk, yf, k1, p1, k to end. Next
row P2, m1, p to last 5 sts, [k1, p1] twice, k1. Patt 1 row. Next row Cast on 8 sts, p to last 5 sts [k1, p1] twice, k1. Patt 1 row. Rep the last 2 rows 5 times more. Next
row (WS) Cast on 14(19:24) sts, k1, [p1, k1] twice, p to last 5 sts, [k1, p1] twice, k1. 124(131:138) sts. Next row P1, [k1, p1] twice, k to last 5 sts, [p1, k1] twice, p1.
Next row K1, [p1, k1] twice, p to last 5 sts, [k1, p1] twice, k1. The last 2 rows now
re-set the patt of st-st with rib at each side. Buttonhole row (RS) P1, ssk, yf, k1, p1, k to last 5 sts, [p1, k1] twice, p1. Patt 17 rows. Rep the last 18 rows once more, then work the buttonhole row once again. Patt 17(7:13) rows. Buttonhole
row (RS) P1, ssk, yf, k1, p1, k to last 5 sts, [p1, k1] twice, p1. Patt 17 rows. 2nd and 3rd sizes only Rep the last 18 rows once more.
All sizes Buttonhole row (RS) P1, ssk, yf, k1, p1, k to last 5 sts, [p1, k1] twice, p1. Patt 2 rows.
Shape sleeve and underarm Next row (WS) Cast off 14(19:24) sts, p to last 5 sts, [k1, p1] twice, k1. Patt 1 row.
Next row Cast off 8 sts, p to last 5 sts, [k1, p1] twice, k1. Rep the last 2 rows 5 times more. Patt 1 row. Next row P2, p2tog, p to last 5 sts [k1, p1] twice, k1. Buttonhole row (RS) P1, skpo, yf, k1, p1, k to end. Next row P2, p2tog, p to last 5 sts, [k1, p1] twice, k1. Patt 1 row. Rep the last 2 rows twice more. 58(60:62) sts. Patt 11 rows. Buttonhole and side dec row (RS) P1, ssk, yf, k1, p1, k to last 4 sts, k2tog, k2. Patt 17 rows. Rep the last 18 rows 3 times more. Buttonhole and side dec row (RS) P1, ssk, yf, k1, p1, k to last 4 sts, k2tog, k2. Patt 3(7:9) rows, so
ending with a WS row. Next row (RS) P1, [k1, p1] to end. Next row P to last 5 sts, [k1, p1] twice, k1. Rep the last 2 rows
once more then the first of these 2 rows again. Cast off in rib across all sts.
LEFT FRONT and LEFT BACK (worked in one piece) With 3.75mm needles, cast on 53(55:57) sts. 1st row (RS) P1, [k1, p1] to end. 2nd
row K1, [p1, k1] twice, p to end. Rep these 2 rows twice more. 7th row (RS) K to last 5 sts, [p1, k1] twice, p1. 8th row K1, [p1, k1] twice, p to end. The last 2 rows form the patt and are repeated. Patt 0(2:4) rows.
Side inc row (RS) K2, m1, k to last 5 sts, [p1, k1] twice, p1. Patt 17 rows. Rep the last 18 rows 3 times more and the side inc row once again. 58(60:62) sts. Patt 11 rows, so ending with a WS row. Shape underarm and sleeve Next row K2, m1, k to last 5 sts, [p1, k1] twice, p1. Patt 1 row. Rep the last 2 rows 3 times more. Cast on 8 sts at beg of next row and 5 foll RS rows. Patt 1 row.
Next row (RS) Cast on 14(19:24) sts, [p1, k1] twice, p1, k to last 5 sts, [p1, k1] twice, p1. 124(131:138) sts. Next row K1, [p1, k1] twice, p to last 5 sts, [k1, p1] twice, k1.
Next row P1, [k1, p1] twice, k to last 5 sts, [p1, k1] twice, p1. The last 2 rows re-set the patt of st-st with rib at each side. Patt a further 75(83:89) rows, so ending with a WS row. Shape sleeve and underarm
Next row Cast off 14(19:24), k to last 5 sts, [p1, k1] twice, p1. Next row K1, [p1, k1] twice, p to end. Next row Cast off 8 sts, k to last 5 sts, [p1, k1] twice, p1. Rep the last 2 rows 5 times more. Patt 1 row.
Next row K2, ssk, k to last 5 sts, [p1, k1] twice, p1. Rep the last 2 rows 3 times more. Patt 13 rows. Side dec row K2, ssk, k to last 5 sts, [p1, k1] twice, p1. Patt 17 rows. Rep the last 18 rows 3 times more, then the side dec row once again. Patt 3(7:9) rows. Next row (RS) P1, [k1, p1] to end. Next row K1, [p1, k1] twice, p to end. Rep the last 2 rows once more, then the first of these 2 rows again. Cast off in rib across all sts.
TO MAKE UP
Join sleeve, underarm and side seams for each front/back. Sew buttons to left front and left back to match the buttonholes on right front and back. Join left piece to right piece by buttoning, leaving buttons open to allow for neck.