Lace Top with Leaf Yoke

Size: 38 (US size M/8)

200 g of yarn Nako Lady; knitting needles: size 4.5 mm (US size 7 / UK size 7); crochet hook: size 3 mm (US size D-3 / UK size 11)

Stockinette stitch: knit on right side rows, purl on wrong side rows.

Cast on 78 stitches and work in stockinette stitch.

After reaching a length of 38 cm, begin shaping the armholes by decreasing 1 stitch on each side every other row, a total of 21 times.

Continue knitting until the total height is 57 cm, then bind off.

Begin at the neckline. 

Work 5 chain stitches and join to form a ring. 

Into each ring, crochet 7 single crochet stitches.

Arrange the stitches as follows: (knit 1, yarn over) 6 times, end with knit 1.

Work following the first chart.

Starting from row 27, decrease 1 stitch on each side every other row, a total of 23 times.

After completing the first chart, continue with the remaining stitches using the second chart until finished.

The front measures 32 cm in length.

Cast on 60 stitches and work following the second chart.

For the sleeve caps, decrease 1 stitch on each side every other row, a total of 23 times.

When the length reaches 15 cm, bind off.

Crochet one round of single crochet around the neckline. 

In the next round, skip 1 stitch, make 1 double crochet into the next stitch, then work a picot (3 chain stitches joined into a loop with a slip stitch) on top of each double crochet. 

Then skip 1 stitch and repeat the sequence.

Work the same edging around the sleeve openings and the bottom edge of the top.