Pullover or mini-dress? Let's just say striped dress, a garment for all occasions. Pair it with opaque leggings for a sophisticated purist look.

Size: 34/36, 38/40, and 42/44. Figures for sizes 38/40 and 42/44 are given in parentheses, in ascending order, separated by a dash. If only one figure is given, it applies for all sizes.

Materials: ITO “Kinu” (100% silk, approx. 425 m/ 472 yds/ 50 g) 200 (200-250) g each of White, col 121, and Black, col 120; addi knitting needles, size 3 mm (US 2-3).

Rib pattern: k 2, p 2 alternately.

Size: approx. 145 x 128 cm/57" x 50¹/₂''.

Materials: Austermann “Softy“ (98% virgin wool, 2% polyamide, approx. 53 m/60 yds/50 g): 1200 g of light gray, col 21.8249-07; small amount of contrasting yarn of a similar weight; addi circular knitting needle, size 15 mm (US 19), 120 cm/48" long.

Garter stitch: k RS and WS rows.

Stocking stitch: k RS rows, p WS rows

Chain stitch selvage: k the 1st st of every row and slip the last st of every row, with the yarn in front of the needle.

Size: 34/36, 38/40, and 42/44. Figures for sizes 38/40 and 42/44 are given in parentheses, in ascending order, separated by a dash. If only one figure is given, it applies for all three sizes.

Materials: Austermann Wolle “Natura” (46% wool, 28% viscose/rayon, 12% cotton, 7% alpaca, 7% mohair, approx. 100 m/111 yds/50 g) 300 (350-400)g of natural, col 01, and 50 g of Teal, col 11; Prym knitting needles, size 8 mm (US 11) and 1 circular needle, size 8 mm, 40 cm/16'' long.

Rib pattern: k 1, p 1 alternately.

Stocking stitch: k RS rows, p WS rows

Size: 34, 36/38, and 40/42. Figures for sizes 36/38 and 40/42 are given in parentheses, in ascending order, separated by a dash. If only one figure is given, it applies for all three sizes.

Materials: Schoeller + Stahl “Limone” (100% cotton, approx. 125 m/140 yds/50 g): 500 (550- 600) g of lime green, col 153; 1.5 m/60'' of green satin ribbon, 20 mm/³/₄" wide; 1 addi crochet hook, size 3.5 mm (USE/4).

Treble with base loop: Crochet 4 ch, make 1 yarn round hook (yrh), insert hook in the 1st ch, draw 1 loop through, and crochet off with 1 yrh. Then crochet off 2 loops twice, as for normal tr. For each new tr, make 1 yrh and insert hook in the base loop of the last tr with base loop.

Size: for head circumference of approx. 56 - 60 cm/22¹/₄" - 23³/₄".

Materials: Austermann “Algarve” (100% cotton, approx. 142 m/158750 g) 150 g of pink, col 50; Prym circular knitting needles, sizes 3 mm and 3.5 mm (US 2-3 and 4-5), each 50 cm/20" long, set of double pointed needles (dpn), size 3.5 mm.

Stocking stitch: in rnds, k all rnds.

Eyelet pattern: k 2 tog 2 and 1 yo alternately.

Lace pattern: Work in rnds, foil the chart. Only the pattern rnds are shown. Always read these from right to left. In the intermediate rnds (not shown), k all sts and yo's. Horizontally, rep the patt rep 10 times. Vertically, work rnds 1 - 60 once.