Charlotte is 4-in-1 cropped top, long top, tunic and dress pattern.

About Design:
Charlotte is a sleeveless summer garment with a square neckline, featuring high waistline with a lace belt, moss stitch upper body, diamond lace pattern for lower body and crochet edge hem. You can choose out of 4 length options: cropped top, long top, tunic or dress.

Construction:
First, the lace belt is worked across the waistline. The edges of the belt are sewn with the mattress stitch. Then the stitches for the upper body are picked up from the selvage stitches of the belt. The upper body is worked in the round bottom up on circular needles, with increases at the sides of the piece, then divided for front and back and finished separately. The shoulders are sewn with mattress stitch. Then the stitches for the lower body are picked up from the selvage stitches of the belt. The lower body is worked top down on circular needles with diamond pattern. There are two options for hem: crochet edge or knitted edge with garter stitch.
Video tutorial is provided for crochet edge.

Gauge:
20 sts and 34 rows to 10 cm (4”) in moss stitch
21 sts and 27 rows to 10 cm (4”) in diamond pattern, with 4.5 mm (US size 7) needles.

Sizes:
1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8) with finished bust circumference 74 (84, 94, 105) (115, 125, 135, 145) cm / 29 (33, 37, 41) (45, 49, 53, 57)”.
Intended to be worn 0-5 cm (0-2”) of negative ease.
The sample is shown in size 2, with 2 cm (1”) of negative ease.

Needles, Hooks and Notions:
• 4 mm (US size 6) needles for working flat
• 4.5 mm (US size 7) circular needles 60 cm (24”)
• 3.5 mm crochet hook (US size E/4)
• stitch markers
• stitch holder
• tapestry needle
Adjust the needle size to obtain gauge.

Yarn:
DK (light weight 3) yarn with gauge 21 sts to 10 cm (4”) in Stockinette stitch.

Main color:
• Cropped Top Version: 170 (195, 222, 243) (271, 297, 320, 348) g / 423 (487, 554, 606) (676, 742, 800, 870) m / 463 (532, 606, 663) (740, 811, 874, 952) yds.
• Long Top Version: 212 (245, 280, 305) (341, 375, 402, 438) g / 530 (613, 700, 762) (851, 936, 1004, 1094) m / 580 (671, 766, 833) (931, 1024, 1098, 1196) yds.
• Tunic Version: 266 (309, 354, 383) (429, 473, 505, 550) g / 665 (773, 884, 958) (1072, 1182, 1262, 1376) m / 727 (845, 967, 1048) (1173, 1292, 1380, 1505) yds.
• Dress Version: 331 (386, 443, 478) (536, 591, 629, 687) g / 828 (965, 1106, 1195) (1339, 1478, 1573, 1717) m / 905 (1056, 1210, 1307) (1464, 1616, 1720, 1877) yds.

Contrasting color:
31 (35, 41, 45) (50, 54, 59, 64) g / 68 (77, 90, 99) (109, 119, 131, 140) m / 74 (85, 98, 109) (119, 130, 143, 153) yds.

The sample is worked in:

Main color: Lana Grossa Pima (100% cotton, 125 m (137 yds)/50 g (1.8 oz)), color 41 White Green.

Contrasting color: Lana Grossa Classico (100% cotton, 110 m (120 yds)/50 g (1.8 oz)), color 22 Pastel Turquoise.

Techniques used:
Knitting: cast on, pick up stitches, knit, purl, knit through back loop, purl through back loop, lifted knot, increases, decreases, bind off, mattress stitch.

Crochet (optional, US terms): chain, single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, single crochet 2 sts together, slip stitch.