Moonlight Dress Detachable Straps Knitting Pattern

Part of Moonlight Dress Set



Yarn information
- Name: Bianca
- Fiber content: 100 % acrylic
- Color: Black-Brown-Gray Mix (#136)
- Weight: 100 grams
- Number of yards/meters per 100 grams: 284 yards / 260 meters
- Skeins: 2.5

Needle information
- Type: Regular Single Pointed Needles and Cable Needle
- Size: 4 mm / US #6

Knitting pattern
Button hole note:
Only if the straps have to be detachable.
In the third row, knit in a button hole by casting of the 6th and the 7th stitch. In the next row, and two stitches in the same place. Add a second button hole in third last row of the straps.

Right Strap:
Cast on 12 stitches
Row 1: Knit all stitches
Row 2: Purl all stitches
Row 3: Knit all stitches
Row 4: Purl all stitches
Row 5: Put first 3 stitches on cable needle and keep it behind work. Knit 3 stitches. Knit 3 stitches of cable needle. Put 3 stitches on cable needle and keep it behind work again. Knit 3 stitches. Knit 3 stitches of cable needle. End of row.
Row 6: Purl all stitches
Repeat from row 1, until … cable units are knit. Knit until row 4 and leave right strap on needle and start knitting the left strap.

Left Strap:
Cast on 12 stitches
Row 1: Knit all stitches
Row 2: Purl all stitches
Row 3: Knit all stitches
Row 4: Purl all stitches
Row 5: Put first 3 stitches on cable needle and keep it in front of work. Knit 3 stitches. Knit 3 stitches of cable needle. Put 3 stitches on cable needle and keep it in front of work again. Knit 3 stitches. Knit 3 stitches of cable needle. End of row.
Row 6: Purl all stitches
Repeat from row 1, until … cable units are knit. Knit until row 4.

Now the straps will come together as following:
Make sure that the right strap is on the right side of the needle and the left strap is on the left. Thus, the stitches of the right strap are knitted first. The 24 (12+12) stitches will be treated as one piece now for a few cable units. This means the cable structure will be different:
Row 1: Put 3 stitches on a cable needle in front of the work. Knit 3 stitches. Knit 3 stitches of cable needle. Put 6 stitches on a cable needle in front of the work and knit 3 stitches. Knit 3 stitches of cable needle and hold the cable needle with the remnant 3 stitches in front of the work. Knit 3 stitches. Knit the 3 stitches of the cable needle. Put 3 stitches on the cable needle. Knit 3 stitches. Knit 3 stitches of the cable needle. End of row.
Row 2: Purl all stitches
Row 3: Knit all stitches
Row 4: Purl all stitches
Row 5: Knit all stitches
Row 6: Knit all stitches
Repeat from row 1, until … cable units are knit. Knit row 1 for a last time. Separate the straps again (12-12 stitches). Knit further as in the first part of the pattern until each strap is long enough to fit your body.