Spring dress

Gauge 17 st to 4 inch/10cm on 5mm needles
16 st on 5.5 mm needles
Yarn: cotton/hemp mix approx 650-700 grams
Size M

This dress is knitted top down in the round.

Co 100 stitches with smaller needles, slip on marker and start knitting in the round:
R 1: purl
R2: knit
R3: purl
R4-6: knit
R7: (k2 yo) repeat to end
R8-9: knit
R 10: (k3 yo) repeat until last stitch, M1
R11-12: knit
R 13: k5 yo, (k8 yo) repeat until last 3 stitches, k3
R14-15: knit
R 16: k5 yo, (k8 yo) repeat until last 3 stitches, k3
next 6 rounds: knit even, this finishes the yoke

Now seperate the sleeve stitches:
put 48 stitches on waste yarn, Co 4 st by backwards loop for underarm, knit 64 stitches (front), slip 48 stitches on another piece of waste yarn, Co 4 stitches for the underarm, knit 64 stitches (back).
Move marker to the middle of the underarm stitches and place a second marker to the middle of the other underam stitches.

R1: knit
R2: k1, M1, k to 1 stitch before marker, M1, k1, slip marker, k1 M1, k to 1 stitch before marker, M1, k1
R3: knit
R4:  k1, M1, k to 1 stitch before marker, M1, k1, slip marker, k1 M1, k to 1 stitch before marker, M1, k1
R5-17: knit
R18: k1, k2tog, k to 1 stitch before marker, ssk, k1, slip marker, k1, k2 tog, k to 1 stitch before marker, ssk, k1
R 19-21: knit
R 22: as R18
R 23-25: knit
R 26: as R18
R 27-29: knit
R 30: as R 18

Knit even for 26 Rounds.
Place markers after 21st, 22st, 21st for the front and 21 st, 22st, 21 st for the back, marking a middle front and a middle back panel that will stay the same 22 stitches.

Next round M1 :
-1 stitch after side seam marker
-1 stitch before first middle front marker
-1 stitch after second middle front marker
-1 stitch before and after the side seam marker
-1 stitch before the first middle back marker
-1 stitch after the second middle back marker
- 1 stitch before the side seam
Next 5 rounds: knit even

Repeat increase round + 5 knit even rounds 10 times.
You will now have 41/22/41/41/22/41 stitches between markers.

Next 12 rows knit even.
Switch to 5.5mm needles and knit until 1 inch from desired lenght.

Hem:
R1 : purl
R2: knit
R3: purl
R4: knit
R5: purl
R6: knit
R7: BO purlwise

Slip the sleeve stitches on the needle and pick up 4 stitches at the underarm.
R1: purl
R2: knit
R3: Bo purlwise