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Ribbon Halter: "Santo Domingo"
Design by Gina Griffin

I started off wanting a halter that I wasn't ashamed to be seen in. This one turned out to be a tiny, sexy little halter, and I love it. But I might have to save it for vacation, only!

Level of Difficulty
Easy

Gauge
4 Stitches X 5 Rows = 1 inch on #9 US needles

Materials
US size #9 (5.5mm) needles
145 yds. Of Crystal Palace Party (ribbon)
Tapestry Needle

Chest Sizes: 32” (34”, 36”)

Instructions
Using #9 US needle, CO 104 (112, 120) sts. Work in seed st. for 1”. Switch to St. St., keeping first and last 4 st. in seed st. AT THE SAME TIME, increase 1 st. at the beg. And end of each row until you have 126 (134, 142) st. Continue as established until piece measures 3” from bottom edge.

Next RS Row: BO 22 st. in seed st. Work 12 st. in seed st. K66. Work rem 22 st. in St. st. Next WS Row: BO 22 st. in seed st. Continue as established to end of row.

Next WS Row: K2 tog 2X at beg and end of row, keeping st. as established.

Repeat this row until you have 6 seed st. on each side.

Next Row: Work 2 tog. 2X at beg. and end each of row, until you have 74 st.

K2 tog. at beg and end of each row, keeping first and last 4 st. in seed st, until you have 40 st. Work last 4 rows as seed st. BO.

Finishing: Cut 6 lengths of ribbon, each 25”. Separate into two groups of three strands, for braiding. Knot three strands at one end, leaving a 2” tail. Braid strip until about 4” are left free. Knot strands together. Repeat with remaining 3 strands. Tie one strand into each corner of front, leaving the 2” tail showing.

Weave in any stray ends.

Gina is from the Dirty South. She is a FT graphic designer, PT student, and is working on a theorem to warp the space time continuum so that she can work more knitting into her life. Her passion is finding ways to meld ethnic symbology into traditional forms of knitting.

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