A simple seamless dress
by Elin Bergsdottir This is an easy and a fast dress to make, and self striping yarn makes it look a lot more complicated than it really is. This is worked from the bottom up and it is easy to make bigger or smaller. I have also included 3 different sizes 1-2 (2-4, 4-6) years. The best thing about this simple dress is that it is almost ready to wear after casting off, you only have to weave in 4 ends. I had to try this self striping yarn, it is Cewec's silver dream and is 100% acrylic, I however do love using wool, but my daughter loves the colors and does not mind it is not wool. If however made with wool it would be a nice and warm dress to wear. 1-2 (2-4, 4-6) years
1 (1,2) skeins Sport / 5 ply (12 wpi) yarn (Silver dream)
Recommended needles
One round needle US size 7 - 4,5mm (60cm) 10 sts markers,
Abbreviations
K- knit p- purl sts- stitches yo- yarn over 2tog- knit 2 sts together (left loop on top) Ssk- slip, slip, knit together (right loop on top) Co- cast on Bo- bind off
Instructions:
The dress is knit bottom up. Start by casting on 140 (160, 180) sts, connect and knit in the round Ist round: Place marker \*kl, pl\* rep from\*to\* 2 nd round: knit all sts Repeat last two rounds total 3 times. Knit 10 (12, 14) rounds Next round: \*knit 2tog knit 12 (14, 16) place marker\* rep from \* to\* Knit 10 (12, 14) rounds Next round: \*knit 2tog knit to marker\* rep from\* to\* Rep last 2 lines total 3 (3, 4) times (total 100 (120, 140) sts on needles) Knit 8 (10, 14) rounds Next round \*knit 2tog, knit to marker\*, repeat from \*to \* (Total 90 (110, 140) sts on needles). Knit 35 (40, 45) rounds (or more depending on how long you want the dress to be)
Armholes
Next round: knit 41 (50,59) sts, Bo 8 (10, 12 )sts, knit 37 (45,53) sts, Bo 8 (10, 12) sts. (Total 74 (90, 106) sts on needles) Place marker, this is now the beginning of the round. Next round: Knit 37 (45, 53) sts, Co 20 (28, 30) sts, knit 37 (45, 53) sts, Co 20 (28, 30) sts. (Total 114 (146, 166) sts 0n needles) Here I cast on by doing YO two times and then slip first yo over = 1 st Knit 4 (5, 7) rounds, Next round: Knit 1st, knit 2tog, knit 30 (38, 46) sts, ssk, knit1 st, place marker, knit 2sts, knit 2tog, knit 13 (21, 23) sts, ssk, knit 1st, place marker, knit 2sts, knit 2tog Knit 30 (38, 46) sts, ssk, knit1 st, place marker, knit 2sts, knit 2tog, knit 13 (21, 23) sts, ssk knit 2sts. Now you have 4 markers where the armhole dec are.
Next round: knit
Next round: knit 1st, knit 2tog, knit until there are 3sts before next marker, \*ssk, knit 1st, pass marker, knit 2sts, knit2tog, knit until there are 3 sts before marker\* rep from \*to\* 3 times, ssk, knit 2sts, pass marker Next round: knit all sts Rep last two rounds total of 5 (7, 9) times, then there are 66 (82, 86) sts on the needles. Next row: knit 1, purl 1 Next row: knit Rep last two rows 3 times, and then Bo all Sts Weave in loose ends and you are done Enjoy Please let me know if you have any questions of find any errors in this pattern The copyright of this pattern remains with the author. This pattern is provided free for personal home use only. It should not be sold. Commercial use of this pattern is a violation of the copyright. Selling products made from this pattern or distributing this pattern in any manner is prohibited under the copyright unless express written permission has been granted by the author.
