Short dress or tunic with straight skirt, very short sleeves and stribes. Needle: 2 mm circular needle (using magic loop) or double-pointed needles Yarn: Jarbo mini akryl/ akryl print. If you knit in stripes use one skein of each colour. If not, you only need one skein. Gauge: 28st and 34 rows on 2 mm needle Buttom up knitted dress. I used the two colours yellow and white. They are marked (Y) and (W) in the pattern. If you want a longer skirt add 6 rows by repeating rows 9-14. Begin with the skirt: CO 56 st. Place marker and knit in rounds. (Y) Row: 1-2 Garter stitch: P56, sm, K56 3 P56 (W) 4-5 K56 6-8 K56 (continue knitting the rounds) (Y) 9-11 (W) 12-14 (Y) 15-17 (W) 18-20 (Y) 21 K2tog all st in the round (W) 22 K3, K2tog, K4, K2tbl, K6, K2tog, K4, K2tbl, K3 Now continue into the top. When you change colour, break the yarn and leave an end for sewing in. Start with the opening in the back: 23 Turn work and purl on the wrong side; P24 24 K24 (Y) 25 P24 26 K7, M10 (means make 10st by making loops), K11, M10, K6 (44st) 27 P5, P2tog, pm, P2tbl, P6, P2tog, pm, P2tbl, P7, P2tog, pm,P2tbl, P6, P2tog, pm, P2tbl, P4 (W) (38st) 28 K3, K2tbl, sm, K2tog, K4, K2tbl, sm, K2tog, K5, K2tbl, sm,K2tog, K4, K2tbl, sm, K2tog, K4 (28st) 29 P3, P2tog, sm, P2tbl, P2, P2tog, sm, P2tbl, P3, P2tog, sm,P2tbl, P2, P2tog, sm, P2tbl, P2 (20st) 30 K3, sm, K2tog, K2tbl, sm, K5, sm, K2tog, K2tbl, sm, K4 (Y) (16st) 31 BO all st purlwise Sew in ends. Sew in buttons or pearl in the back opening and make a loop of chain stitches with a crochet hook size 2-3 mm.
