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Finished
June 12, 2015
September 21, 2015

Sunflower

Project info
My Design
Crochet
Tops → Sleeveless Top
Dress
Myself
Small
Hooks & yarn
3.5 mm (E)
3.75 mm (F)
4.0 mm (G)
Juniper Moon Farm Findley
1.1 skeins = 877.8 yards (802.7 meters), 110 grams
Yellow
Notes

This dress is a variation of my Mint Dress with collar and sleeve detail from my Chrysanthemum Dress. This is also my first time working with wool lace and found it behaves much differently than cotton.

Finally washed, blocked, and lined. Didn’t realize how much this wool/silk yarn can stretch out during washing - must have added 12”-16” in length.

Thanks to my friend Krista for modeling the dress for me. She totally rocked this dress.

November 15, 2015

Nearly 6 months pregnant and this dress still fits comfortably due to the wool/silk blend’s amazing ability to stretch and the stretchy nature of open lacework. At first I was afraid I had stretched the length of the dress out too much during blocking but the extra length actually accommodates for my extra width quite nicely. As the dress stretches out horizontally it shortens.

January 27, 2016

I really love how this dress and this yarn turned out. It still fits comfortably and look great at 37 weeks pregnant. It’s also been my go-to special occasion maternity dress.

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Finished
June 12, 2015
September 21, 2015
 
About this pattern
Personal pattern (not in Ravelry)
About this yarn
Findley
by Juniper Moon Farm
Lace
50% Silk, 50% Merino
798 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: August 20, 2015
  • Finished: September 22, 2015
  • Updated: January 30, 2016