This dress is knitted from the top down, using a provisional cast on and picked up stitches to minimise the need for any sewing up at the end. You work the top part of the back first, then pick up stitches from there to work the top part of the front. These are then joined to work in the round from the armholes down to the bottom edge. Step-by-step illustrated instructions of the provisional cast-on are included in the magazine.