Most knitted toddler dress patterns have an intricate yoke and then acres of Stockinette stitch in a skirt. If you’re like me, your girlie has grown on to the next size in the pattern before you’ve gotten that Stockinette done. This pattern focuses on the fun of knitting an intricate yoke and then dashes to the finish with a coordinating cotton skirt. Your girl will be whirling and twirling in her new dress in a flash!

Required Skills
Basic knitting skills, Stockinette, Reverse Stockinette, provisional cast-on, working simple lace from chart or written instructions, picking up sts, slipped sts, short rows, buttonholes, knit-on I-cord edging, hemming, hand sewing

Finished Measurements
Knit Bodice:
Chest: 23 25, 26, 27” (58.5 63.5, 66, 68.5 cm)
Back length: 8 8.5, 9, 9.5” (20.5 21.5, 23, 24 cm)

Supplies
• Knit bodice: stitch markers (4), stitch holders (2) or waste yarn, yarn needle
• Fabric skirt: 18” x 44” (45.5 cm x 112 cm) of Nancy Mims Free to Grow Organic Fabric (100% organic cotton) in Spring, coordinating .25” (7 mm) buttons (3), sewing needle, sewing thread, , 40” (101.5 cm) of Heat ‘n Bond iron-on hem tape