Short Sleeved Dress and Sleeveless Dress to fit a child from birth to 7 years old
Pretty little flower pattern and button opening at the back
Knitted using double knitting wool
Pattern is written in English

Knit our Short Sleeved and Sleeveless Dress suitable to fit a child from birth to 7 years old.

Design:
The dress has a little flower design and moss stitch edgings. The front and back are knitted separately and sewn together. The moss stitch neckband is added by picking up stitches. Stitches are picked up for the button band at the back. You then have the option of either short sleeves which are knitted separately and sewn onto the dress or picking up stitches for a moss stitch armhole edge band.

Sizes:
The pattern includes 6 sizes to fit child: 0-6 mths, 6-12 mths, 1-2 yrs, 2-3 yrs, 4-5 yrs and 6-7 years old.

Yarn:
The pattern uses double knitting wool (an alternative yarn for overseas knitters would be USA light worsted or Australian 8 ply).
The picture shows the 6-12 months size knitted using Sirdar Snuggly DK in shade Pebble (524) for Short Sleeved Dress and Precious (187) for the Sleeveless Dress.

Skill:
Intermediate. Written instructions provided.

Tension:
22 sts and 28 rows to 4 inches/10 cm (stocking stitch) on 4 mm needles or size needed to achieve stated tension.

Needles:
Sizes 3.25 mm and 4.0 mm (USA 3 and 6) straight needles are required.

Other requirements:
3 (3, 3, 3, 4, 4) buttons for each dress
Stitch holders

Please note the pattern is written in English using British terminology.