Elspeth
by Ruth Maddock
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Elspeth
by Ruth Maddock
THIS CHARMING dress for little girls aged from birth to three years features a sweet lace collar in a contrasting colour. It is knitted in easy-care aran-weight wool from Patons. The design features an inverted pleat down the centre front, a buttoned opening at the back neck, and garter stitch edgings. The collar is knitted in a 4ply cotton yarn, which is worked separately then joined on to the dress as the neck edging is worked.
To fit chest:
18 19 20 21 22 inches
Actual chest:
21½ 22½ 24¼ 25¼ 27 inches
Calls for:
Merino Extrafine Aran (CHERRY) 5 6 6 7 8 x50g balls
Merino Extrafine Cotton DK (ECRU) 1 1 1 1 1 x50g balls
About this yarn
by Patons UK
Aran
100% Merino
93 yards
/
50
grams
173 projects
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153 times
rating
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3.9
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42 votes
About this yarn
by Patons UK
DK
50% Cotton, 50% Merino
131 yards
/
50
grams
91 projects
stashed
62 times
rating
of
4.3
from
17 votes
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