Friday Dress has a relaxed fit with dropped shoulders. The dress is knitted seamlessly top down with stockinette stitch. Friday Dress is an easy pattern and it’s suitable for beginners as well as seasoned knitters who want to enjoy the flow of work and have a simple yet contemporary outcome.

The Dress is started at the back neck and increased to the full width of the back. Then the stitches are picked up along the sloped shoulders for the fronts. The pieces are joined at the underarm and the body is knitted in one piece. The sleeve stitches are picked up from the body and worked in the round.

The length of the body and sleeves are easily modified to suit your own measurements. You get to choose the length of the dress - or make it even a Friday Sweater if you wish!

SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
Finished bust circumference: 100 (110, 120, 130, 140) (150, 160, 170, 180) cm / 39 (43, 47, 51, 55) (59, 63, 67, 71) inches including positive ease of 15 - 20 cm / 6 - 8 inches
Length from hem to underarm (adjustable): 50 cm / 20 inches
Sleeve length from cuff to underarm (adjustable): 45 cm / 17.75 inches
Upper arm circumference: 34 (36, 38, 40, 43) (46, 49, 52, 55) cm / 13.5 (14, 15, 15.75, 17) (18, 19.25, 20.5, 21.75) inches

YARN
1550 (1600, 1600, 1650, 1700) (1750, 1800, 1900, 2000) m / 1700 (1750, 1750, 1800, 1850) (1900, 2000, 2100, 2200) yards of fingering weight yarn and
1550 (1600, 1600, 1650, 1700) (1750, 1800, 1900, 2000) m / 1700 (1750, 1750, 1800, 1850) (1900, 2000, 2100, 2200) yards of lace weight yarn
OR
1550 (1600, 1600, 1650, 1700) (1750, 1800, 1900, 2000) m / 1700 (1750, 1750, 1800, 1850) (1900, 2000, 2100, 2200) yards of DK weight yarn

Sample: 8 (8, 9, 9, 9) (9, 9, 10, 10) skeins of Novita Soft Merino 4Ply (100% merino wool, 200 m / 219 yards per 50g), shown in colourway 618 sandbank
and 7 (8, 8, 8, 8) (8, 8, 9, 9) skeins of Novita Tuuli Mohair
(60% mohair, 40% viscose; 225 m / 246 yards per 25 g), shown in colorway 604 reflection.

NEEDLES
3 mm / US 2.5 DPNs or circular needles with a cable of 40 cm / 16 inches for the neck ribbing
3 mm / US 2.5 DPNs or circular needles with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for the cuffs
4 mm / US 6 circular needles with a cable of at least 80 cm / 32 inches for the hem
4 mm / US 6 DPNs or circular needles with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for the sleeves

GAUGE
21 sts and 28 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches of stockinette stitch on larger needles, after blocking.