The Nawara Dress is knit seamlessly top-down, first by working flat to create the bow opening and then joined in the round after the raglan increases. The stranded colourwork forms little flowers (did you know that ‘nawara’ means ‘flower’ in Tunisian). The short sleeves are knit using the magic loop method, with an I-cord bind-off that matches the body. The final touch will be knitting an I-cord to tie a bow at the back of the dress. Don’t worry, this bow is attached to the back of the neck in a safe way that makes it impossible to tighten!

Please note that this is a short dress. If you’d like to add more length, you can do so before the colourwork section.

There is a full YouTube tutorial showing how to knit this dress step-by-step: https://youtu.be/wJIVhed6TCs

MEASUREMENTS

Chest circumference: 17 (18, 19, 20, 21, 22) inches / 43 (45.5, 48, 51, 53.5, 56) cm
Yoke depth: 4 (4.25, 4.5, 4.75, 5, 5.25) inches / 10 (11, 11.5, 12, 12.5, 13) cm
Sleeve length: 1 (1, 1.5, 1.5, 2, 2) inches / 2.5 (2.5, 3.75, 3.75, 5, 5) cm
Total length: 12 (13, 14, 15, 16, 17) inches / 30.5 (33, 35.5, 38, 40.5, 43) cm

YARN

Main colour (C1):
2 (3, 3, 4, 4, 4) skeins of Diamond Luxury Rosemary OR 100g (150g, 150g, 200g, 200g, 200g) of a cotton blend DK weight yarn.

Contrast colour (C2):
1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1) skein of Sandness Garn Alpakka OR 50g (50g, 50g, 50g, 50g, 50g) of DK weight yarn (you won’t need a full 50g and can get by with under 25g of scrap yarn).

NEEDLES

16 inch / 40 cm US6 (4mm) circular needle
32 inch / 80 cm US6 (4mm) circular needle

GAUGE

22 stitches and 30 rounds for 4 inches / 10cm in stockinette ST.

NOTIONS

Tapestry needle, 5 stitch markers, scrap yarn, optional row counter