Knit our Short Sleeved Dress, Sleeveless Dress and Bonnet suitable to fit a doll or baby.

Design
Both dresses have a pinecone pattern to the skirt and a sand stitch hemline.
For the Short Sleeved Dress, the front, back and sleeves are knitted separately on straight needles and sewn together. Stitches are picked up to complete the neckline and for the opening at the back. For the Sleeveless Dress, the front and back are knitted separately on straight needles and sewn together. Stitches are picked up to finish off the armhole edges.
Stitches are picked up for the back borders for both dresses.
A matching Bonnet is also included.

Sizes
The pattern includes 3 sizes to fit a doll: 41-51 cms or 16-20 inches. Also suitable for a baby in sizes: premature, (newborn, 0-3 months 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 46 cms/18 inches size knitted using Rico Baby Classic DK in shade Light Green (027) and Dusky Pink (040).

Tension
22 sts and 30 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
2 (3, 3) buttons for Short Sleeved Dress and Sleeveless Dress
Satin ribbon for Bonnet
Stitch holders
Stitch markers

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