Children’s Short Sleeved and Sleeveless Dress Knitting Pattern to fit from birth to 7 years old
Pinecone pattern and button opening at the back
Knitted using cotton DK wool (but you can substitute for regular 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 pinecone design and a sand stitch hem. The front and back are knitted separately on straight needles and sewn together. Stitches are picked up for the neckband and 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 cotton double knitting wool (an alternative yarn for overseas knitters would be USA light worsted or Australian 8 ply), but you can substitute for regular DK yarn.
The picture shows the 0-6 months size knitted using Rico Baby Cotton Soft DK in shade Mauve (048) for Short Sleeved Dress and Smokey Rose (047) 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.