This little Santa-inspired dress would be adorable for those Christmas card photos, or to wear for pictures with Santa.

Pair with Christmas-y tights, in candy canes, or stripes, for a cute little Santa’s helper outfit.

Use snowflake buttons on the front to add a little personality, or change it up with Christmas ornaments, candy canes or gingerbread men.

Knit in the round in one piece from the top down, this dress is simply seamless.

Pick a sparkly yarn, like Caron Simply Soft Party in Red for a more glitzy version; or knit in green for a less expected, but still holiday-inspired dress.

Measurements of dress; meant to be worn with 1-2” of positive ease:
Chest circumference (yarn requirements):
2T: 22” (650 yds red, 150 yds white)
3T: 23.5” (725 yds red, 190 yds white)
4: 24.5” (825 yds red, 250 yds white)
5: 26” (950 yds red, 300 yds white)

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ERRATA:
Corrected 10/18/15 (new pdf version has update.) For those who downloaded it prior to that, here is the correction:
Hood Shaping, after knitting stockinette stitch for 6” or 7”
• Knit 34 (34, 37, 40), slip 1 knitwise, k1, psso, turn.
• Shaping row 1: Slip 1 purlwise, p 13 (13, 15, 17), p2 tog, turn.
• Shaping row 2: slip 1 purlwise, k 13 (13, 15, 17), slip 1 knitwise, k1, psso, turn.
o Repeat shaping rows 1 and 2 10 (10, 12, 14) times more, then repeat row 1 once more. There will be 6 unworked stitches left on each side.
• Shaping row 32: Slip 1 purlwise, k 13 (13, 15, 17), slip 1 knitwise, k2 tog, psso, turn.
• Shaping row 33: Slip 1 purlwise, p 13 (13, 15, 17), p 3 tog, turn.
o Repeat rows 32 and 33 until 15 (15, 17, 19) stitches remain.
• Cut yarn, leaving 15 (15, 17, 19) stitches on the needle.
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