Summer Flowers Dress for American Girl by Carla Cuadros

Summer Flowers Dress for American Girl

Knitting
August 2011
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch
US 2 - 2.75 mm
210 yards (192 m)
One
English
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This pattern fits 18” American Girl dolls.

The dress is started at the underarm with a provisional cast on, then worked in the round towards the hem. A series of increases that start at the waist make the skirt flare; a band of garter stitch finishes the hem. The bodice stitches are then picked up, and the ribbed neckline is worked to the top of the shoulders.

This pattern requires about 200 yards of self-striping sock yarn.

Techniques Used:
• Knit
• Purl
• Increasing (M1)
• Provisional cast-on
• Knitting in the round

Hazel Rose Spencer graciously test knit this pattern.

See her version here:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/HazelRose/summer-flowers-...

And she has posted a video on how to cast on for the armhole here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufIoFvRZTj4