Elizabeth Dress for Dakota (Size 4/5)
Finished
July 2010
August 17, 2010

Elizabeth Dress for Dakota (Size 4/5)

Project info
The Elizabeth Tunic by Amy Curletto
Knitting
TopsSleeveless Top
Dress
Dakota
4/5
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
Family Roots Willow Merino - TIHMILY w/pink VII + pink trim
393 yards in stash
1.43 skeins = 357.5 yards (326.9 meters), 161 grams
TIHMILY w/pink
Notes

18/8 - Washed, blocking and drying.

17/8 - Ignored the pooling and finished the dress. I’m glad I kept going with this instead of frogging it completely.

16/8 - Decided to soldier on and continue.

Took a long break, was getting very frustrated with changing balls every 2 rows.

5/7 - Into the 2nd repeat of the body increase round the colourway has started to pool. Winding up second skein tonight and will hopefully stop the pooling process.

4/7 - As this pattern only goes up to 3T I am improvising a size 4/5 for my daughter.

Mod notes: To achieve a size 5 I’m using size 4 & 5 mm needles, following the 3T size on the pattern.

I have added 4 rows to the Yoke, 2 rows to back A & B and 2 more rows to front side.

Instead of doing backward loop cast on to increase I have chosen to use KRL from the back of the loop, it’s much more invisible in comparison.

Added 2 more rows in garter stitch to the hemline.

Finished measurements
Chest - 23in. (59cm)
Dress length - 21in. (53cm)

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  • Project created: July 4, 2010
  • Updated: August 20, 2010
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