Little Hedda

Knitted dress with lace edge and round yoke plus hair bow in garter st in DROPS Cotton Merino. For baby and children in sizes 1 month - 6 years.

DROPS Children 26-14
DROPS design: Pattern no cm-001-bn
Yarn group B
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DRESS:
Size: 1/3 - 6/9 - 12/18 months (2 - 3/4 - 5/6 years)
Size in cm: 56/62 - 68/74 - 80/86 - 92 - 98/104 - 110/116
Materials:
DROPS COTTON MERINO from Garnstudio
200-200-250 (300-300-350) g colour no 06, red

DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE (80 and 40 cm) SIZE 3.5 mm - or size needed to get 22 sts x 30 rows in stocking st = 10 x 10 cm.
DROPS CROCHET HOOK SIZE 3.5 mm - for edges.
DROPS BUTTON: ARCHED (white), NO 521: 2 pieces in all sizes

HAIR BOW:
Measurements: Small approx. 5 x 8 cm Large approx. 9 x 12 cm
Materials:
DROPS COTTON MERINO from Garnstudio
50 g colour no 06, red (small bow weighs approx. 6 and large bow weighs approx. 10 g).

DROPS STRAIGHT NEEDLES SIZE 3.5 mm - or size needed to get 22 sts x 45 rows in garter st = 10 x 10 cm.
ACCESSORY: Silk ribbon or hair pin for fastening the bow.

GARTER ST (worked in the round):
* K 1 round and P 1 round *, repeat from *-*. 1 ridge = 2 rounds.

GARTER ST (back and forth):
K all rows. 1 ridge = 2 rows K.

PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1 to A.4. The diagrams show all rows in pattern seen from RS.

DECREASE TIP:
Dec as follows after 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th marker: Slip 1 st as if to K, K 1, psso (= 1 st dec).
Dec as follows before 3rd, 4th, 6th and 1st marker: Beg 2 sts before marker, K 2 sts tog (= 1 st dec).
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DRESS:
Worked in the round on circular needle from bottom up.
Cast on 217-231-245 (259-280-287) sts on circular needle size 3.5 mm with Cotton Merino. Work 2 ridges in GARTER ST in the round - see explanation above. K 1 round, then continue pattern in the round according to diagram A.1. When A.1 has been worked 1 time vertically, 186-198-210 (222-240-246) sts remain on needle and piece measures approx. 6 cm. K 1 round while AT THE SAME TIME dec 2-4-0 (2-4-2) sts evenly = 184-194-210 (220-236-244) sts.
Now insert 6 markers in the piece as follows: Insert 1st marker at beg of round (= side), 2nd marker after 27-29-32 (33-35-37) sts, 3rd marker after another 38-39-41 (44-48-48) sts, 4th marker after another 27-29-32 (33-35-37) sts (= side), 5th marker after another 27-29-32 (33-35-37) sts, 6th marker after another 38-39-41 (44-48-48) sts (27-29-32 (33-35-37) sts remain on round after last marker). Work in stocking st and move the markers upwards when working. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION
When piece measures 8 cm, dec 1 st on each side of 1st and 4th marker, dec 1 st after 2nd and 5th marker and 1 st before 3rd and 6th marker – READ DECREASE TIP (= 8 sts dec). Repeat dec every 1½-1½-2 (2-2-2½) cm 11-11-12 (12-13-13) times in total = 96-106-114 (124-132-140) sts. Remove the 6 markers and insert 1 new marker at beg of round and 1 marker after 48-53-57 (62-66-70) sts (= sides). When piece measures 24-25-30 (33-36-40) cm (dec should now be done), work pattern in the round according to diagram A.2. When A.2 has been worked 1 time vertically, work in stocking st. When piece measures 28-29-34 (37-40-44) cm, work 2 ridges in garter st over the middle 10-10-12 (12-14-14) sts in each side (i.e. over 5-5-6 (6-7-7) sts on each side of both markers – NOTE: Work the other sts in stocking st as before). On next round after the 2 ridges, cast off the middle 6-6-8 (8-10-10) sts in each side for armholes (i.e. 3-3-4 (4-5-5) sts on each side of both markers) = 42-47-49 (54-56-60) sts remain on front and back piece. Cut the yarn.

YOKE:
Insert 1 marker – NOW MEASURE PIECE FROM HERE.
Beg mid back and K over sts on half back piece, cast on 36-38-44 (46-50-56) sts over one armhole, K over front piece, cast on 36-38-44 (46-50-56) sts over the other armhole and K until mid back again = 156-170-186 (200-212-232) sts. Now work piece back and forth on circular needle from mid back as follows: K 3 rows while AT THE SAME TIME on 1st row (= WS) dec 2-2-4 (4-2-8) sts evenly = 154-168-182 (196-210-224) sts. Work next row as follows from RS: 2 edge sts in garter st, work pattern according to diagram A.4 until 5 sts remain, finish with the first 3 sts in A.4 and 2 edge sts in garter st. Continue pattern like this. AT THE SAME TIME when piece measures 3-4-5 (6-7-8) cm from marker, dec all 4 P to 3 P by P the first 2 sts in every P-section tog. Repeat dec in every P-section when piece measures 5-6-7 (8-9-10) and 6-7-8 (9-10-11) cm = 91-99-107 (115-123-131) sts remain and there is only 1 P between every eyelet row. When piece measures approx. 7-8-9 (10-11-12) cm – adjust so that next row is a row with holes, work A.3 from RS over all sts (continue 2 edge sts in garter st as before) = 47-51-55 (59-63-67) sts remain.

NECK EDGE:
Work 2 ridges back and forth over all sts and then LOOSELY cast off.

ASSEMBLY:
Crochet 2 buttonhole straps along left side on opening at the back.
1 buttonhole strap = work with hook size 3.5 mm and Cotton Merino as follows: 1 dc in edge st at the top by neck, 4 ch and then 1 sl st in same st as dc was worked, fasten off. Work another strap in the middle along opening. Sew buttons on to the right side of opening.

CROCHET EDGE:
Work a finishing edge around the bottom of dress on hook size 3.5 mm as follows: 1 ch in first st, * 3 ch, 1 tr in 1st ch worked, skip 2-3 sts, 1 dc in next st *, repeat from *-* the entire round and finish with 1 sl st in 1st dc from beg of round. Fasten off.
Work a similar edge at the bottom around yoke - i.e. work along bottom ridge on yoke and then along both sleeve edges.

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HAIR BOW:
Numbers in ( ) applies to large bow.
Cast on 10 (20) sts on needle size 3.5 mm with Cotton Merino. Work in GARTER ST – see explanation above – back and forth until piece measures 8 (12) cm, cast off.

MIDDLE BAND:
Cast on 10 (15) sts on needle size 3.5 mm and work 4 (5) ridges. Cast off. Sew the short ends tog to form a ring.

Pull the bow through the ring and fasten the two parts tog with a couple of stitches. Fasten bow with a silk ribbon or a hair pin with a couple of stitches.

Diagram explanations

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