Miss Cookie

Knitted dress for babies and children in DROPS BabyMerino. The piece is worked top down with Nordic pattern. Sizes 6 months – 6 years.

DROPS Children 32-2
DROPS Design: Pattern no bm-012-bn
Yarn group A
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Sizes: 6/9 - 12/18 months (2 - 3/4 - 5/6) years
Sizes equivalent to approx. height of child in cm:
68/74 - 80/86 (92 - 98/104 - 110/116)
Materials:
DROPS BABYMERINO from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
150-200 (200-200-250) g colour 16, red
50-50 (100-100-100) g colour 02, off white

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ACCESSORIES FOR THE PIECE:

KNITTING TENSION:
24 stitches in width and 32 rows in height with stocking stitch = 10 x 10 cm.

NEEDLES:
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 3 MM: length 40 cm and 80 cm.
The needle size is only a guide. If you have too many stitches on 10 cm, change to a larger needle size. If you have too few stitches on 10 cm, change to a smaller needle size.

EXPLANATIONS FOR THE PATTERN:

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RIDGE/GARTER STITCH (worked back and forth):
1 ridge = Knit 2 rows.

PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1 to A.5. The pattern is worked in stocking stitch.

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START THE PIECE HERE:

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DRESS - SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
The piece is worked in the round, top down. You first work a belt with lining and pattern, then the skirt is worked downwards. You work a lining at bottom of skirt with pattern. The braces are worked back and forth (sideways) and sewn on to finish.

LINING (for belt):
Cast on 108-120 (132-144-156) stitches with circular needle size 3 mm and red. Work stocking stitch in the round. When the piece measures 10 cm, work the next round as follows: * Knit 2 together, 1 yarn over *, work from *-* to end of round (= folding edge). The yarn overs are not worked twisted on the next round - there will be holes. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!

BELT:
Then work A.1 (= 12 stitches) over all stitches (= 9-10 (11-12-13) times in width). When A.1 has been worked 1 time in height, the belt measures approx. 11 cm and the piece a total of 22 cm (including lining).

SKIRT:
THE PIECE IS NOW MEASURED FROM HERE!
Work with red as follows: * knit 1, 1 yarn over *, work from *-* to end of round = 216-240 (264-288-312) stitches. The yarn overs are not worked twisted on the next round - there will be holes.
Work A.2 (= 8 stitches) over all stitches (= 27-30 (33-36-39) times in width).
When the skirt measures 14-17 (20-23-27) cm and the piece a total of 36-39 (42-45-49) cm (including lining) - there is now approx. 8 cm left to finished length (you can continue to desired length) - work A.3 over all stitches (= 18-20 (22-24-26) times in width). When A.3 has been worked 1 time in height, the skirt measures approx. 22-25 (28-31-35) cm and the piece a total of 44-47 (50-53-57) cm (including lining).

LINING (bottom edge):
Work with off white as follows: * knit 2 together, 1 yarn over *, work from *-* to end of round (= folding edge). THE PIECE IS NOW MEASURED FROM HERE! The yarn overs are not worked twisted on next round, there will be holes. Work A.4 (= 12 stitches) over all stitches (= 18-20 (22-24-26) times in width). When A.4 has been worked 1 time in height, continue working in red. Work until the lining measures 8 cm from the folding edge, and then cast off. The piece measures a total of approx. 52-55 (58-61-65) cm (including both linings).

ASSEMBLY:
Fold lining at the top of the dress down on the wrong side of the belt and sew down with red. Do the same at the bottom of the skirt.

BRACES:
The braces measure approx. 27-28 (30-32-35) cm in length when finished; there is 5 cm extra in each side so that the braces can be adjusted as the child grows. You can cast on more/fewer stitches if you would like longer/shorter braces (the number of stitches must be divisible by 4 + 2).
Cast on 66-70 (74-78-86) stitches (including 1 edge stitch in each side) with circular needle size 3 mm and red. The braces are worked back and forth in stocking stitch. Work 6 rows stocking stitch with 1 edge stitch in GARTER STITCH – see description above, in each side of the piece.
On the next row from the right side work 1 edge stitch in garter stitch, * knit 2 together, 1 yarn over * , work from *-* until there is 1 stitch left and finish with 1 edge stitch in garter stitch (= folding edge). Then work A.5 (= 4 stitches) with 1 edge stitch in garter stitch in each side (edge stitches are worked in same colour as the first/last stitch in A.5, first row worked from the wrong side – do not work the yarn overs twisted). When A.5 has been worked 1 time in height, work a folding edge in red from the right side as follows: Work 1 edge stitch in garter stitch, * knit 2 together, 1 yarn over *, work from *-* until there is 1 stitch left and finish with 1 edge stitch in garter stitch. Work approx. 7 rows with red (do not work the yarn overs twisted), fold the lining down and make sure that it does not tighten the brace; work more rows if necessary. Cast off. Sew cast-on edge to cast-off edge in outermost loop of outermost stitch. Work 1 more brace.

ASSEMBLY:
Sew the braces onto lining at top (i.e. on wrong side of belt) with neat stitches approx. 5 cm down on each side, with approx. 8-8 (9-10-10) cm between each braces mid front and mid back.

Diagram explanations

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