​Light-Blue Dress for Girl

You’ll need:

150g of light-blue Karolina yarn (100% acryl; 427m/100g);

100g of dark-blue with lurex Magic yarn;

Knitting needles 2;

Crochet hook 2;

4 buttons 1 cm diameter.

Size: 3-4 years.

Used Patterns

Stockinette stitch: in RS rows – knit sts, in WS rows – purls;

1 x 1 rib;

Main patterns: due to the schemes 1 and 2, on which only RS rows are stated, make WS rows due to the pattern.

Stitches control: 30 sts x 40 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Upper Part

Back

For left half, cast on 37 sts with light-blue yarn and make 15 cm due to the scheme 1. Then, bind off 1 x 10 sts, 1 x 4 sts and 1 x 2 sts from the left side for neck-hole. At 18 cm height from the set-up row, bind off the rest 21 sts of shoulder. Make right half in symmetry to the left.

Front

Cast on 75 sts and make 12 cm due to the scheme 1. Then, bind off the central 20 sts for neck-hole and finish both sides separately, decrease 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts, 1 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from inwards. At 18 cm height from the set-up row, bind off 21 sts of shoulder.

Skirt

Cast on 175 sts and work due to the scheme 1 from 1^st to 14^th rows. Then, turn to the pattern due to the scheme 2 and knit 30 cm more. At 34 cm height from the set-up row, bind off all the sts.

Sleeves

Cast on 55 sts and work due to the scheme 1 from 1^st to 14^th row. Then, turn to the pattern due to the scheme 2, make 8 rows, make increase for sleeve chamfers – 10 x 1 st in every 6^th row from both sides. At 20 cm height, bind of all the sts.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams, cast on 50 sts along the left half of back and make 3 rows of rib. Cast on 50 sts along the right front and make 3 rows of front. Then, work, starting form neck-hole in the following way: 2 sts due to the pattern, bind off 4 sts, * 8 sts due to the pattern, bind off 4 sts*; repeat from * to * x once, then, make 8 sts due to the pattern. Cast on the previously decreased sts in the next row above the bound off sts and include them in the pattern of rib. At 1,5 cm from the beginning of rib, bind off all the sts. Cast on 82 sts along the neck-hole and make 3 cm of rib. Makesideandsleeveseams. Makesideskirtseam. Sew upper part to skirt, sew up the sleeves. Fasten the edges of sleeves due to the scheme 4 and the edge of skirt – due to the scheme 5, using yarn with lurex. Sew buttons. For belt, make a chain 130 cm long. Make flower due to the scheme 3 and sew it to the belt.