Tea and Cakes

OK, it’s probably not really ladylike behaviour to be running around shouting about how brilliant I am (not that it stops me much of the time), but really, I am brilliant. This dress is completely adorable and I’m really really delighted with how it came out.

I’ve had my eye on the pattern for a while, but while there is an adorable baby girl in my family, she doesn’t live somewhere that lends itself to wool garments, so knitting’s a bit tricky. Anyway, the arrival of a friend’s daughter (5lb5oz – so tiny, but healthy and cute) gave me the opportunity I needed.

So: Little Sister Dress by Tora Frøseth (Rav link)
3.25 16mm length harmony wood circular needle
Lana Grossa Mielenweight Cotton Stretch yarn (Wool, Cotton and Nylon – machine washable!).

Fingering weight wool is slow to see results with, but the colours are cute and the yarn is soft and stretchy – I’m hoping that this will be a dress soon (it’s a wee bit big right now) and a tunic top later.

I messed up the pattern slightly – I think I got confused where it said to join into the round, but I knit a few extra rows to keep the pattern and then flipped it inside out when I divided for the armholes and it came out fine.

I used EZ’s sewn bind off to finish, and I love the results – really stretchy, and simple to do. I’ll be using it again.

I’d happily make this pattern again – I think it’d be lovely in a real woolly wool as a winter dress.