Impress dress with hat and socks

We´ve made this dress before (see the post under this), and decided to make more sizes and use a different yarn. Pickels Silk Sorbet is great for this project; it is shiny, soft and silky, and it falls just great.
We´ve also made socks and hat for the two smallest sizes. The picture show the newborn size, and the length of the dress is made pretty short to be more practical. The larger sizes have more length.

The dress knitted in Pickles Extra Fine Merino

Sizes
Newborn (3-6 m) 1-2 y (3-4 y)
Size 1-2 y for free. The other sizes can be bought here.

Yarn
Pickles Silk Sorbet, main colour, 100 (100) 150 (200) g
Pickles Silk Sorbet, pattern colour, 50 g
Pickles Merino Silk, 50 g
(Estimate for dress, but you will have enough yarn left to make socks and hat too)

Needles
Circular and DP needles US 3

Gauge
21 stitches = 4”

Chest measurement:
About 6.3 (7.9) 9 (11)”
Cast on 164 stitches using Pickles Silk Sorbet, main colour and US needles 3. K 6 rounds. Start working the garter stitch.

Place stitch markers (SM) along the next round like this:
K 30 stitches, SM. K 22 stitches, SM. K 60 stitches, SM. K 22 stitches, SM, K 30.

Knit until the piece is 1.2”. Decrease along the next round like this: Knit until two stitches remain before the first SM, SSK. Knit until the next SM, K2tog. Repeat on the other side.

Decrease like this every 0.6)”, 17 times in total. You will now have 96 stitches.
Knit until the piece is 11.4”.
Cast off for arm holes like this:
K 7 stitches past the first SM, cast off 8 stitches. Repeat on the other side.

K 13 stitches past the last SM. Your are now in the middle back, and will start knitting back and forth. Use Pickles Silk Sorbet, pattern colour. K 1 row, but when your reach the arm holes, cast on 32 stitches on both sides. When you reach the end of the round, turn and knit one row.

1st row of woven stitch
Use two strands of Pickles Merino Silk. *K1, slip 1 with yarn in back*.
Repeat from * to * throughout the row.
*Slip 1 with yarn in front, K1*. Repeat from * to * throughout the row.
--end of 1st woven stitch row--

Use Pickles Silk Sorbet, pattern colour. K 2 rows, BUT decrease 8 stitches evenly on the second row.

2nd row of woven stitch
*Slip 1 with yarn in back, K1*. Repeat from * to * throughout the row.
*K1, slip 1 with yarn in front*. Repeat from * to * throughout the row.
--end 2nd row of woven stitch--

Use Pickles Silk Sorbet, pattern colour. K 2 rows, BUT decrease 8 stitches evenly on the second row.
Repeat 1st row of woven stitch.
Use Pickles Silk Sorbet, pattern colour. K 2 rows, BUT decrease 12 stitches evenly on the second row.
Repeat 2nd row of woven stitch.
Use Pickles Silk Sorbet, pattern colour. K 2 rows, BUT decrease 12 stitches evenly on the second row.
Repeat 1st row of woven stitch.
Use Pickles Silk Sorbet, pattern colour. K 2 rows, BUT decrease  16  stitches evenly on the second row.
Repeat 2nd row of woven stitch.
Use Pickles Silk Sorbet, pattern colour. K 2 rows, BUT decrease 16 stitches evenly on the second row.

Cast off. Save enough yarn to make a small crochet loop to put around the button. Wash gently by hand and dry flat.

Comments

[Brianna R.]

I love this little dress and am excited to make it, but don't see any information on patterns for the socks and hat. Did I miss them or were they left out somehow?

[pickles]

Hi Brianna, as the free size is a 1-2 year this time, it doesn´t come with socks and hats, as toddlers don´t use them;) If you want to knit them for a 3-6 mo, the full pattern can be purchased in our shop (sizes up to 4 y)

[Stephanie]

Love this dress and pattern! I just have one question - in the first part, after you cast on, it says to knit 6 rounds and then switch to garter stitch. But, since I'm on circulars, won't it all be knit? Do I purl the first 6 rounds?
Thanks so much for sharing this great dress!

[pickles]

You knit the first rounds and then, garter in the round would be knit and purl every other round ;)