Festival Dress

This knitting pattern is in Swedish.

The Festival Dress is knitted from the top down. The neckline is folded and knitted down, and short rows are worked to shape the neckline. Increases are then worked evenly around the round yoke. The stripes are knitted using a technique that creates bubbles.

Size: 6-9 months (9-12) months 1-2 years (2-3 years) 3-4 years (4-5 years) 5-6 years (6-7 years)

Chest width: 56 (60) 61 (64) 64 (68) 69 (74) cm

Length: 34 (36) 41 (45) 49 (53) 55 (59) cm measured at the center back

Gauge: 28 stitches x 40 rows in stockinette stitch on 3 mm needles = 10 x 10 cm

Recommended needles: 2.5 mm circular needles (40, 80 and/or 100 cm), 3 mm circular needles (40 and/or 60 cm), 2.5 and 3 mm double-pointed needles

Recommended yarn: 150 (150) 150 (200) 200 (250) 250 (300) g Sunday by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 235 m) in the base colour, approx. 25 (30) 30 (35) 35 (45) 55 (60) g Sunday by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 235 m) for the stripes (i.e. half the yarn usage for each stripe colour, if the stripes are knitted in two colours).               

Difficulty level: ? ? ? (3 out of 5).

See the difficulty level classification here.

The Festival Dress in the picture is knitted in Whipped Cream (1012) as the base colour with stripes in Dusty Rouge (3553), Dusty Lilac (4631), Straw Yellow (2123), Dusty Light Green (8521), Croissant (2345), Sailor in the Dark (5581).

The little dress in the picture is knitted in Dusty Lilac (4621) as the base colour with stripes in Croissant (2345), That Orange Feeling (3819), Ink Blue (6063), Banana (2114), Deep Burgundy (4054) and Dusty Lilac (5052).