{"id":384,"date":"2015-01-08T01:48:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T01:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/?p=384"},"modified":"2015-01-21T02:53:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T02:53:41","slug":"simple-toddler-summer-dress-knitting-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/?p=384","title":{"rendered":"Simple Toddler Summer Dress Knitting Pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just finished knitting a simple summer dress for my 16 months old daughter, Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p>For this project, I used milk cotton yarn made in China. It has no label on it, but here are the yarn detail information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20% Skin-velvet, 60% Mercerized cotton, 20% Milk protein fiber<\/li>\n<li>Needle size: 2.5 &#8211; 3.5 mm<\/li>\n<li>225 meter per skein.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I used 1 skein for main color and less than 1 skein for secondary color.<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Toddler Summer Dress Knitting Pattern<\/h3>\n<p><em>by Effi GratiaProject.com<\/em><br \/>\n<em>2015, January 7th<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gauge:<\/strong> 5 stitches and 7 rows per inch<br \/>\n<strong>Finished dress:<\/strong> chest 10 inches, length 13 inches<\/p>\n<p><strong>Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Light worsted weight yarn, about 200 yards for color A (mine is multi-color orange-brown-yellow), and 160 yards for color B (orange).<\/li>\n<li>Knitting needles circular or DPNs size US 7\/4.5mm (I used circular needle 40 cm size US 7)<\/li>\n<li>Stitch holder<\/li>\n<li>Locking stitch\u00a0markers<\/li>\n<li>Darning needle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong><br \/>\nFor the front neck, I used Jeny\u2019s surprisingly stretchy bind off, to create the drapey neck effect. A good Youtube tutorial for stretchy bind-off is here https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=abBhe-JYmgI.<\/p>\n<p>Pattern is working from bottom to top, join in the round from the bottom, and then working in flat for the top area, started from the front and then the back part.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Using yarn color A, cast on 120, join in the round.<br \/>\nRow 1: k60, place marker, k60, place marker (right side)<br \/>\nRow 2-6: k until last stitch, ending with the wrong side<br \/>\nRow 7-26: Working in stockinette stitch, ending with the wrong side<br \/>\nRow 27: p until last stitch (right side)<br \/>\nRow 28: p until last stitch (wrong side)<br \/>\nRow 29-38: Change yarn to color B, do the stockinette stitch, ending with the wrong side<br \/>\nRow 39: Change yarn to color A again, p until last stitch (right side)<br \/>\nRow 40: p until last stitch (wrong side)<br \/>\nRow 41-50: Do the stockinette stitch, ending with the wrong side<br \/>\nRow 51: p until last stitch (right side)<br \/>\nRow 52: p until last stitch (wrong side)<br \/>\nRow 53-72: Change yarn to color B. Start decrease with following pattern: *(k4, k2tog), repeat * (total 100 stitches now). Do the stockinette stitch, ending with the wrong side<br \/>\nRow 73: Change yarn to color A again, p until last stitch (right side)<br \/>\nRow 74: p until last stitch (wrong side)<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHAPE THE ARM.<\/strong> Work from the front side.<br \/>\nRow 75: k50. Use stitch holder to save the next 50 stitches.<br \/>\nRow 76: p until last stitch (50)<br \/>\nRow 77: ssk, k46, k2tog (48)<br \/>\nROw 78: p until last stitch<br \/>\nRow 79: ssk, k44, k2tog (46)<br \/>\nRow 80: p until last stitch<br \/>\nRow 81: ssk, k42, k2tog (44)<br \/>\nRow 82: p until last stitch<br \/>\nRow 83: ssk, k40, k2tog (42)<br \/>\nRow 84: p until last stitch<br \/>\nRow 85: ssk, k38, k2tog (40)<br \/>\nRow 86: p until last stitch<br \/>\nRow 87: k until last stitch<br \/>\nRow 88: p until last stitch<br \/>\nRow 89: k9, bind off loosely 22 stitches, k9<br \/>\nRow 90-96: Do the stockinette stitch (k9), for the next 7 rows. Bind off, cut the yarn.<br \/>\nJoin new yarn to the other side. Do the stockinette stitch (k9) for the next 7 rows. Bind off, cut the yarn.<\/p>\n<p>For the back side, join the yarn and knit directly from stitch holder, and follow the pattern for front side.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINISHING<\/strong><br \/>\nUsing darning needle, seam the top and under arm area.<br \/>\nWeave in ends.<br \/>\nBlocks.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading my pattern. Hopefully you enjoy making this dress as I am.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-392\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/toddler-dress-knitting-pattern.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-392\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/toddler-dress-knitting-pattern.jpg\" alt=\"Toddler-Dress-Knitting-Pattern\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Easy and fun knitted dress pattern.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/simple-toddler-summer-dress-knitting-pattern.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-391\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/simple-toddler-summer-dress-knitting-pattern.jpg\" alt=\"Simple-Toddler-Summer-Dress-Knitting-Pattern\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Practical style mini dress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-388\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/easy-summer-dress-knitting-pattern.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-388\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/easy-summer-dress-knitting-pattern.jpg\" alt=\"Easy-Summer-Dress-Knitting-Pattern\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preview for the finished knitted dress from the back side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-389\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/review-clover-knit-mate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-389\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/review-clover-knit-mate.jpg\" alt=\"review-clover-knit-mate\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/review-clover-knit-mate.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/review-clover-knit-mate-355x265.jpg 355w, https:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/review-clover-knit-mate-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preview for the front side before making the arm holes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_386\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-386\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/clover-knit-mate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-386\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/clover-knit-mate-449x304.jpg\" alt=\"clover-knit-mate\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preview for the back side before making the arm holes. I used Clover double ended stitch holder for the back side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-385\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/clover-double-ended-stitch-holder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/clover-double-ended-stitch-holder.jpg\" alt=\"clover-double-ended-stitch-holder\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Working for the back side arm holes area. knit directly from the stitch holder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-387\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/clover-locking-ring-markers-as-stitch-holder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-387\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/clover-locking-ring-markers-as-stitch-holder-449x304.jpg\" alt=\"clover-locking-stitch-markers-as-stitch-holder\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I used Clover locking stitch markers as stitch holder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just finished knitting a simple summer dress for my 16 months old daughter, Charlotte. For this project, I used milk cotton [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":52,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[52,61,82,79,53],"class_list":["post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knitting","tag-baby-dress","tag-knit-baby-dress","tag-summer-dress","tag-summer-tank-top","tag-toddler-dress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gratiaproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}