Horizontal Striped Dress for Fashion Doll by Peggy Chester

Horizontal Striped Dress for Fashion Doll

Knitting
September 1967
Light Fingering ?
7 stitches = 1 inch
in Stockinette stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
11.5" Fashion Doll
English

Yarn: Three colors are required for the striped pattern.

Additional materials: 3 snap fasteners, 3 stitch holders, crochet hook of appropriate size for the yarn

The dress is worked flat in one piece with seams on the top and bottom of each sleeve. The back is seamed from the hem to the waist. It has a crocheted placket above the waist that closes with snaps. The lower edge is hemmed. The collar is picked up.

Sized for a Barbie-type doll with the 1960s figure: 5.5”/3.125”/5”. The fit may vary on modern dolls.

Note on designer: Peggy Chester did business as Limberlost Knits