A perfect summer dress for the little girl in your life.
Designed for Swedish Midsommar celebrations, but wearable whenever and wherever the sun shines, this dress has a cheery overall floral pattern, an empire waist and a slightly bell-shaped skirt.

The dress is knit bottom up, starting with larger needles and the knit with smaller needles to give the dress it’s subtle bell shape. There is a dramatic decrease at the top of the skirt and then the bodice is worked back and forth. To shape the armholes, the work is split and the front and the back are worked flat separately. The top of the shoulders are joined with a 3-needle bind off. The armholes, neckline, and buttonhole are all finished with a single crochet chain.

Sizes
2T, 3T, 4T, 5, 6-7

Yarn
Berroco Modern Cotton (209 yards 191 meters per 100g skein)
Main Color: White 1600; 2 (2, 3, 3, 4) 100-gram skeins
Pattern Color: Yellow 1627; 2 (2, 2, 3, 3) 100-gram skeins

Needles
32-inch 80cm gauge-size circular needle for the hem (larger needle)
and 32-inch (80cm) gauge-size circular needle for the dress and bodice (smaller needle)
4 mm crochet hook
The shaping on this dress is done by changing needle sizes. Swatch to determine needle size. There are 3 different gauges.

Additional Materials
Darning needle
1 button

Gauge

1. Hem: 4mm 20 stitches = 4 inches or 10 centimeters
2. Skirt: 3mm 24 stitches = 4 inches or 10 centimeters
3. Bodice: 3mm with two strands of yarn 16 stitches = 4 inches or 10 centimeters

Skills used to make this Midsommar Dress
Long-tail cast on
Joining in the round
Knitting in colorwork in the round
K2tog
Knitting flat in stockinette
3-needle bind off
Single crochet US (Double crochet UK)