Picot Dress by Sheila Volpe

Picot Dress

Knitting
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
2.5 mm
656 - 984 yards (600 - 900 m)
46, 51, 56cm chest
English

This pretty baby’s dress, with an unusual square neckline, is made using a washable yarn in a soft pastel colour. The multiple picot edgings worked in snowy white resemble lace trim.

Sizes
To fit 46(51:56)cm chest
Length 30(35:40)cm
Sleeve seam 6cm
Note Instructions for larger sizes are in brackets ( ); where there is only one set of figures it applies to all sizes.

Materials
125(150:175)g of 4 ply yarn in main colour MC
25(25:50)g in a contrasting colour A
One pair each 2.75mm, 3mm, and 3.25mm knitting needles
2.5mm crochet hook
2 small buttons

Tension
28 sts and 30 rows to 10cm over st st using 3.25mm needles.

To save time, take time to check tension.