Posy 4ply is part of a series of knits designed to coordinate with the popular Bloom dress and showcase the gorgeous WOOLganics yarns. It features the same diamond lace through the body and the yoke as on the dress’s body and hemline.

Construction:
Posy is knit top-down and seamlessly, beginning with a circular yoke. The body is worked flat and the sleeves in the round with the diamond lace positioned symmetrically across the fronts and the back. The edging is worked as you go to make for minimal finishing.

Yoke lace has both chart and written instructions.
Body lace has chart and a cheat sheet to guide you through the lace placement for those daunted by charts.

An 8ply version of this pattern is also available.

Sizing:
To fit actual chest measurement of:
15-21: 15/38 – newborn (16/40.5 – 3mths, 17/43 – 6mths, 18/45.5 – 9mths) 19/48 – 12mths, 20/51 – 18mths, 21/53.5 – 24mths
22-31: 22/56 – 3yrs (23/58.5 – 4yrs, 24/61 – 5yrs, 25/63.5 – 6yrs) 26/66 – 7yrs, 27/68.5 – 8yrs, 28/71 – 10yrs {30/76 – 12yrs, 31/79 – 14yrs} inches/cms.

Finished garment chest measurement:
15-21: 16¼/41 (17¼/44, 18/45.5, 18¾/47.5) 19¾/50, 21½/54.5, 22¼/56.5
22-31: 23½/59.5 (24½/61.5, 25¼/64, 26/66) 26¾/68, 28½/72.5, 29½/75 {31¼/79.5, 32¾/83}

This garment is designed to be fairly close fitting with approximately 1 to 1¾ inches/2.5 to 4.5 cms of positive ease depending on size.

Sample shown is the 21” size knit to a 5 year length on a 5 year old with a 21” chest.

Skill Level:
Experienced

The ability to ready your knitting is required for working the diamond lace pattern through the body.

Techniques used:
knit and purl
Increasing and decreasing
Long-tail cast-on
Working small circumferences in the round
Working from charts
Picking up stitches
Lace

Yardage:
Fingering/4ply weight yarn of approximately:
15-21: 280/255 (305/280, 365/335, 440/405) 475/435, 525/480, 585/535
22-31: 650/595 (715/655, 790/725, 865/790) 920/840, 985/900, 1070/980 {1215/1115, 1350/1235}
yards/metres approximately.

Original yarn is a worsted spun organic merino with a 2ply structure.

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