Sizes: 3 (6-9, 12-18) months // 2 (4, 6) years
Finished measurements: Length from shoulder to edge: 34 (36, 40) // 44 (50, 58) cm 13½ (14¼, 15¾) // 17¼ (19¾, 22¾)”
Yarn: Knitting for Olive Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk (250 m 273 yd / 50 g 1.8 oz), fingering-weight yarn, 2 (3, 4) // 4 (5, 6) balls for a dress with sleeves or 2 (3, 3) // 4 (4, 5) balls for a dress without sleeves. Sample with sleeves is in Merino Oatmeal colorway, sample without sleeves is in Cotton Merino Powder colorway
Needles: 2.5 mm / US1.5 and 3 mm / US2.5 circular and double-pointed needles, or in size to obtain gauge
Gauge (after blocking): 28 sts and 38 rows = 10 cm 4” in st st with 3 mm / US2.5 needles
Notions: Stitch markers, waste yarn or stitch holders, tapestry needle, crochet hook, 1 button (diameter: 12 mm ½”)

Ruffle Dress is a simple dress featuring a ruffle on the yoke and a wide skirt. It is worked from the top down in stockinette stitch using 1 strand of Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk. The dress can be knit with or without sleeves - a Merino version with sleeves for fall and winter, and a Cotton Merino or Pure Silk version without sleeves for spring and summer for example, would be lovely.

You start working back and forth to create the keyhole opening at back neck and then continue in the round. The optional sleeves are worked in the round from the top down. Stitches are picked up around the yoke for the ruffle and the ruffle subsequently worked in the round. Skirt length and sleeve length can easily be adjusted.