Thursday, May 12, 2016

Sadie's Knitted Dress With Pattern Link

Today my post is back to my normal mode of craftiness; that is if I do have a "normal mode" haha.  I have so enjoyed taking part in the Little Woollie Yarny Love Club. This past month I received in my yarn box five skeins of a lovely 100% organic cotton yarn.  I wanted to use the majority of the yarn in one project so I came up with the idea of making my little granddaughter a dress.

Here's Sadie's Swan Valley Dress made from 3 skeins of the cotton yarn.  The pattern and my project notes can be found here on my Ravelry page.  The pattern is written to knit flat from the hem up; knitting the front and then knitting the back and seaming the sides together.  I'm not fond of this idea so I knit the front bodice, followed by the left back and right back bodice.  I seamed these pieces together at the underarm and shoulder.

  Then I picked up stitches all around the waist and did a ribbed waistband, knitting in the round. I increased the stitches and continued to knit the skirt. I did a row of single crochet on the inside of the waistband so that the waist would keep it shape.  I did 5 single crochets for every 6 knitted stitches.

I added a little bit of embellishment for the neckline.

The original pattern called for a unique cast on starting from the hem up.  From the picture on Ravelry, it appears to curl up.  Since I didn't start from the hem up, I was able to do this picot hem edge which adds an extra bit of design to the dress.

Besides the wonderful yarn that was in my yarn club box, I also received some beautiful glass beads.  I incorporated these beads in the dress design by using them as buttons.

It was an enjoyable little project to knit and I enjoyed the details and design as I went along.  I'm not sure how the cotton yarn will stand up so I think it should be hand washed.  As for the Yarny Love Club, the Winter/Summer sign up is currently taking place.  Julie is the one who has Little Woollie and she is in Australia.  I loved being part of this yarn club and although I'm not signing up for the next segment, I do hope to participate again in the fall.  It has been delightful to see what goodies I receive each month.

If you have time, I'd love to hear about what you are currently working on.  Feel free to share a link in your comment.  I'm excited for the weekend as our very good friends are going to be in town for their son's graduation from UCLA law school.   I've known this couple for almost 41 years and my husband's connections goes back  to when he taught the gentleman at Cairo University in Egypt!  It was through this couple's family here in America where I met my husband.  It will be a fun time to reminisce and also celebrate this joyous occasion for their son's achievement.
 With my best wishes,

Pat 
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19 comments:

  1. Hope you have a fabulous weekend with your friends catching up. Love the dress, it was stunning I am sure it will be well received. I love the embellishment, a beautiful addition. Take care.

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  2. Oh my the dress is adorable. Love the idea of the crochet at the waistline clever idea and that pivot edging is totally stunning. My post today is all about the crochet project I'm on at the moment. I wrote to Julie to see if she would post to the UK but she says it's not financially viable. A shame as I love her work and thought it would be fun. Have a great week Pat

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  3. What a pretty little dress! I specially like the picot edge you put on it.

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  4. That's 's a lovely design Pat so versatile as you could put a jumper or tee shirt underneath if you needed too! Have fun with your friends. x

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  5. This is such a sweet dress! I am working on a stripy jumper for my youngest, not liking it much but nearly finished. He loves it. Have a lovely weekend with your friends.

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  6. What a beautiful little dress! I love the colours. It's very Spring-like. Bet she'll love it!

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  7. Sweet, sweet dress, and I like that you adapted it to fit your style of knitting. Have a good weekend with your friends.

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  8. Very pretty dress. The colours are lovely. Enjoy your weekend:)

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  9. Lovely child's dress and how creative to make it exactly yours.

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  10. Very pretty Pat. Your little grand daughter will love it I'm sure.

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  11. Have a wonderful visit with your friends, Pat! Your knitting project is lovely, and far more complicated than anything I have ever made. I admire your skill, and hope your granddaughter will enjoy wearing the treasure you made for her. xx

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  12. Hello Pat. The dress you knit for your granddaughter is lovely. I have a granddaughter with the same name! Enjoy your weekend with your friends.

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  13. Wow! The dress which you knit for your granddaughter looks beautiful. I love the color.

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  14. Wow. Really wow. It is beautiful. I would love to tell you I'm working on something as fabulous as that, but no. I have tried knitting, but I've stuck to crochet and I didn't touch my project all winter. Maybe next winter.
    Enjoy your weekend!

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  15. Just wonderful, Pat! What a sweet little dress. You did such an amazing job with the knitting...I can see you are really skilled!

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  16. Such a lovely dress! A great way to use your beautiful skeins of yarn. Thank you for joining Five On Friday, I hope you are having a good weekend. Sorry to be late visiting, I have been otherwise occupied as I said in my post. xx

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  17. The dress is so cute, a perfect way to use up that yummy cotton yarn.
    Have fun,
    Meredith

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  18. that is gorgeous! love the colour and detail- bet she will love it! have fun with the meetup :) x

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  19. Me again. Just wanted to wish you 'gratulerer med dagen i dag' stor klem fra meg, Selma xxxx

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