Baby Dress by Woman's Weekly

Baby Dress

Knitting
January 1938
Greenock Baby Wool 3ply
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking Stitch on 3¼ mm needles
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
480 - 720 yards (439 - 658 m)
6 - 12 months
English
This pattern is available from theknittingnetwork.co.uk for £2.49.

Pretty as a Picture

Her Little Frock, in 3 ounces of Greenock Baby Wool, 3-ply, available only from any of the branches of SCOTCH WOOL AND HOSIERY STORES; For A Baby Girl Of Six to Twelve Months

The knitting pattern may be nearly 80 years old - it dates all the way back to 1938 - but baby dresses for little girls as gorgeous as this never go out of fashion.

Measurements:
Actual measurements: 40.5 (46) (50.5) cm/16 (18) (20) in
Length to back neck: 36 (40) (44) cm/14¼ (15¾) (17¼) in
Sleeve seam: 15 (18) (21) cm/6 (7¼) (8¼) in

Skill Level: Intermediate

Materials:
2 (3) (3) 50g (220m) balls of Rico Design Baby Classic 4ply (50% polyamide, 50% acrylic) in Green (010).
no longer available - recommended substitute is Sirdar Snuggly 4ply, shown in Mini Monster (475)
Pair of 2¾mm (No. 12) and 3¼mm (No. 10) knitting needles.
3 small buttons.
A length of narrow ribbon.