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Ebb is a flirty throwback to the Sixties mini dress, with a marled gradient created by holding two strands of Loft in different colors together and changing one color at a time. It’s styled here with the purl side out, but careful finishing will make this seamless garment completely reversible. Slim-fitting Ebb is worked top-down, with short rows to shape the neckline and sleeve caps worked contiguously with the body. Clean rolled edges keep the focus on the ombre fabric, and small pockets add the perfect practical detail to this simple shape.

This pattern is part of Olga Buraya-Kefelian’s CAPSULE Collection for Brooklyn Tweed. You can purchase all patterns in this collection as an ebook at brooklyntweed.com.

Construction

This garment is worked in the round from the top down. The neckline is shaped using short rows. The sleeve caps are worked contiguously with the body of the dress. At the underarms, the piece is divided for body and sleeves, and the sleeve stitches are placed on hold while the body is worked to the hem, with optional pockets. The sleeves and pocket linings are then completed.

Materials

Fingering weight wool yarn in the following approximate amounts:
100 (105, 105, 120, 125, 130) yards Color 1 (C1)
285 (300, 305, 350, 355, 375) yards Color 2 (C2)
380 (420, 455, 525, 565, 620) yards Color 3 (C3)
340 (390, 440, 500, 550, 615) yards Color 4 (C4)
405 (440, 475, 535, 570, 605) yards Color 5 (C5)
420 (455, 490, 550, 585, 620) yards Color 6 (C6)
485 (550, 630, 640, 720, 825) yards Color 7 (C7)

Yarn

Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g):
1 skein C1;
2 skeins C2;
2 (2, 2, 2, 3, 3) skeins C3;
2 (2, 2, 2, 2, 3) skeins C4;
2 (2, 2, 2, 3, 3) skeins C5;
2 (2, 2, 2, 3, 3) skeins C6;
2 (2, 3, 3, 3, 3) skeins C7

Photographed in colors Pumpernickel (C1), Truffle Hunt (C2), Stormcloud (C3), Nest (C4), Barn Owl (C5), Woodsmoke (C6), and Fossil (C7)

Gauge

19 stitches & 31 rows/rounds = 4” in stockinette stitch yarn held double, after blocking

Needles

One each 16” and 32” circular needles and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size needed to obtain gauge listed
Suggested Size: 4½ mm (US 7)

Finished Dimensions

32 (36¼, 40½, 43¾, 48, 52¼)“ circumference at chest
Sample shown is size 36¼” with + 1¼“ ease on model

Need help picking a size? See our resource page on Selecting a Sweater Size

Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:
Crocheted Cast On
Crocheted Provisional Cast On
Short Rows: Wrap & Turn Method
Kitchener Stitch (Grafting)

Skill Level

4 out of 5