Sizes: 3 (6-9, 12-18) months // 2 (4, 6) years
Finished measurements: Length at mid-front: approx. 34 (38, 42) // 46 (50, 58) cm 13½ (15, 16½) // 18 (19¾, 22¾)”; Chest circumference: approx. 41 (46, 50) // 53 (57, 61) cm 16¼ (18, 19¾) // 20¾ (22½, 24)”
Yarn: Knitting for Olive Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk (250 m 273 yd / 50 g 1.8 oz), fingering-weight yarn, 1 (2, 3) // 3 (4, 4) ball(s). Sample is in Pure Silk in Wheat colorway
Needles: 3 mm / US2.5 circular needles in 60 cm 24” cable length and 3 mm / US2.5 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, stitch holders or waste yarn, tapestry needle, crochet hook, 1 button (diameter: 12 mm ½”), row counter (optional)

Polly Dress features a ribbed yoke and pleated ruffle. It is worked from the top down using 1 strand of Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk.

You start working back and forth to create the keyhole opening at back-neck. Afterwards, you continue in the round. Once the body is completed, stitches for the ruffle are picked up from the yoke and worked in the round in a simple ribbed pattern that creates the look of small pleats. Armhole edges are finished in ribbing.