A short dress with wavy lace and ribbing in the waist that allows the dress to sit comfortably. Cute bonnet for colder days.

The dress is knitted in the round, bottom-up. You decrease in the lace pattern just before finishing the skirt and knit a sort of ribbed pattern on the top to make it sit properly on. The bonnet is knitted from the front towards the back and dowun, with heel decrease.

Sizes
Dress: Newborn (6 m) 1 (2–3) 4–5 (6–8) y
Bonnet: Newborn (6 m) 1 (2–3) 4–5 y

Yarn
Pickles Sommerull, both garments
100 (100) 150 (150) 150 (200) g

Needles
Dress: Circular needles 16” and 24” or 32” US 6
16” circular needles US 4
Bonnet: 16” circular needles US 4

Gauge per 4”
Pattern on US 6: 20 sts / 26 rows
Stockinette on US 4: 20 sts / 30 rows
Rib on US 4 : 20 sts / 28 rows

Measurements, lying flat
Width bottom: 11.8 (13.8) 15.7 (17.7) 19.7 (21.7) “
Chest width (stretchy): 7.1 (8.3) 9.4 (10.6) 11.8 (13) “
Full length: 11 (13.8) 16.5 (18.9) 20.9 (23.6) “

Skill level
Easy

Previously knitted in the heavier weight discontinued “Pickles Summer Wool”. Both version of the pattern are accessible at purchase.