I purchased Louisa Harding's Natural Knits for Babies and Moms specifically for the adorable "Amelie" dress pattern. Somehow though the Amelie dress ended up as my third project from the book, and of course, I finished it over a month after my goal completion date.
Despite the delay the dress turned out wonderfully and ranks among my favorite finished knit projects. The dress fit Abigail, who is seven months old, perfectly and the colors were beautiful. I am really looking forward to not only experimenting more with Harding's awesome book, but also with different types of accents for knitting projects, like the flowers used for this dress. Project details follow the picture of the modeled dress.
Amelie Dress for Abigail
Pattern: Amelie Dress from Natural Knits for Babies and Moms (I worked the pattern in the round instead of flat pieces); I cast on 67 stitches because of the larger gauge from the Meriboo yarn. I also reduced the number of flowers on the dress.
Yarn: Frog Tree Meriboo, 2 skeins in color 26 and 1 skein in color 000.
Needles: Two size 3 circulars for the edging, two size 4 circulars for the body.
Post-Blocking Measurements: 14 1/2 inches from top-to-bottom; 10 1/2 inches across the waist; 16 inches across the bottom of hte dress; 8 inches between the armholes; 4 inch long armholes; and 4 3/4 inch wide neck opening.
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