Polly Dress

Polly Dress is a top/dress with a ribbed yoke and ruffle. The dress 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 in back-neck, then continue working the yoke and body in the round. After 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.

Sizes: 3 (6-9, 12-18) months // 2 (4, 6) years
Finished measurements: Length from shoulder to edge (top): approx. 25 (28, 31) // 34 (39, 43) cm [9¾ (11, 12¼) // 13½ (15¼, 17)]”; Length from shoulder to edge (dress): approx. 34 (38, 42) // 46 (50, 58) cm [13½ (15, 16½) // 18 (19¾, 22¾)]”; Chest circumference: approx. 42 (46, 50) // 54 (58, 62) cm [16½ (18, 19¾) // 21¼ (22¾, 24½)]”
Yarn: Knitting for Olive Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk (250 m [273 yd] / 50 g [1.8 oz]), fingering-weight yarn, 1 (2, 2) // 2 (2, 3) ball(s) (top) or 1 (2, 3) // 3 (4, 4) ball(s) (dress). 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