Julie’s Knitted Hitty Dress
The shorter dress can be made by knitting fewer rows in the skirt.
For this project, you will need:
2--Size
2 Single-Pointed Knitting Needles
Palette
Fingering Yarn as follows:
Color
1: Main color (Cream)
Color
2: Accent Stripes (Cranberry)
4--Stitch
Markers
snaps or buttons
PM=
place marker
RM=Remove
Marker
Inc=Increase
BO=Bind Off
CO=Cast
On
Stockinet
St= Knit one row, Pearl one row
Seed
Stitch: k1, P1 across, turn, P1, K1 across
With Color 1, CO 16 Rows 1+2: Seed Stitch Row 3: P4, PM, P2, PM, P4, PM, P2, PM, P4 Row 4: K across, increasing Before and After each marker Row 5: P across Row 6: K Inc row as in Row 4 Row 7: P across Row 8: K Inc row as in Row 4 Row 9: P across Row 10: K7, RM, BO9, RM, K9, RM, BO9, RM, K to end Row 11: P7, CO 3, P across to other armhole space, CO 3, P to end Row 12: K across Row 13: Attach Color 2, but do not end off Color 1. Let it hang. P across With Color 2 Row 14: K across, end off Color 2, pick up Color 1 Row 15: P across with color 1 Row 16: across Row 17: P across Row 18: K2, Inc 1, across Row 19: P across Row 20: K2, Inc 1, across Row 21: P across Row 22: K4, inc 1 across Row 23: P across Row 24—29: Work in Stockinet St, ending with a K row to work next Row Row 30: P across Row 31: K across. Drop color 1, attach Color 2 for next row Row 32: P across with Color 2 Row 33: K across Row 34: P across Row 35: K across. Drop Color 2 (but do not end off), pick up Color 1 for next row Row 36: P across with Color 1 Row 37: K across Row 38: P across Row 39: K across. Drop Color 1 and Pick up Color 2 for next row Row 40: P across with Color 2 Row 41: K across Row 42: P across Row 43: K across. Drop Color 2 (but do not end off), pick up Color 1 for next row Row 44: P across with Color 1 Row
45: K across Row 48: P across in Color 2 Row 49: K across BO in Pearl row with Color 2 Weave
in all yarn ends. Wrong sides together,
sew up the back seam to the waist.
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