Sprinting to the finish line

Just in case you’re starting to wonder whether I have dropped out of the Knitting Olympics altogether, fear not! The mini picovoli dress is almost done! Here she is, blocking:

What’s that? Oh, I hear you, I hear you. That’s not the colours I showed you last time, did you say? That would be right, aye. I actually started with the yarn that I showed you in the last blog post (Heirloom 8 ply cotton), but the result was too see-through, not exactly what I wanted for a toddler’s dress. I know I can just go down a needle size or so, but I don’t have any smaller needles than the 3.25mm (US 3) that I was using 🙁 So, what to do? I remembered some Katia Cotton Club yarn in my stash, that’s a bit thicker than the Heirloom cotton, and so there it is.

This dress is based on the Picovoli pattern, but obviously I have made adjustments to make it more like a dress. I made the arm part a bit longer, so that it’s now more of a cap sleeve instead of sleeveless. Other than that, all I did was to make increases, after the armholes, on both sides every 3 or 4 rounds, and finished it with 4 rows of seed stitch.

And oh, the stripes pattern was generated by this cool Stripe Maker.

I chose to do the picot edging for the neckline. I love the way it turned out! It does make the hem rather thick, which I don’t mind for the neck line. But for the armholes I chose to leave out the picots. Here’s a close-up of the picot and the cap sleeve, from an older progress shot.

Overall, a good project. Plenty of rounds of stocking stitch made really good TV knitting. The only grief I had was the non-elasticity of cotton. I look forward to knitting with wool again. Now I hope it will dry soon so that I can take a model shot…