Sunshine Baby dress – Free knitting pattern

Baby dress - Free knitting pattern. Free knitting pattern to create a little baby dress that would fit a newborn to a 3 to 4 months old approximately.

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This free knitting pattern is to create a little baby dress that would fit a newborn to a 3 to 4 months old approximately.

Materials

Stitches

  • k – knit
  • p – purl
  • yo – yarn over

Pattern

  Baby dress - Free knitting pattern. Free knitting pattern to create a little baby dress that would fit a newborn to a 3 to 4 months old approximately.

Top of the dress

With Color A, cast on 54 stitches.

Row 1: knit
Row 2: *p1, k4, p1 – Rep from *
Row 3: *k1, p4, k1 – Rep from *
Row 4: Same as row 2
Row 5: Same as row 3
Row 6: Knit
Row 7: Purl
Row 8: *k2, p2, k2 – Rep from *
Row 9: *p2, k2, p2 – Rep from *
Row 10: Same as row 8
Row 11: Same as row 9
Row 12: knit
Row 13: Purl
Rows 14 to 25: Rep rows 2 to 13.

Do not bind off

Baby dress - Free knitting pattern. Free knitting pattern to create a little baby dress that would fit a newborn to a 3 to 4 months old approximately.

Skirt

Using the circular needles or the double pointed needles,
continue working from last row, but now with Color B,
and joining at the end to start working in rounds

Round 1: Knit – join at the end to start working in rounds
Round 2: k2, yo (81 st)
Round 3: knit
Round 4:  * p1, k4, p1 – Rep from *
Round 5: knit
Round 6: * k2, p2, k2 – Rep from *
— Repeat rows 3 to 6, until you reach the desired length
for the skirt. I continued repeating until the skirt measured
6 inches long.

* Change to color A

– Knit
– Bind off – using the picot bind off technique.

Baby dress - Free knitting pattern. Free knitting pattern to create a little baby dress that would fit a newborn to a 3 to 4 months old approximately.

Straps (Make 2)

With Color B – Cast on 18 stitches

Row 1 to 5: Knit. Bind off

Sew straps to the top of the dress.

Baby dress - Free knitting pattern. Free knitting pattern to create a little baby dress that would fit a newborn to a 3 to 4 months old approximately.

Add a zipper or buttons to the back of the dress

 

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