So now that Spring actually feels like it might really be here (my daffodils have grown 12" in the last week and my crocuses have been blooming) I decided to knit pretty dresses for my girls.
Firstly I have knitted for my youngest, Amelia, who isn't the girliest of girls, but was very excited to watch her dress grow on the needles. I desperately wanted to knit this in the very yarn suggested as it is such a pretty yarn. The pattern called for Elle Escapade, but a bit of research showed that this same yarn was now manufactured under a different name, Creative Yarns Rainbow. I had to scale down the pattern as the smallest size is 26" and Amelia's chest size is only 22" despite being 5yrs old! It wasn't too difficult, and I deliberately kept it short so it would be nice for summer and can also be worn over leggings and T-shirt.
I have started the same pattern for Eloise, but in cotton. Her eczema simply would not stand up to an acrylic yarn. I am knitting hers in the round as the pattern in the yarn is so random. I don't like it as much but when I was knitting at the dance studios this morning I received lots of compliments and most importantly, Eloise is very excited by it. I'm knitting hers in the smallest size (she also only has 22" chest and she's 7 and a half!!) but I am lengthening it by spreading out the decreases further.
