Toddler's Dress and Matching Socks

By

Donna St Jean - Jewison 1997

Made for my granddaughter Jamie Ulrich in Owatonna MN for Christmas 1997.

Questions? email Donna at DeeJay@ll.net

Toddler's Dress

Machine: Passap DM80

Approximate Size: 3 - 4

Yarn: 2/24 acrylic (single) Baby blue with plyed royal blue metallic

Stitch size: 4/4

Measurements: Chest measurement plus ease

Swatch: Do a swatch to get your EON stitch and row measurement also your pattern row measurement to use for length of dress

Picot Edge: N/N 2 rows, AX/AX 4 rows

Pattern: N/AX <-----

Dress Front and Back

C/O: 170 sts. picot edge all needles (no pushers, no arrows)

Passap: N/N 4/4 2 rows

AX/AX 4/4 4 rows

FNR: 10 rows

Take out a pusher for each needle in working position on the front bed. They are set up in a one up, one down position.

Change to Pattern: N/AX <----- 4/4 240 rows

(or whatever length needed for a gathered look starting from approximately two to two and one half inches below the underarm).

EON: 100 rows (this includes a 20 row fold over for the facing if desired, do 80 rows for a straight boat neck). (reducing to EON gathers the bottom part of the dress.)

B/O

Repeat for back.

Facing Note: for the fold over facing, I pull a little extra down in the center front to give a more round neckline look.

Sleeve:

C/O: 36 sts. picot edge all needles (no pushers, no arrows)

Passap: N/N 4/4 2 rows

AX/AX 4/4 4 rows

FNR: 160 rows

Increase 1 stitch every 7 rows 8 times

Increase 1 stitch every 8 rows 12 times

K8

Increase Rows are:

Repeat for second sleeve.

Toddlers Sock

Reducing the Passap Sock Directions

Machine: Passap DM80

Approximate Size: 3 - 4 years

Yarn: 2/24 Acrylic (single) Baby blue with plyed royal blue matallic

Stitch size: 4/4 Rib Orange Strippers, 4.5/4.5 Tubular Black Strippers

Picot Edge: N/N 2 rows, AX/AX 4 rows Orange Strippers (both)

C/O: 48 sts FNR picot edge

Change to EON and knit for 48 rows

Unravel 12 stitches on the right

Transfer all stitches to the back bed

Turn the last 12 stitches on each side to the front bed making a tube or circle

Sock Ankle Area

Change to CX/CX Black Strippers

Knit 36 rows

Heel

On front bed 24 pushers in working position

Following book instructions except go down to 8 pushers in rest position then do your reverse shaping

Sock Body

Change to CX/CX knit 90 rows

Toe Decreases

Decrease toe area as per book instructions. You will end up with 2 stitches approximately three sets of increases sooner than you would for the adult sock.

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