Front
and Back of dress are the same:
Cast
on 21 sts and knit for 3 rows.
Change
to stocking st (knit one row, purl one row) and work 44 rows, or until
desired length.
Shape
neck:
Next
row: - Knit 7, cast off next 7 sts, k to end of row. Work 3
rows, purl, knit, purl on those 7 sts. Cast off.
With
wrong side facing, rejoin yarn to remaining 7 sts and work 3 rows
straight.
Cast off.
Sleeves:
Cast
on 16 sts and work 15 rows (6 rows for a summer dress) in stocking st. Cast off.
(make
2)
Putting
Dress together:
Join
shoulder seams. Sew cast off edge of sleeves to the side edge,
placing
center at shoulder seam. Sew down the side and sleeve seams.
Neckline
Sc 23 sts around neckline. You can do a 2nd round by scing around the 23 sts again.
Belt:
With
crochet hook, make a chain approx. 10" long. This can be threaded
through on each side of the dress to secure.
Cast on 9 sts
Knit one row, purl one row,
continue in stocking st until you have 12 rows total.
Last row, k 2 together
across,
k 1. (5 sts left)
Cut off yarn leaving a 9"
tail for stitching up seam of sock. Thread a sewing needle on
yarn
tail and weave through sts still on knitting needle. Pull to
gather,
then sew up side seam.
To make Hiking socks for
male
doll, follow same procedure but cast on 11 sts and work 14 rows.
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