SIVADRESS - English

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Style SIVADRESS is a knitwear pattern instructions.

The pattern comes in a PDF file, and can be downloaded and printed from the computer.

Size                                    XS       S         M         L      XL      XXL

Length on body                      50      (51)        52        (53)    53,5   (53,5) 

Overall width (waist area)   87    (89,5)    92       (94,5)   97     (99,5) 

The measurements are based on the size of the dress before washing ; the dress might increase in cm when washed, depending on the way it’s washed. The dress is supposed to be tight fitted, and gives positive ease in cm approximently + 10 - 15 cm.

Level : Average

Material

Suggested yarns:

Hand dyed fine organic merino from Thelma Steimann with a high twist, the yarn is 100% Organic merino wool. Approx 365m/100g in each skein. Wonderful and soft base to work with.

Fine organic: 2 / 2 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 3

Circular needle 60 cm in 3 mm

2 x DPN in 3 mm for cables 

Tapestry needle for weaving in the ends

3 x short safety pins or scrappy yarn, for resting sts

1 x long safety pins or scrappy yarn, for resting sts

4 x stitch marker

Tension gauge sample

Make sure to check your own tension before starting to knit. Cast on 32 stitches, rep ;  k 3 sts, p 1 sts for 42 rows on needles 3 mm for a 10 x 10 cm sample. 

If tension measures too tight, change to a thicker needle.If tension measures too wide, change to a thinner needle.

Good to know

The dress is knitted from bottom to top, starting from right and wrong side with an increase and later joined in a round by the hip area and knitted in round from there. The dress is divided up under the armpits for front and back side, and after that the style is knitted from right and wrong side, with decrease for the front side.  The straps are knitted with the icord technique and stitched down on the backside with mattress stitch on the dress. 

Follow the charts for the chaotic cables and feel free to add on as may fit. The charts shown in the pattern are shown as guidelines, but also as inspirations to take your cable knitting to the next level.

Yarn quantity required is based on an average , and is therefore an approximate number. The dress can be knitted in any yarn that consists of the same thickness as Fine organic merino.