Yellow Girly Dress

Here's another piece that I finished ages ago...a cute little yellow dress for my half-sister's daughter. I haven't given it to her yet, for reasons that I shall explain below!


Pattern: 76. Neulottu Tytön Liivimekko (Knitted Girl's Dress)
Designer: Arja Viitala
Source: Novita Lehti Kesä 2009 (Novita Magazine Summer 2009)
Needles: 3.5mm
Yarn Details:

• Novita Bambu
• 68% bamboo, 32% cotton
• 50 grams = 135 metres
• colour #217
• about 270 grams (5.4 balls) used

The first week of working on this pattern was very enjoyable, but geez the skirt part became tedious after a while. After I hit the bodice section, though, it was smooth sailing all the way to the end. An easy pattern with very little finishing required.

This is for my niece, who is two and a half years old. Somehow, somewhere along the way, this dress became big enough to fit a petite (adult) Asian friend of mine, so I think it won't fit my niece for a while to come! But of course it's better that clothes for children are too big rather than too small. So that's the first reason why I haven't sent it yet, and the second reason is that it's Winter in Australia right now and she won't be able to wear it anyway, even if she has grown like crazy.

I still have a few balls of this cool summery yellow left, so I think I'll make a sunhat or perhaps even a little cardigan for her.