I love clothes that grow with your kiddies. I tend to fall in love with pieces of clothing and find it sad when my littlies outgrow them. This is particularly so with handmade items which I have created with love and a coveted fabric or fibre. Bloom is designed to bloom, or grow with your little girl. From birth it looks particularly cute as a beautiful dress. In white or cream it makes the perfect christening or naming dress. As the little girl in your life grows the ribbing in the bodice and shaping of the cap shoulders allows the dress to bloom into a cute little peasant style top. I love how it looks totally different on different ages; a cute little baby dress for the wee ones, but not babyish at all for the bigger girl.

Construction:
This is a seamless garment knit entirely in the round on
circular needles. It is knit from the top down using raglan
shaping for the bodice construction.

Sizing:
Bloom comes in three sizes; achieved by varying both needle sizes and yarn weight; small in 4ply/fingering, medium in 8ply/dk and large in 10ply/worsted.

Each size fits a wide age range, for example, the medium size fits from a 17 to 23 inch chest. It is shown in the pics (the pink one) on a 9 month old and slight 4 year old.

Small: Chest: 13”/33cm to 19 “/48.5cm
newborn to 12 months
Medium: Chest: 17”/43cm to 23”/58.5cm
6 months to 4 years
Large: Chest: 21”/53.5cm to 27”/68.5cm
2 years to 8 years

Skill Level:
Intermediate

Techniques used:
knit and purl
Increasing and decreasing
Working in the round on circular needles
Working small circumferences in the round
Lace knitting
Working from a chart

The pattern includes both charts and written instructions for the lace as well as a link to a tutorial for neat underarm finishing.

Yarn Requirements:
Small
• Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury 4ply (100% merino; 787
yd720m/200g). - 1 ball.
• OR WOOLganic Organic Merino 4ply/Fingering (100%
organic merino; 227 yd208m/50g) - 2 balls.
• OR 4ply/fingering weight yarn of approximately 300 yards/
275 metres.

Medium
• WOOLganic Organic Merino Knitters Yarn 8ply (100%
organic merino; 113yd103m/50g) - 3 balls.
• OR Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury 8 ply (100% wool; 437
yd400m/200g) - 1ball.
• OR 8ply/DK weight yarn of approximately 390 yards/360
metres.

Large
• Swan Island Natural Colors Merino Worsted (100% organic
merino; 250yd229m/100g) - 3 balls.
• OR Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury 10 ply (100% wool;
328yd300m/200g) - 2 balls.
• OR 10ply/worsted weight yarn of approximately 540 yards/
500 metres.

Garment shown in WOOLganic Organic Merino Knitters Yarn
8ply in Blossom.

A yarn with good memory and elasticity is recommended for best results as the bodice relies on both negative ease and firm ribbing.

A doll sized version of bloom can be found here.