Column Dress by Joyce M. Wang Wu

Column Dress

Knitting
February 2007
Aran (8 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 16 rows
in cables - slightly stretched
US 8 - 5.0 mm
1344 - 1848 yards (1229 - 1690 m)
XS (32in, 81.5 cm); S (36in, 91.5cm); M (40in, 101.5cm); L (44in, 112cm)
English

This is a cabled knee-lenth sleeveless dress that is knit in two pieces, although it would be quite easy to convert it to knitting in the round.

The gauge will be 24 sts = 4”(10cm) by 16 rows = 2 3/8” (6cm) slightly stretched. It also lists a gauge of 17sts and 25 rows = 4” (10cm) in stockinette stitch.

Materials needed:
Medium weight yarn 16 (18-20-22) skeins
Straight knitting needles, size 8 (5mm)
Cable needle
Yarn needle