Focus Dress by Meiju Kallio

Focus Dress

Knitting
December 2014
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
1664 - 2496 yards (1522 - 2282 m)
29¼ (33¼, 37¼, 41¼, 45¼, 49¼, 53¼)" bust circumference; shown in size 33¼", modeled with ¾" of positive ease
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A simple A-line dress takes on a fun personality with a variegated yarn. Short-row pockets with a cable knot detail make this knitted dress as practical as it is cute.

Sizes 29¼ (33¼, 37¼, 41¼, 45¼, 49¼, 53&frac14)“ bust circumference; shown in size 33¼”, modeled with ¾“ of positive ease

Yarn Knit One Crochet Too Crock-O-Dye (65% superwash wool, 20% nylon, 15% silk; 416 yd 380 m/100 g):
• #734 plum black, 4 (4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6) skeins

Gauge 24 sts and 36 rnds = 4” in St st

Tools
• Size 2½ (3 mm): 16” and 24” or 32” circular (cir) needles and set of double-pointed (dpn)
• Markers (m)
• Cable needle (cn)
• Stitch holders
• Waste yarn for provisional CO
• Tapestry needle