Frost Flowers Dress by Karen Luk

Frost Flowers Dress

Knitting
July 2014
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch with larger needles
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
1550 - 2790 yards (1417 - 2551 m)
30 (32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42) [44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54]"
English

The Frost Flowers Dress is a figure-skimming dress, worked mostly in stockinette stitch with subtle lace details that are just enough to keep the dress interesting. It’s so comfortable you’ll want to stay in it all day long, and you can easily do that by dressing it up or down, which is simple enough to do with a shawl or other accessories!

Sizes (inches)

  • 30 (32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42) (44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54)“ bust
  • Please note that all the shaping in this dress is achieved using darts, so there is no short row bust shaping.

Estimated Yardage

  • Araucania Botany Lace 100g / 450 yards - 4 (4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5) (6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7) skeins or approximately 1550 (1655, 1755, 1860, 1965, 2065, 2170) (2275, 2375, 2480, 2585, 2685, 2790) yards of fingering weight yarn

Gauge

  • Using 3.25mm needles, over stockinette stitch: 28 sts x 40 rows = 4” x 4”

Materials Needed

  • US 1 1/2 - 2.5mm circular needles (32”)
  • US 3 - 3.25mm circular needles (32”), or size to get gauge
  • Stitch markers, preferably two distinct sets (8 total)
  • Stitch holders or yarn scraps
  • Crochet hook for provisional CO
  • Tapestry needle for weaving in ends