Please note that the gauge of 28sts by 36 rows is for the bodice only (fingering weight), while the skirt has a gauge of 20sts by 30 rows in fingering weight held double or dk weight yarn.

The lakeside dress is a top-down knitted dress with a fitted bodice and flowy skirt, neat details on the edgings, and a drawstring belt at the waist. It is knitted in fingering-weight yarn held single for the bodice and double for the skirt, which makes for a cool wearing experience and a faster skirt knitting experience – a perfect combination!

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

The dress is designed to have approximately 15 cm/6 in of negative ease at the bust and varying amounts of positive ease at the hips, depending on your personal ratio of measurements.

How to determine if you could benefit from adding bust shaping:

First, you’ll need to take two measurements: 1) your full bust measurement and 2) your upper bust measurement. This is a good resource on how to measure your upper bust if you’ve never done that before: https://thefoldline.com/blogs/pattern-series-get-ready-to...

If the difference between your upper bust and your full bust is 0-5 cm/0-2 in, you do not need to incorporate bust shaping and can follow the main pattern. 

If the difference is between 5-10 cm/2-4 in, follow the D-cup bust shaping.

If the difference is between 10-15cm/4-6 in, follow the F-cup bust shaping.

Finished Measurements:

Bust circumference: 

B-cup: 54.5 (64.5, 74.5, 84.5, 94.5) 105.5, 115.5, 125.5, 135.5, 145.5 cm/21.75 (25.75, 29.75, 33.75, 37.75) 42.25, 46.25, 50.25, 54.25, 58.25 in

D-cup: 59.5 (69.5, 79.5, 89.5, 99.5) 110.5, 120.5, 130.5, 140.5, 150.5 cm/23.75 (27.75, 31.75, 35.75, 39.75) 44.25, 48.25, 52.25, 56.25, 60.25 in

F-cup: 64.5 (74.5, 84.5, 94.5, 104.5) 115.5, 125.5, 135.5, 145.5, 155.5 cm/25.75 (29.75, 33.75, 37.75, 41.75) 46.25, 50.25, 54.25, 58.25, 62.25 in

Waist circumference: 50 (57, 67, 78.5, 87) 97, 107, 118.5, 128.5, 140 cm/20 (22.75, 26.75, 31.5, 34.75) 38.75, 42.75, 47.5, 51.5, 56 in

Width between straps (inside edge, without trim): 13 (13.5, 14.5, 15, 15.5) 16.5, 17, 18, 18, 18.5 cm/5.25 (5.5, 5.75, 6, 6.25) 6.5, 6.75, 7.25, 7.25, 7.5 in

Cross-back measurement (without trim): 20.5 (21.5, 23, 23.5, 25.5) 26.5, 28, 28.5, 30.5, 31.5 cm/8.25 (8.5, 9.25, 9.5, 10.25) 10.5, 11.25, 11.5, 12.25, 12.5 in

Neck depth (without trim): 10.5 (10.5, 11.5, 11.5, 11.5) 12, 12, 12, 12, 13 cm/4.25 (4.25, 4.75, 4.75, 4.75) 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 in

Armhole depth (without trim): 18.5 (19.5, 21.5, 23, 24) 25.5, 26.5, 28, 29, 29.5 cm/7.5 (8, 8.5, 9.25, 9.75) 10, 10.5, 11.25, 11.75, 12 in

Depth from armhole to waist I-cord channel: 19 cm/7.5 in 

Skirt length: 60 cm/24 in from waist (knee-length)

Depth of trim: 1 cm/0.5 in

Gauge:

28 sts and 36 rows form a 10 cm/4 in square in fingering-weight held single on 2.5mm/US1.5 needles

20 sts and 30 rows form a 10 cm/4 in square in fingering-weight held double on 4mm/US6 needles

Materials:

YarnArt Flowers unicolor 55% Cotton, 45% Acrylic; 50g = 200m held single for the bodice, sample used shade 745

YarnArt Flowers cake 55% Cotton, 45% Acrylic; 250g = 1000m held double for the skirt, sample used shade 251

This yarn comes in 50g unicolor balls and 250g colour-changing cakes. In order to only require two cakes to hold double for the skirt, depending on your chosen size (especially for largest sizes), I recommend starting the skirt with unicolor held double. You will be able to find information online as to which unicolor shades a yarn cake is made up from, so you can match your bodice and start of skirt colour to a yarn cake perfectly. 

Please remember that the cakes are 1000m, so for example if your size requires 2670m for the skirt (size 9), you will need 670m of unicolour for your skirt as well as 2 1000m cakes (and the yarn required for the bodice).

Or fingering-weight yarn that meets gauge in the following amounts:

350 (400, 460, 530, 600) 660, 730, 810, 890, 950m held single for bodice

1040 (1190, 1380, 1630, 1790) 1990, 2230, 2450, 2670, 2900m held double for skirt. 

You need the amount stated in total and will be holding it double. If you choose to use a DK-weight yarn for the skirt instead of fingering-weight held double, you will need half the amount stated above for the skirt.

These amounts include a 15% buffer to cover swatching, bust shaping, and small gauge differences.

For the sample, 200m of the skirt were knitted with one ball of unicolor held double, before using two yarn cakes held double for the remainder of the skirt.

2.5mm/US1.5 needles (80 cm/32 in cable) or needle required to achieve gauge

4mm/US6 needles (100 cm/40 in cable) or needles required to achieve gauge

2mm/US0 needles or needles 2 sizes smaller than main bodice needle in your preferred length for small circumference knitting (40 cm/16 in fixed circulars, long circulars for magic loop or dpns) for armhole and neck edging and for waistband channel

Darning needle, 2 different stitch markers, 2mm crochet hook, lightbulb st m or safety pin

Techniques required:

Long-tail cast-on, backwards-loop cast-on, binding off using a crochet hook, knitting stocking stitch flat and in the round, increasing, decreasing, picking up stitches

If you like printing your pattern, please note that pages 1-13 are the main pattern, pages 14-22 are the bust modifications for d-cup and f-cup