skirt variation: http://soknitpickygallery.blogspot.com/2008/06/flora-dres...

I started once…got confused…
Started twice…got confused….
Started three times…got pissed…
Decided the written instructions sucked worse than my 12 year old trying to read a knitting pattern out loud (she doesn’t knit) so am sticking to the chart-but I ran out of time so now I have to wait till later.

July 3: After finishing Independance: Uncle Sam’s Baby Girl Dress, I decided to go back to this one….What I am doing is working it off of the chart-but rewriting it on paper as I go-I have a hard time reading charts as I work-I prefer written. Doing it this way I can see how the written part is all jacked up. Later that day….I’ve gotten to round 19 and realized that I have a hard time knitting when crappy music is being blasted. What is with the music of today? Everyone just whines and screeches! I totally messed up a round because I couldn’t think thanks to the lobby I was waiting in had the worst VERY LOUD music blaring! uggh! I almost used my needle stoppers as earplugs!!!

July 4th: Apparently the Walking Dead is on everyone’s agenda, so I got to knit a bit. I am at my wit’s end with that stupid pattern. The last few rounds of the yoke I just winged it-what a frigging nightmare. BUT that part is over, and now I’m about to divide for the armholes….Which always makes me say in my best Butthead voice, “I am Cornholio! I need TP for my armhole.” Which makes zero sense to anyone but me and a select few.

July 5: I’ve decided to go against the seed stitch underneath the petals-I wasn’t a fan of how it looked. I went for a garter stitch for 8 rounds and then all knit

July 6: I’ve done a large knitted section with a few increases to bring me up to the proper amount of stitches to make six of the petals from the skirt bottom pattern I chose (flora dress). I started the p k part about 3/4 of the way down, as I didn’t like how it looked throughout the entire skirt….the flora skirt was charted and worked very well with no complications at all

July 7: I finished it up-instead of the ties I used my crochet hook and ch 6, sl st on one corner and put a little button. I then sc around each of the edges (neck, armholes, and bottom) and all except the neck edge got a ch 3, skip a sc, sc in next sc final round. I also put a little crocheted flower and swirlies for a fun little accent. :) I gave the pattern 4 starts because the chart was it’s redeeming feature. If the written stood alone, I’d have to rethink my star rating. :) A very cute dress and I’m very happy with it.