This pattern is a combination of knit and crochet techniques and alternates back and forward between knit and crochet throughout. Includes Persian lace from Barbara Walkers ‘A Treasury of Knitting Patterns’.
A schematic diagram and 2 charts are included.
Materials required 8 x 50 grm balls of No. 20 Cotton Thread, 4 buttons and ribbon.
Special finishing instructions (Caren’s Herringbone seam stitch) included for stitching back seam of broomstick.
Photograph of the back of the gown appeared in the November/December 2009 issue of Piecework Magazine.
Gown has a matching bonnet and booties.