A romantic and eye-catching dress with both draping and volume.

Construction
You start by knitting the collar in woven stitch. You then pick up stitches around the entire collar and knit in rounds with raglan increases at all four corners. Stitches are then divided for the body and sleeves, which are worked separately from here. On the skirt section, you gradually change to larger needle sizes. It is bound off using elastic bind-off.

Size Guide
The dress has generous ease, from approx. 28 to 49 cm | 11.0 to 19.3” depending on size, with the most ease in the smaller sizes. Since it is knit top-down, both the sleeves and the skirt can be worked as long as you like.

Sizes
XS (S) M (L) XL (XXL) XXXL

Yarn
Yoke: Filcolana Mashdale, 100 (100) 100 (100) 150 (150) 150 g + Filcolana Paia, 25 (25) 25 (50) 50 (50) 50 g
Dress: Filcolana Alva, 300 (325) 350 (375) 375 (400) 425 g + Filcolana Tilia, 250 (275) 275 (300) 300 (325) 350 g

Recommended Needles
5 mm, 6 mm and 7 mm/80 cm | US 8, 10 and 10.75/32” circular needles

Gauge per 10 cm | 4 inches
Before washing:
Woven stitch on 5 mm | US 8 needles: 27 sts / 56 rows
Stockinette stitch on 5 mm | US 8: 17 sts / 24 rows
Stockinette stitch on 6 mm | US 10: 15 sts / 21 rows
Stockinette stitch on 7 mm | 13 sts / 18 rows

After washing and blocking:
Woven stitch on 5 mm | US 8 needles:
27 sts / 50 rows
Stockinette stitch on 5 mm | US 8: 16 sts / 20 rows
Stockinette stitch on 6 mm | US 10: 14 sts / 18 rows
Stockinette stitch on 7 mm | US 10.75 needles: 12 sts / 16 rows

Measurements
Bust circumference after the divide (more volume when the gathers are stretched out): 61 (65) 67 (72) 74 (77) 81 cm | 24.0 (25.6) 26.4 (28.3) 29.1 (30.3) 31.9”
Circumference at hem: 415 (445) 462 (492) 508 (530) 553 cm | 163.4 (175.2) 181.9 (193.7) 200.0 (208.7) 217.7”
Total length, hanging: 128 (130) 132 (135) 137 (140) 142 cm | 50.4 (51.2) 52.0 (53.1) 53.9 (55.1) 55.9”

Yarn Alternatives
Filcolana Mashdale | 125 m / 137 yds / 50 g
Filcolana Paia | 245 m / 268 yds / 25 g
Filcolana Alva | 175 m / 191 yds / 25 g
Filcolana Tilia | 210 m / 230 yds / 25 g

Difficulty
elementary | easy | experienced | expert