Test gauge = 5 St/inch on US 7 KP circa
Using Gilet Gourmand stitch counts, Pink Orchard for design

Will make bodice a little shorter and shorten sleeves.

Stripe sequence = Pink, green,Pink, purple, Pink, white, Pink.

Lace part done in pink

Lace pattern as written changed as follows(stitch count should be a multiple of 4 plus 6, for size 8 126 stitches.

Row 1: K3, (YO, SSK, K2) repeat 27(28,29,30) times, K3
Row 2: P3,(YO, P2TOG, P2) repeat 27(28,29,30) times, P3

For the buttonband, I will pick up and knit it in 2xz2 rib instead of sewing a garter stitch band (knitting THAT doesn’t sound very appealing to me. :))