Rikona, Japanese for fruit child, is a seamless A-line dress with a double knitted polo neck collar with a cable pattern running along each side up to the shoulder. The body is worked bottom up in the round up to the armholes, while the sleeves are worked top down. Rikona is knitted in the lightweight, chainette yarn Cashmere 16 Fine from Lana Grossa.

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
Shown in size 2.

Finished measurements:
Bottom circumference: 140.5 (149, 156, 163, 171.5) (178.5, 184, 194.5, 204.5) cm/55.25 (58.75, 61.5, 64.25, 67.5) (70.25, 72.5, 76.5, 80.5)“
Bust: 93.5 (102, 109, 116, 124.5) (131.5, 144, 154.5, 164.5) cm/36.75 (40.25, 43, 45.75, 49) (51.75, 56.75, 60.75, 64.75)”
Length: 130 cm/51.25”
Sleeve length: 49 (49, 49, 50, 50) (50, 51, 51, 51) cm/19 (19.25, 19.25, 19.75, 19.75) (19.75, 20, 20, 20)“
Intended ease: 5-14 cm/2-5.5” positive ease. Sample shown is 102 cm/40.25” and worn with 14 cm/5.5” positive ease on model.

Yarn: Lana Grossa, Cashmere 16 Fine (80% Merino extrafine, 10% Cashmere, 10% Polyamide, 50 g, 320 m/350 yds)
Sample is knitted in Petrolgrün 40: 10 (11, 12, 12, 13) (14, 14, 15, 16) balls; 3047 (3277, 3507, 3737, 3967) (4197, 4427, 4695, 4963) m/3332 (3584, 3835, 4144, 4338) (4590, 4841, 5131, 5428) yds.
https://www.lana-grossa.de/en/yarns/detail/cashmere-16-fi...

Needles: 4 mm/US 6 circular needle (100 cm/40”) for body.
4 mm/US 6 circular needle (60 cm/24”) for collar.
3.5 mm/US 4 circular needle (80 cm/32”) for collar.
4 mm/US 6 straight needle.
3 mm/US 2.5 circular needle (60 cm/24”) for picking up round for sleeves.
Adjust needle size as needed to match gauge.

Notions: Stitch markers (removable), cable needle, stitch holders and yarn needle.

Gauge: 23 sts and 33 rows in St st using 4 mm/US 6 needle measures 10 cm/4” square after blocking.
26 sts Cable using 4 mm/US 6 needle measures 9 cm/3.5” across after blocking.

Notes: The dress is worked bottom and up in the round, to the armhole, then back and forth. The sleeves are worked top down in the round. The garter stitch neckband together with the double knitted collar is worked in one piece. Only the short end of the neckband is grafted to the bind off stitches at the neck.