A very patriotic dress to celebrate the Fourth of July!

This dress starts with a long tail cast on of 96 stitches using the bright blue yarn. I knit two more rows on straight needles to create a two row garter stitch hem. Next, I switched to 12 inch circular needles to begin knitting in the round with the red and white yarns. For the first red and white row, I alternately knit 2 white, 2 red. For the next 6 rows, I purled 2 white and knit 2 red. This gave the colors a nice pop and pretty texture. I finished the dress following the chart on the left.

I followed my usual modifications found here and knit with the navy through row 28 to give the cap sleeves a blue edge. I alternated red and white yarn every two rows to finish the bodice.

I think the variegated yarns I used gave this dress a special look…a bit more dimension. However, solid colors would work too. Knit picks palette in Jay, Serrano, Cyan and white would be perfect.