Again, the Play at Life Fiber Arts Jest Sock yarn was such a pleasure to knit with…great stitch definition and bounce….and a perfect pumpkin orange.

A cast on of 100 stitches was used to create a full skirt. The dress was knit in the round. After the garter stitch hem, an 8 x 2 rib stitch was done to create a pumpkin effect. Decreases were made only in the knit stitches starting 8 rows before the waist to reduce to 36 stitches. HiyaHiya 2.5mm 12 inch circulars were used to knit the dress in the round up to row 25.

UPDATE 2018: An easy way to decrease the skirt, rather than creating points with leaning decreases as shown, would be to stop ribbing and do all knit stitches for Rows 24 &25(only counting orange stockinette rows, not the hem).

Then do the decreases needed for the bodice:
For a cast on of 100 stitches, the decreases are as follows:
Row 26 Purl 2 tog across (50 stitches)
Row 27 Knit 4, (knit 2 tog, knit 1)14 times, knit 4 (36 stitches)

This method will create a neater appearance and still retain the lines for the “pumpkin” effect.*

Dress modifications can be found here: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/suzymarie/bunny-dress-mod...
Decreases for a 100 stitch cast on can be found here: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/suzymarie/seasonal-dresse...

The jack O’Lantern face was done in duplicate stitch.

The bunny was knit on 2.75 mm needles with Filatura di Crosa Zara yarn in Latte 1773.