A perfect, practical summer dress with just enough details added to make it acceptable for a dressier occasion.
Also I love this bright cherry red color!

It's so sweet and cheery, not the typical pastel you would normally find for a child's summer dress.

As you know, I'm also obsessed with this lace edging.
The picot edge plays up this lace pattern so beautifully. They just go together.
The picot cast on and bind off are quite time consuming, but so worth it!

I love how the picot bind off around the neckline kind of sticks out and looks like little red cherries framing the face.

• SIZE

3 months [6mos, 9mos, 12mos, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] (shown in size 2)

• FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 

Chest: 17 [18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25] inches (0 inches of positive ease)
Length: approx 14 [16.5, 18, 21.5, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27] inches after blocking

• MATERIALS

Blue Sky Alpacas Skinny Dyed Organic Cotton [100% Organically Grown Cotton; 150 yd/137m per 65g skein]; color: #309 Cherry; 3 [ 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5] skeins or approx 440 [470, 500, 520, 540, 570, 600, 620, 650] yds of dk weight cotton or cotton blend yarn.
(Separate one skein of yarn into 2 balls)

1 16” US6 / 4mm circular needle for smaller sizes
1 24” US6 / 4mm circular needle
1 32” US6 / 4mm circular needle for larger sizes
1 spare set of US6 / 4mm straight needles for 3 needle bind off
1 16” US5 / 3.75mm circular needle for neck edging
(You may need to use US5 / 3.75mm double pointed needles for smaller sizes).

Stitch holders
Tapestry needle
Stitch markers

• GAUGE 

  24 sts / 30 rows = 4" / 10 cm in Stockinette st on US6 / 4 mm needles or size needed for accurate gauge.