The dress pattern has now been checked and to prove it I made a dress in black with white ribbon stripes with smaller red ribbon stripes as a contrast.
When knitting it up this time I weaved the colours in as I went to prevent the great snarl of ends I had on the first effort.. Here is shot illustrating the contrasting colour being caught in behind the stitch about to be knitted.
This next shot shows the view from the back of the work with the contrast woven in. The end can be snipped off when the work is all completed.
Don't forget when making this dress to knit up the sleeves first and put them on a spare needle or on safety pins such as these.
When putting the sleeves in just check that they are in the correct way round as shown below.
These were inserted as I was completing the final purl rows across the bodice at the armhole openings. This way everything was ready to simply knit straight across the knit row when joining sleeves and bodice together.
I do hope you enjoy this pattern which I am placing up on the pattern page.
