Knit a Perfect Babydoll Dress for Spring

This little knit dress covered in eyelets looks like the perfect thing to stitch up for spring and summer, with sweet candy colored stripes that area s fun to knit as they are to wear.

The Sweetie Knit Babydoll Dress from Yarnspirations is worked in a repeating pattern of stripes and eyelets across the skirt with a stockinette stitch bodice.

The skirt is worked from side to side in a garter stitch eyelet pattern, with short rows worked throughout to shape the skirt. Once that part is knit, you sew the seam up the back and pick up stitches to knit the bodice in the round from the bottom up, with raglan shaping for the sleeves.

The dress pattern has six sizes, ranging from a finished chest measurement of 34 to 60 inches, or 86.5 to 152.5 cm. The smallest size is meant to fit an actual chest measurement ranging from 28-34 inches, or 71-86.5 cm, while the largest fits 56-62 inches, or 147 to 157.5 cm, but that gives you negative ease in the largest size if you’re above 60 inches actual chest measurement, which I don’t think was the intended ease of the project.

The pattern calls for three different colors of Caron Sweetie Cakes, which is exclusive to Michaels (and looks like it is only available by shipping, not in stores). The yarn is a medium weight acrylic and nylon blend, so you could use other Caron Cakes yarns (like Baby Cakes or Blossom Cakes, to name a couple) to get similar color changes.

Of course you can use any yarn you like and make it a solid color or do stripes, or use a single colorway of a self-striping yarn to make a garment that’s still a lot of fun without having to keep track of stripe color changes.

You can grab a copy of this free knitting pattern from Yarnspirations.

[Photo: Yarnspirations]

This free knitting pattern falls in the category of cute but maybe not essential, as well as a nice way to use some yarn left over from another project.

The Briggs St. Fruit Hammock from Mycah Knits is beginner friendly because it’s a big rectangle worked in stockinette stitch on larger needles than the yarn would usually call for (size 11 US/8 mm for DK weight/weight 3 yarn) to provide more air flow around the fruit.

The idea behind a fruit hammock like this is both that it saves you counter space since it’s meant to be mounted under a cabinet and that air flow around the fruit helps prevent moisture from getting trapped below the fruit, which should keep it fresh longer. They’re also just cute and keep your fruits or veg accessible so hopefully you will eat more of them.

This pattern also includes I-cord handles, which is how you hang the hammock, and you’ll need to be able to pick up stitches for them, but that’s the only beyond beginner skill required in this project.

It only uses about 25 grams of yarn, so this is a perfect project for using a little something left over from another project. It would also be cute with stripes, so you can use odd balls from several projects. Or make the I-cord with a contrasting color to add a bit more fun if you like.

The designer does recommend using acrylic yarn for this project because it shouldn’t stretch out of shape with use and is easy to wash should your aspirations for eating fruit outstrip your reality. But they also provide tips for testing the stretch in a yarn you want to use and adjusting the pattern to account for that.

I don’t have a space in my place for this but it is super cute and a fun way to add knitting to the home, which I’m always a fan of.

You can grab the free pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Mycah Knits]

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