Sock Yarn dress

This dress is simply beautiful......well at least I think the pattern is beautiful and it is good for my zen to develop the patience to knit it LOL!!!
I'm generally an Aran weight knitter - 4.5mm needles -grows nice and quickly. This is 2 ply sock yarn and by comparison is like knitting in spider silk.
HOWEVER - the effect is this gorgeous gossamer like knit that will work beautifully for a wee girly dress.
The yarn I'm experimenting with is a 75% wool self striping yarn. My local shop stocks tons of this stuff in the most amazing colourways. I'm hoping this dress takes off as a summer special. I want to knit more!
Shown so far is the skirt. 64cm of garter stitch 75 stitch row. The next stage is to pick up stitches down one side and gather to make a skirt with the stitches running vertically.
Keep you posted!!!

Alistair set

This has turned out beautifully. Can't wait to do the next KnitterArty collab!

Finished soakerless skirty

I love this - so much so that if I had the time I would knit myself one! The yarn is so perfect - it hangs just so beautifully.

Weekend knittery

Been a clicky weekend. I've finished a pair of seamless soakers in Sunny Days and git stuck into a lovely soakerless skirty. Both my boys have been poorly sick thiis weekend so I've been confined to barracks - hence lots of knitting!

The skirty is in a wool and cotton mix yarn and is really pretty. It's a lot heavier and so I think it will hang really well. I've knitted it really full (I now have over 300 stitches on my needles!!!). I am really looking forward to getting to the length so that I can cast off - you can't appreciate the skirt while it's still on the needles.