Klukka — Sleeveless Dress with Rose Border Knitting Pattern

Klukka is Védís Jónsdóttir’s sleeveless A-line dress from Ístex’s Lopi 27, knitted in Léttlopi from the hem up: a deep eyelet-rib border at the hem, a band of red roses with green leaves on black, a skirt that narrows to a ribbed waist, a fitted bodice with a scoop neck, and crocheted edges at the neck and armholes. The pattern has two colour versions with the same amounts — pink with a white hem, and teal (lagoon) with an ash hem — in sizes S to XL; in the photos each is worn over a top with sleeves. The light red of the roses (1408) is no longer made; every other colour still is.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two colour versions — pink and teal
• Sizes S, M, L and XL
• The rose-band chart, the same for both versions
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the pink kit or the teal kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Pink dress: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L XL)
A 1412 pink — 7 (7 8 9)
B 0051 white — 2 (2 2 2)
C 0059 black — 1 (1 1 1)
D 1406 spring green — 1 (1 1 1)
E 1408 light red — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the pink kit uses 9434 crimson red, deeper than the light red roses in the photos

Teal dress: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S (M L XL)
A 9423 lagoon — 7 (7 8 9)
B 0054 ash — 2 (2 2 2)
C 0059 black — 1 (1 1 1)
D 1406 spring green — 1 (1 1 1)
E 1408 light red — 1 (1 1 1) · no longer made — the teal kit uses 9434 crimson red, deeper than the light red roses in the photos

Sizes

The pattern’s size table has the length and hem rows swapped; these are the corrected values (see the FAQ).

Gauge
18 sts × 24 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 4.5 mm needles.

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 60 and 80–100 cm
3.5 mm (US 4) circular needle, 60 cm, for the waist rib

You will also need
A 3.5 mm (US E/4) crochet hook for the edges of the neck and armholes, and stitch markers — both in the pattern’s list, which gives no number of markers; the skirt uses 8. Also a tapestry needle to join the shoulders and weave in the ends.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the hem up. The hem is cast on very loosely in B — white for the pink dress, ash for the teal — and knitted in large eyelet rib: columns of double yarn-over holes between purl stitches, 5 (5, 6, 6) holes high. Then comes a 13-round band of light red roses and spring green leaves on black, never more than two colours in a round. The skirt, in A — pink or lagoon — narrows towards the waist with paired decreases at eight points every 10th round, and the waist is 10 cm of K1, P1 rib on 3.5 mm. The bodice is increased at four points, three times, for the bust, then divided at the armholes; back and front are knitted back and forth, with a deep scoop neck at the front. The shoulders are joined, and the neck and armholes are edged with two rounds of single crochet in A.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 27 (no. 8), Ístex.

How you get it — the pattern is a PDF in English. It is emailed to you right after purchase; nothing is posted.

Yarn — not included. We sell Ístex lopi by the ball in our yarn shop, or choose the kit, which has this pattern and all the yarn in one parcel.

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