Product Description
This charming, swingy dress (or top) features an elegant textured front yoke and thoughtful, understated details. It was inspired by the poetic Japanese tradition of Hanami ; sitting under cherry-blossom-covered trees in the Spring, and observing the fragile blossoms being softly carried away by the breeze.
Skills required: Casting on, knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing, knitting in the round, yarn over, I-cord bind off (explanations provided), working a welt (explanations/link to tutorial provided), working an easy textured pattern (explanations/link to video tutorial provided), working a picot hem (explanations/link to tutorial provided) binding off.
Hanami Children's Knit Dress and Top Pattern
What Is Being Made
Hanami is a versatile children's knitting pattern designed by Lisa Chemery that offers two garment options: a sleeveless dress or a coordinating sleeveless top. The pattern is sized for babies and children, ranging from 3 months to 10 years old, with finished chest measurements from 16 to 27.25 inches (40.5 to 69 cm). The dress version shown in the pattern photography features the Julie Asselin Leizu yarn in the romance colorway, displayed in the 12-month-old size.
Garment Sizing and Fit
The pattern includes ten size options spanning from newborn to early childhood: 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 2 years, 4 years, 6 years, 8 years, and 10 years. Each size is carefully graded to fit specific chest measurements, with the garment chest measurement at the underarms (just above the welt) ranging from 16 inches for the smallest size to 27.25 inches for the largest. The designer recommends selecting a size based on the child's actual chest measurement matched to the finished garment chest measurement provided on the schematic.
Yarn Requirements and Materials
Hanami is designed to work with fingering to sport weight yarn, classified as 4-ply weight. The yarn yardage requirements vary by garment version and size:
- Top version: Approximately 375 to 1200 yards (343 to 1097 meters) depending on size
- Dress version: Approximately 400 to 1400 yards depending on size
The pattern sample was knitted in Julie Asselin Leizu fingering weight yarn, demonstrating the beautiful drape and stitch definition this yarn weight provides for the design.
Knitting Techniques and Construction
As an intermediate-level knitting pattern, Hanami incorporates standard garment construction techniques suitable for knitters with foundational skills. The garment features a welt detail at the underarm area, indicating a fitted silhouette. The sleeveless construction simplifies the pattern while maintaining a polished, finished appearance appropriate for children's wear.
Pattern Documentation
The complete Hanami pattern includes detailed schematic diagrams on page 6 providing comprehensive garment measurements for all ten sizes, enabling knitters to verify fit and customize the finished dimensions as needed.
Specifications
| Brand: | Independent Designer |
| Yarn Weight: | 4 Ply |
| Pages: | 6 |
| Designer: | Frogginette Knitting Patterns |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English |
| Notes: | Dress version: Approx 400 (450, 550, 625 // 675, 825, 1000, 1200, 1400) yds or 366 (411, 503, 571 // 617, 754, 914, 1097, 1280) m of fingering weight |
| Number of Patterns: | 1 |
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
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