Camilla Dress in Adriafil Graphic - Downloadable PDF

Camilla Dress Knitting Pattern in Adriafil Graphic Yarn – Free Downloadable PDF

The Camilla Dress is a beautifully structured, full-length knitted dress designed for confident, everyday wear. This free downloadable PDF pattern from Adriafil Yarns is worked in the brand's distinctive Graphic yarn, a chunky-weight yarn that produces a bold, textured fabric with excellent stitch definition. The pattern is sized for a European 44 (42–46), equivalent to US sizes 10 (8–12) or UK sizes L (M–XL), making it accessible to a wide range of knitters.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a set-in sleeve knitted dress featuring a ribbed hem, ribbed cuffs, a deep ribbed neckline collar, and a smooth purled stitch body. The silhouette is relaxed yet polished, with shaped armholes and a classic round neckline. The generous ribbed sections at the hem and sleeves give the dress a structured, cosy feel, while the purled stitch body drapes softly and knits up quickly in chunky yarn.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Adriafil Graphic in colour no. 95 – 650 g total
• Knitting Needles: Size 5 mm and 5.5 mm straight or circular needles
• Additional Tools: Tapestry needle with a rounded tip for seaming

Stitches and Techniques Used

• 1×1 Rib Stitch – alternating knit one, purl one across each row, used for the hem border, sleeve cuffs, and the deep neckline collar
• Purled Stitch (Reverse Stockinette / All-Purl) – the main body stitch used throughout the back, front, and sleeves, creating a soft, textured surface
• Armhole Shaping – achieved through binding off at both ends followed by paired decreases every two rows
• Neckline Shaping – centre stitches are bound off and the two shoulder sections are worked separately, with gradual decreases to create a smooth round neck
• Sleeve Cap Shaping – structured bind-offs worked every two rows to fit the set-in armhole
• Picked-Up Neckline Collar – stitches are picked up around the finished neckline and worked in 1×1 rib for 15 cm, then the collar shoulders are seamed

Construction and Pattern Details

The dress is knitted flat in separate pieces — back, front, and two sleeves — and then seamed together at the finish. The back begins on 5 mm needles with 17 cm of 1×1 rib, then transitions to 5.5 mm needles for the purled stitch body with a slight decrease in the first row to tighten the fabric at the waist transition. Armhole shaping begins at 54 (52–56) cm from the cast-on edge.

The front mirrors the back until neckline shaping begins at 63 (60–66) cm. Ten centre stitches are bound off, and each side is then worked independently with further decreases to create a neat round neck. Each shoulder is completed after 10 cm of neckline shaping.

The sleeves also begin with an 18 cm section of 1×1 rib on 5 mm needles before switching to 5.5 mm needles for the purled stitch section. Subtle side increases are worked every 20 rows twice to add gentle shaping. Sleeve cap shaping begins at 32 (31–33) cm from the cast-on edge.

The finishing process includes seaming one shoulder, picking up stitches for the collar, working the collar in rib, then seaming the second shoulder and collar sides. Sleeves are then set in and all remaining side seams are sewn up.

Gauge

The stated gauge is 14 stitches and 17 rows over 10 × 10 cm in purled st