Chloe's Dress

Chloë's Dress, inspired by my daughter Chloë, is knitted from the hem to the underarms, circularly. The shirred bodice is knitted flat, with a placket in the back, and the puffed sleeves are picked up and knitted down. Different knitting stitch patterns are used in the bodice to give the effect of a smocked dress. It is finished in a knitted I-cord bind-off at the cuffs and neck and also has a dainty knitted picot hem. This design won first place in the Design Competition at the 1987 TKGA National Convention and was featured on the cover of Cast-on Magazine, Summer 1988.