Our yarns are hand-dyed on the following bases:
Cheshire Cat — light fingering weight — 100% sw merino — 28-30 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 512 yds
Mary Ann — fingering/sock weight — 85% sw merino, 15% nylon — 28-30 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 475 yds
Confetti — fingering weight — 92% superwash wool, 5% nepps, 3% lurex sparkle — 28-34 sts = 4" — 3.5 oz/432 yds
Summer Silk — fingering weight — 100% silk bourette — 25-28 sts = 4" — 3.5 oz/ 390 yds
Mad Hatter — sport weight — 100% sw merino — 20-24 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 344 yds
Sprinkles — sport weight — 95% superwash merino, 5% rainbow nepps — 20-24 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 340 yds
Cotton Kiss — sport weight — 50% superwash merino, 50% cotton — 20-24 sts = 4” — 4 oz/ 372 yds
Tweed — sport weight — 55% sw merino, 15% mulberry silk, 15% baby alpaca, 15% donegal — 22-24 sts = 4" – 3.5 oz/310 yds
Alice DK weight — 70% sw merino, 30% silk — 21-23 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 242 yds
Silk Twist DK weight — 72% fine sw merino, 28% mulberry silk — 20-22 sts = 4" —3.5 oz/250 yds
Lory— DK weight — 100% superwash merino — 21-32 sts = 4" — 4 oz/280 yds
March Hare — worsted weight — 100% sw merino — 16-20 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 184 yds
Walrus — chunky weight — 100% superwash merino — 12 sts = 4" — 4 oz/280 yds
For more details on all our yarn bases, click here.This sweet little dress is worked from the top down, the yoke is worked back and forth, and after the stitches for cap sleeves are bound off you join the stitches in the round to finish the skirt. You can easily adjust the skirt length to your likings. Add an easy knit flower embellishment to polish it off!
Yarn: Wonderland Yarns “Mary Ann” fingering weight, 85% superwash merino, 15% nylon: 475 yds/4 oz skein, shown in limited edition colorway “Midnight Palace”
Needles & Notions: US size 5/3.75mm, 16"/40cm circulars (or preferred style for working in the round) or in size required to get gauge, stitch marker, spare needle in same size as gauge needle, darning needle, three .5"/12mm buttons and one additional for the flower center (if desired), needle and sewing thread for attaching buttons, (optional) needle 1 to 2 sizes larger than gauge needle to work the bind off
Gauge: 26 sts & 34 rounds = 4"/10 cm in stockinette stitch, blocked
Measurements: size 6-12 months: chest: 19"/48 cm, from neck to bottom border: 12"/30.5 cm (with enough of
leftover yarn (even after flower embellishment) for additional length)