Tilly Dress is a simple dress with a wide skirt and a little ruffle under the chest. The dress is worked from the top down using 1 strand of either Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk.

You start working back and forth to create the keyhole opening at back-neck before continuing the yoke in the round. The ruffle is worked separately next, and then knit together with the yoke stitches before you continue with the skirt. The sleeves are 3/4 length and worked in the round from the top down. I-cord edges finish both the sleeves and the neckline.

Please note that whenever only one number is given in the instructions, this number refers to all sizes.

Sizes: 1 (2, 4, 6, 8) years
Finished measurements: Total length from shoulder to edge: 40 (44, 50, 58, 68) cm 15¾ (17¼, 19¾, 22¾, 26¾)”; Chest circumference: approx. 48 (52, 56, 60, 64) cm 19 (20½, 22, 23½, 25¼)”; Sleeve length from underarm to edge: approx. 15 (17, 19, 21, 24) cm 6 (6¾, 7½, 8¼, 9½)”
Yarn: Knitting for Olive Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk (250 m 273 yd / 50 g 1.8 oz), fingering-weight yarn, 3 (4, 4, 5, 6) balls. Sample is in Cotton Merino in Terracotta Rose colorway
Needles: 3 mm / US2.5 circular and double-pointed needles, or in size to obtain gauge
Gauge (after blocking): 28 sts and 38 rows = 10 cm 4” in st st with 3 mm / US2.5 needles
Notions: Stitch markers, waste yarn, stitch holders, tapestry needle, 1 button, crochet hook