I love sweater
dresses. My daughter Yasmin used to wear them when she was young and now her little daughter, Iona,
is looking pretty in a variety of different styles of the genre. They are brilliantly comfortable, as you can wear
them with just tights or leggings and they look really good. My Sashas have a fair
number of sweater dresses from Gillian Nash and a few from Freda Ainsley (Postiesbabe). Linda Holmes makes some nice ones, too, but I have yet to win a bid on one of hers. Now there is a
new kid on the block, Diane Duke. She listed one recently on ebay and I couldn’t
resist having a bid, despite the fact that the sweater box is overflowing.
Lara is modelling it here. See what you think.
The sleeves are
knitted Raglan style, which produces a nice fit around the shoulders. The sleeves are three-quarter length. Lara is wearing the dress with pink tights from the Dollworks and shoes made by Ruthsdolls.
The dress came with
a shoulder bag and a little teddy bear. Diane was worried in case the girls were
going to fight over the teddy, so Lara kindly gave it to Baby Rosie to play
with. Anyway, the girls are really far too old for teddies! (or are they???) Dee may have an opinion on the subject.
9 comments:
Lovely dress, she looks great in it. These variegated yarns are so interesting the way they knit up so nicely
Love that dress your girl is wearing. I think the knitting yarns nowadays are really great - if you can find a good wool shop! Where do you get your wool from, Lorraine? xxx Karin
That is really pretty Karin, I like the colours and how the stripes are formed, I'm guessing it's that self patterning yarn?
It was also very sweet of Lana to let baby Rosie play with the teddy!
Big hugs Sharon in Spain xx
It's always quite exciting waiting to see the end results of these variegated wool yarns.
Notice how it looks like there are little waves in one of the rows just below the waistline.
Enjoyed the close up photo of your Sasha sized bookcase and books.
She lovely super in her dress and I love her little glasses she is wearing Karin!
I have already a number of knitted garments of this particular colour sockwool - all of them so far knitted by Gillian. It is always interesthow it knits up. Very clever! Always pleased to find something that suits Lara. She is quite difficult to dress, I find. Love Karin xxx
I must take a photo of all the sweaters I have in this particular yarn. They all come out differently. The wool also has a very soft feel to it, which is great for Sashas - not too bulky! Good that there are people out there who know how to knit so well for our Sashas! My Sashas would have nothing to wear, if they relied on my efforts!!!Karin xxx
Yeah, she is the intellectual type, Ronnie! xxx karin
Lovely dress Karin, the sock wools are great of making different patterns on dresses etc.
The little knitted teddie was a nice extra.
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