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My Etsy Blogger friend, Patch, featured my Little Sister Dress on her Crochet & Knit Blog. You'll also find some other cute ideas for knit and crochet there. In Patch's Etsy shop, she sells Wedding and other jewelry. Please check out this multi-talented Etsy Blogger.




I am also in this Etsy blogger's Exposed Treasury, how fun to see the pictures of so many of the team members:

Little Sister Dress

Free Pattern: Little Sister Dress
Needle Size: 3
Yarn: Sockotta sock yarn by Plymouth, 40% superwsh wool, 45% cotton, 15% nylon
Size: 18 or 24 months (by the time I finished this project, I had forgotten which size I started, that's a hazard of poor record keeping on my part but I think it was a size 24 months)
This is an easy, fun knit. It is knit from the top down using only knit and purl stitches. The bind off is the sewn bind off which you can find a link to in a previous post on my blog.

A New Crop

I have a new crop of neck warmers in my Etsy shop, here are a few of them:


Also, I do have both knitting patterns (rib and cable) available in my shop as well.

New Cast Off Technique-Sewn Cast Off

I'm finishing up the Little Sister's dress I started back in August. The photo above is from the free pattern which you will find on the Knittingalot blog. The pattern calls for using Elizabeth Zimmerman's sewn cast off which I had never done. I found these easy instructions.

Here's a Knitty post that gives you multiple options for binding off including the sewn cast off which is particularly good when you need a stretchy, flexible edge, like on the bottom of this little dress.

And here's a You-tube video showing the technique:



Watch soon for a picture of my finished Little Sister Dress.

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