Manufacturer: Sirdar
Festival Collection
To construct this striped mini dress, you’ll knit broken rib to give you those textured stripes and then icord stitch for the straps to keep it simple. This may look like a basic garment, but you have the customisable option of picking three fun Sirdar Stories shades.
Knitting Level: Intermediate
You will also need: 1 Pair of 4mm (UK8 – USA6) Knitting Needles, 1 Pair of 3¼mm (UK10 – USA3) Double Pointed Needles and Stitch Holder.
Design no: 10544
More Information:About This Yarn
Sirdar Stories is a cotton-rich blend of forty Insta-friendly shades, perfect for recreating catwalk crochet looks and celebrity knitting trends. The blend of natural cotton and acrylic is perfect for creating lighter garments that keep their shape.
What's it like to work with?
A cool, soft blend of cotton and acrylic, Sirdar Stories is a lightweight yarn that’s easy to work with and gives great stitch definition to colour-work and textured patterns.
What is it best for?
We created Sirdar Stories especially for fashionable womenswear and the 50g balls are perfect for colourful makes from granny squares to stripy knits.
COMPOSITION
60% Cotton 40% Acrylic
TENSION
22 sts x 28 rows to 10cm / 4 inches
BALL WEIGHT
50g
YARN WEIGHT
Double Knitting
YARN LENGTH
140 metres (153 yards)
KNITTING NEEDLE SIZE
4 mm (USA 6)
CROCHET HOOK SIZE
4 mm (USA F/5)
WASHING INSTRUCTIONS
40 Machine Wash / Wool Cycle
