Garter Stitch Sunny Dress for 14-inch Doll

Free Doll Dress Knitting Pattern

This pattern guides you through creating a sleeveless dress worked top-down in garter stitch. The dress is knitted seamlessly, moving back and forth to form a simple yet charming design. Perfect for summer, it offers a fun project for knitters of all levels. Follow the steps to craft a delightful outfit for your doll.

Skills Required/Techniques Used:
---Knit & purl, cast on & bind off
---Increasing: knit front and back (kfr&b)

Size: fits 14-inch dolls like American Girl Wellie Wishers, Ruby Red Fashion Friends, Glitter Girls and other dolls of similar size.

Materials: Plymouth (affiliate link) Yarn Sockotta (45% cotton, 40% wool, 15% Nylon) fingering weight yarn, 3 1/2 oz/300 gr 414 yds/379 m - 1/2 ball

Needles: circular US #1 (2.25mm) OR SIZE NEEDED TO OBTAIN GAUGE

Gauge: 28 st x 44 rows = 4" x 4" (10 cm x 10 cm) for garter st.

Notions:
yarn needle, sew-on snaps, sewing needle and thread of matching color, small embellishments of your choice (optional).

Abbreviations:
k - knit
p - purl
yo - yarn over
m1 - make 1 increase - make a backward loop over the right-hand needle and in the next row/round purl/knit as a regular stitch.
RS - right side
WS - wrong side
kfr&b - knit front and back
RS - right side
WS - wrong side


Pattern Notes:

Garter st in rows: all rows knit

The selvedge/edge stitches are worked as follows: knit the first stitch and purl the last one.


Short Overview of the Pattern:

The dress is worked top-down, seamlessly, back and forth in garter stitch. The increases on the round yoke and on the skirt are made with knit front and back method.

Dress

Cast on 40 sts.

Row 1 (RS): k39, p1.

Repeat row 1 three more times

Row 5 (RS, increase row): k5, *kfr&b, k2 - repeat from * till last 5 sts, kfr&b, k3, p1 =51 sts

Rows 6-8: k50, p1

Row 9 (RS, increase row): k4, *kfr&b, k2 – repeat from * till last 5 sts, kfr&b, k3, p1 = 66 sts

Rows 10-12: k65, p1


Divide for sleeves and bodice:

Row 13 (RS): k10, bind off the next 14 sts, knit 18, bind off the next 14 sts, k9, p1 = 38 sts

Row 14 (WS): k10, co5, k18, co5, k9, p1. =48 sts

Row 15 (RS): knit till the last st, p1.

Row 16 (WS): k3, p1, * k4, p1 – repeat 8 times, k3, p1.

Row 17 (RS, increase row): *k4, m1, k1, m1 – repeat from * 9 times, k2, p1 = 66 sts

Row 18: k4, p1, *k6, p1 – repeat from * 8 times, k4, p1.

Row 19 and all RS rows if otherwise is instructed: knit to last st, p1

Rows 20, 22, 24 and 26: like row 18

Row 27 (RS, increase row): k5, *m1, k1, m1, k6 – repeat from * 8 times, m1, k1, m1, k3, p1 = 84 sts

Row 28 (WS): k5, p1, *k8, p1 – repeat from * 8 times, k5, p1

Row 29 and all RS rows if otherwise is instructed: knit to last st, p1

Rows 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46: like row 28

Row 47 (RS, increase row): k6, m1, k1, m1, k8 – repeat from * 8 times, m1, k1, m1, k4, p1 =102 sts

Row 48 (WS and all WS rows): k6, *p1, k10 – repeat from * 8 times, p1, k6, p1

Row 49 and all RS rows: knit to last st, p1

Work 22 more rows, or to desired length: all WS rows aa row 48, all RS rows like row 49.

Bind off. Cut yarn.

Finishing:

Weave in all yarn ends. Sew snaps on the button bands.

Have fun!