The Friday before last, we were all wearing summer clothes because of the warm weather, but come Monday, we had our first snow of the season! Little Grace spent at least an hour watching the flakes drift down and cover the rooftops and trees. Good thing she had her cosy booties on so her feet stayed warm while she stood on the window sill.
On Thursday, Luna and I got to go with Mommy to Auntie R.’s house to meet up with friends and make some jars into candle and candy holders. Auntie had covered her dining room table with paper so we didn’t have to worry about being messy while we did our crafting – Wasn’t that nice of her?
Before we started working on the crafting, we all trooped into the kitchen to choose from Auntie’s smorgasbord! She had all the food labelled, and laid out in a pretty arrangement. There was so much food, we didn’t know what to choose, but scones with English clotted cream was our final choice. Then, we snuck a cookie and a cupcake on the edge of our plates, just so Auntie wouldn’t have to worry about cleaning up leftovers later on.
The grown ups took forever getting to the crafting part of the day. They were eating and yakking away as if they would never stop. Luna and I had to amuse ourselves by playing with a few of the jars on the table. We were careful not to break them though!
These jars were made by a new friend to us, L.. She used such pretty purple and pink flowers on her jars. It is too bad Vera didn’t get to come with us, because she would have loved to help L. with all these flowers in her favourite colours.
These jars were made by our favourite librarian, H.. Even though she is retired now, she is still our favourite librarian. Don’t you think her flower designs are beautiful?
These are Auntie R.’s jars. She used lots of different flowers and leaves to design her candle holders.
These are some small jars Mommy made with the flowers left over after everyone was finished making their jars. She is going to fill the jars with candies to give to people at Christmas.
These are the bigger jars Mommy made to keep things in. We helped her pick the flowers for them. It was a lot of fun doing crafts with friends, and Auntie said we could come back again to make something different next time, but once the others saw what we had made, they all insisted we have to take turns coming to craft days. That’s the only problem with having so many siblings – sharing can be a good thing, but it can also be so disappointing…
Yesterday, Mommy finally finished the dress she was making for our charity baby, Star.
Star really likes her new dress, and she thinks every Sasha baby and toddler here, should have one! Mommy says that is an awful lot of knitting, though, so we don’t think that is going to happen anytime soon.
If you have any Sasha babies or toddlers at your house, maybe someone will offer to knit one of them a dress like Star’s if you show them the pattern? Just in case, Mommy is posting the pattern below…
Sasha Baby/Toddler Cotton Lace Dress
Materials:
Knitting needles 2.75 mm (UK – 12; US 2)
2.50 mm crochet hook (UK – 12; US C/2)
Hobbii 8/4 cotton yarn – 1 ball (50 grams each)
3 small snap fasteners
Stitch holder or spare yarn
Stitches used:
Stockinette stitch – 1) Knit.
2) Knit 1, purl to last stitch, knit 1.
Moss/Seed stitch – 1) *K 1, p 1,* repeat from star to star to last stitch, k 1. Repeat row 1 continuously.
Single crochet
Abbreviations:
Knit – k
Purl – p
M 1 – Make one inc (pick up loop between stitch just worked and next stitch to be knitted, knit through loop from the top side e.g., the result is a new twisted knit stitch)
YO – wind yarn around needle to make an increase, before working the next stitch
K 2 tog – knit the next two stitches together as one – decrease made
Sl – slip next stitch
Psso – pass slipped stitch over stitch just knit – decrease made
Sts – stitches
Tension:
7 stitches per 1 inch/2.5 cm in stockinette stitch
Sasha Baby/Toddler Cotton Lace Dress
Front:
Beginning at lower edge of skirt, cast on 75 stitches.
- K 2, *k 1, yo, k 3, sl 1, k 2 tog, psso, k 3, yo,* repeat from star to star to last 3 stitches, k 3.
- K 1, purl to last stitch, k 1.
- K 2, *k 2, yo, k 2, sl 1, k 2 tog, psso, k 2, yo, k 1,* repeat from star to star to last 3 stitches, k 3.
- K 1, purl to last stitch, k 1.
- K 2, k 2 tog, *(yo, k 1) twice, sl 1, k 2 tog, psso, (k 1, yo) twice, sl 1, k 2 tog, psso,* repeat from star to star to last 4 stitches, k 2 tog, k 2.
- K 1, purl to last stitch, k 1.
- K 3, *yo, k 2 tog,* repeat from star to star to last 2 stitches, k 2.
- K 1, purl to last stitch, k 1.
Work 36 rows even in stockinette stitch.
Decrease for bodice:
45) *K 3 tog,* repeat from star to star to end of row (25 sts).
46) *K 1, p 1,* repeat from star to star to last stitch, k 1.
Repeat row 46, two times more.
49) Cast off 2 stitches, moss stitch to end of row.
50) Cast off 2 stitches, moss stitch to end of row (21 sts).
51) K 1, sl 1, k 1, psso, moss stitch to last 3 stitches, k 2 tog, k 1.
52) K 2, moss stitch to last 2 stitches, k 2.
53) K 1, p 2 tog, moss stitch to last 3 stitches, p2 tog, k 1 (17 sts).
Work 5 rows even in moss stitch.
Divide for front neck:
59) Moss stitch over 6 stitches, cast off the next 5 stitches in pattern, moss stitch to end of row.
First shoulder:
60) (K 1, p 1) twice, k 2.
61) k 1, p 2 tog, k 1, p 1, k 1 (5 sts).
Work 5 rows even in moss stitch. Cast off in pattern.
Return to remaining shoulder stitches:
60) K 2, (p 1, k 1) twice.
61) K 1, p 1, k 1, p 2 tog, k 1 (5 sts).
Work 5 rows even in moss stitch. Cast off in pattern.
Dress back:
Work as for dress front for first 8 rows.
Work 16 rows even in stockinette stitch.
Divide for back opening:
- K 38, turn. Leave remaining stitches on a piece of spare yarn or a stitch holder.
- Cast on 3 stitches for under placket, k 1, p 1, k 1, purl to last stitch, k 1.
- Knit to last 2 stitches, p 1, k 1.
- K 1, p 1, k 1, purl to last stitch, k 1,
Repeat rows 3 and 4, 8 times more (16 rows).
Decrease for bodice:
21) K 2 tog, *k 3 tog,* repeat from star to star to last 3 stitches, k 1, p 1, k 1 (16 sts).
22) *K 1, p 1,* repeat from star to star to last 2 stitches, k 2.
23) K 2, *p 1, k 1,* repeat from star to star to end of row.
24) *K 1, p 1,* repeat from star to star to last 2 stitches, k 2.
25) Cast off 2 stitches, moss stitch to end of row.
26) *K 1, p 1,* repeat from star to star to last 2 stitches, k 2.
27) K 1, p 2 tog, moss stitch to end of row.
28) Moss stitch across row.
Work 9 rows even in moss stitch, ending at back opening edge on last row.
38) Cast off 7 stitches in pattern for back neck, moss stitch to end of row.
39) K 1, p 1, k 1, p 2 tg, k 1 (5 sts)
40) Moss stitch across row.
Cast off in pattern.
Continue dress back:
Place remaining stitches back onto a needle, and rejoin yarn.
- K 1, m 1, knit to end of row.
- K 1, purl to the last 3 stitches, k 1, p 1, k 1.
- K 1, p 1, knit to end of row.
- K 1, purl to the last 3 stitches, k 1, p 1, k 1.
Repeat rows 3 and 4, 8 times more (16 rows).
Decrease for bodice:
21) K 1, p 1, k 1, *k 3 tog,* repeat from star to star to last 2 stitches, K 2 tog ( 15 sts).
Work 4 rows even in moss stitch.
26) Cast off 2 stitches, moss stitch to end of row.
27) Moss stitch to last 3 stitches, K 2 tog, k 1.
28) K 2, moss stitch to end of row.
29) Moss stitch to last stitch, k 1.
Repeat rows 28 and 29, 4 times, and then row 28, 1 time (9 rows), ending at back opening.
39) Cast off 7 stitches in pattern, moss stitch to last stitch, k 1.
40) K 2, p 1, k 2.
Cast off in pattern.
On wrong side of garment, tack under placket at bottom edge of back opening.
Join shoulder seams.
Sleeves:
Right side facing, pick up 21 stitches across one armhole edge of garment,
Knit one row.
Beginning with a knit row, work 8 rows even in stockinette stitch.
Work 2 rows in moss stitch.
Cast off in pattern.
Repeat instructions to make the second sleeve.
Neck edging:
Right side facing, pick up 32 stitches around neck edge.
Next: K 8, k 2 tog, *k 2, k 2 tog,* repeat from star to star 3 times more, k 6 (27 sts).
Work even in moss stitch for 2 rows.
Cast off in pattern.
Finishing:
Sew sleeve and side seams.
Single crochet around lower edge of each sleeve.
Single crochet around lower edge of garment skirt, making 2 sc in each point of lace pattern.
Darn in all loose yarn ends.
Close back opening with 3 small snaps.
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Star aime vraiment sa nouvelle robe, et elle pense que chaque bébé et tout- petit Sasha ici devrait en avoir une ! Maman dit que c’est beaucoup de tricot, donc nous ne pensons pas que cela arrivera de sitôt.
Si vous avez des bébés ou des tout-petits Sasha chez vous, peut-être que quelqu’un vous proposera de tricoter à l’un d’eux une robe comme celle de Star si vous leur montrez le patron ? Juste au cas où, maman poste le modèle ci- dessous…
Sasha Baby/Toddler Cotton Lace Dress
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Matériel :
Aiguilles 2.75 mm (UK – 12- US 2) Crochet 2.50 mm (UK – 12- US C/2) Hobbii 8/4 cotton yarn – 1 ball (50 gr) 3 petits boutons pression
Arrêt de maille
Point de riz
1) *1 m end, 1 m env* répéter d’étoile en étoile jusqu’à la dernière maille, 1 m end. Répétez le rang 1 en continu.
Mailles serrées.
AUGMMENTATIONS :
(M 1) – Faire une augmentation (relever la boucle entre la maille qui vient d’être tricotée et la maille suivante à tricoter, tricoter la boucle à partir du haut, par exemple, le résultat est une nouvelle maille torse)
Tension :
7 mailles = 2.5 cm en jersey.
Sasha Baby/Toddler Cotton Lace Dress
Devant :
En commençant par le bas de la jupe, monter 75 mailles.
- 2 m end, *1 m end, 1 jeté, 3 m end, 1 surjet double, 3 m end, 1 jeté*répéter jusqu’aux 3 dernières m, 3 m end.
- 1 m end, m env jusqu’à la dernière m, 1 m end.
- 2 m end, *2 m end, 1 jeté, 2 m end, 1 surjet double, 2 m end, 1 jeté,1 m end* répéter jusqu’aux 3 dernières m, 3 m end.
- 1 m end, m env jusqu’à la dernière m, 1 m end.
- 2 m end, 2 m end ens, *(1 jeté, 1 m end) 2X, 1 surjet double, (1 mend, 1 jeté) 2X, 1 surjet double* répéter jusqu’aux 4 dernières m, 2m end ens, 2 m end.
- 1 m end, m env jusqu’à la dernière m, 1 m end.
- 3 m end, *1 jeté, 2 m end ens* répéter jusqu’aux 2 dernières m, 2 mend.
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8. 1 m end, m env jusqu’à la dernière m, 1 m end. Tricoter 36 rangs en jersey.
Diminution pour le corsage :
45) *3 m end ens* répéter tout le rang (25 m).
46) *1 m end, 1 m env* répéter jusqu’à la dernière m, 1 m end.
Répétez le rang 46, deux fois de plus.
49) Rabattre 2 m, point de riz pour finir.
50) Rabattre 2 m, point de riz pour finir (21 m).
51) 1 m end, 1 surjet simple, point de riz jusqu’aux 3 dernières m, 2 m end ens, 1 m end.
52) 2 m end, point de riz jusqu’aux 2 dernières m, 2 m end.
53) 1 m end, 2 m env ens, point de riz jusqu’aux 3 dernières m, 2 m env ens, 1 m end (17 m).
Tricoter 5 rangs de point de riz.
Diviser pour le cou devant :
59) 6 mailles au point de riz, rabattre les 5 mailles suivantes, point de riz jusqu’à la fin du rang.
Première épaule :
60) (1 m end, 1 m env) 2X, 2 m end.
61) 1 m end, 2 m env ens, 1 m end, 1 m env, 1 m end (5 m).
Tricoter 5 rangs de point de riz.
Rabatte dans le point.
Revenir aux mailles restantes de l’épaule :
60) 2 m end, (1 m env, 1 m end) 2 X.
61) 1 m end, 1 m env, 1 m end, 2 m env ens, 1 m end (5 m).
Tricoter 5 rangs de point de riz.
Rabattre dans le point.
Robe dos :
Tricoter comme pour le devant de la robe pour les 8 premiers rangs.
Tricoter 16 rangs de jersey.
Diviser pour l’ouverture du dos :
1. 38 m end, tourner. Laisser les mailles restantes sur un arrêt de maille.
2. Montez 3 mailles pour le dessous de la patte, 1 m end, 1 m env, 1 m end, m env jusqu’, 1 m end.
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3. Mailles end jusqu’aux 2 dernières m, 1 m env, 1 m end. 4. 1 m end, 1 m env, 1 m end, m env jusqu’, 1 m end.
Répétez les rangs 3 et 4, 8 fois plus (16 rangs).
Diminution pour le corsage :
21) 2 m end ens, *3 m end ens* répéter jusqu’aux 3 dernières m, 1 m end, 1 m env, 1 m end (16 m).
22) *1 m end, 1 m env* répéter jusqu’aux 2 dernières m, 2 m end.
23) 2 m end, *1 m env, 1 m end* répéter tout le rang.
24) *1 m end, 1 m env* répéter jusqu’aux 2 dernières m, 2 m end. 25) Rabattre 2 mailles, point de riz jusqu’à la fin du rang.
26) *1 m end, 1 m env* répéter jusqu’aux 2 dernières m, 2 m end. 27) 1 m end, 2 m env ens, point de riz jusqu’à la fin du rang.
28) point de riz tout le rang.
Tricoter 9 rangs au point de riz, en terminant à l’ouverture dos au dernier rang. 38) Rabattre 7 mailles dans point pour l’encolure dos, point de riz jusqu’à la fin du rang.
39) 1 m end, 1 m env, 1 m end, 2 m env ens, 1 m end (5 m)
40) point de riz tout le rang.
Rabattre dans le point.
Continuer la robe en arrière :
Remettre les mailles restantes sur une aiguille et joindre le fil.
- 1 m end, 1 aug, m end pour finir.
- 1 m end, m env jusqu’aux 3 dernières m, 1 m end, 1 m env, 1 m end.
- 1 m end, 1 m env, m end pour finir.
- 1 m end, m env jusqu’aux 3 dernières m, 1 m end, 1 m env, 1 m end.
Répétez les rangs 3 et 4, 8 fois plus (16 rangs).
Diminution pour le corsage :
21) 1 m end, 1 m env, 1 m end, *3 m end ens* répéter jusqu’aux 2 dernières m, 2 m end ens (15 m).
Tricoter 4 rangs de point de riz.
26) Rabattre 2 m, point de riz pour finir.
27) point de riz jusqu ‘aux 3 dernières m, 2 m end ens, 1 m end. 28) 2 m end, de point de riz pour finir.
29) Pt de riz jusqu’à la dernière m, 1 m end.
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Répétez les rangs 28 et 29, 4 fois, puis le rang 28, 1 fois (9 rangs), en terminant à l’ouverture au dos.
39) Rabattre 7 mailles, point de riz jusqu’à la dernière maille, 1 m end.
40) 2 m end, 1 m env, 2 m end.
Rabattre dans le point.
Sur l’envers du vêtement, coudre la patte de boutonnage en bas de l’ouverture dos.
Joindre les coutures des épaules.
Manches :
Sur l’endroit, relever 21 mailles sur un bord d’emmanchure du vêtement, Tricoter un rang end.
En commençant par un rang endroit, tricoter 8 rangs en jersey.
Tricoter 2 rangs de point e riz.
Rabattre dans le point.
Répétez les instructions pour faire la deuxième manche.
Bordure du cou :
Sur l’endroit, relever 32 mailles sur l’encolure.
Next : 8 m end, 2 m end ens *2 m end, 2 m end ens* répéter, 3 fois, 6 m end (27 m).
Tricoter au point de riz pendant 2 rangs.
Rabattre selon le motif.
Finition :
Coudre les manches et les côtés.
Mailles serrées autour du bord inférieur de chaque manche.
Faites m serrées autour du bord inférieur de la jupe, en faisant 2 m serrées dans chaque point du motif ajouré.
Ouverture dos, fermer avec 3 petits boutons pression.
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Hi Cynthia! I’m just starting to knit this cute dress. On the directions for the Front, can you tell me where the * should be in direction #5? The first * for the repeat is missing and I’m afraid I’m not experienced enough to figure it out on my own!
Many thanks! I’m excited to continue knitting.
I am so sorry about that! I am afraid I made the mistake in typing up the pattern, but I have made the correction. Thank you for letting me know it needed to be done. It should read: K 2, k 2 tog, *(yo, k 1) twice, sl 1, k 2 tog, psso, (k 1, yo) twice, sl 1, k 2 tog, psso,* repeat from star to star to last 4 stitches, k 2 tog, k 2.
I hope the rest of the pattern will be fine, and I hope your dress will look beautiful on your doll. 🙂
Thank you for the quick reply!
I am just sorry you had to deal with the mistake! Hope you will enjoy the knitting anyway. 🙂
How pretty are these jars!!! Beautiful crafts, I was wondering if they were real flowers, but I read your answer. How did you glue them, with what glue, because on glass it must be special.
Really, you are an artist.
I really like Sasha’s baby dress, I really want to knit it, but I’m way behind on doll clothes. I still haven’t finished the pretty lace dress for Kruslings that you gave us on April 10, 2022, I’m ashamed!!!
Very big kisses and thanks for your beautiful doll stories.
Edwige
Thank you! The flowers are put onto the jars with Modge Podge. Here is the link to the tutorial we followed:
https://onelittleproject.com/pressed-flower-lanterns/?fbclid=IwAR3EOdPzDJMrSwrKd4bkEZIECHiSHr4ry_ipmT8xyaKi7HzeRN421bgykis
Merci! Les fleurs sont mises dans les bocaux avec Modge Podge. Voici le lien vers le tutoriel que nous avons suivi:
https://onelittleproject.com/pressed-flower-lanterns/?fbclid=IwAR3EOdPzDJMrSwrKd4bkEZIECHiSHr4ry_ipmT8xyaKi7HzeRN421bgykis
Vraiment j’adore vos petites histoires ! ces petites sont si drôles et charmantes, ça me fait sourire à chaque fois, et cette joie fait du bien ! alors merci à vous pour ces partages, et merci aussi pour les modèles de tricot.
En vous souhaitant une belle journée et une bonne semaine 🙂
Thank you for your compliments and your good wishes. We are always happy when someone says they like our little adventure stories! We hope you have a great week, too. 🙂
Merci pour vos compliments et vos bons voeux. Nous sommes toujours heureux quand quelqu’un dit qu’il aime nos petites histoires d’aventures ! Nous vous souhaitons également une bonne semaine. 🙂
c’est vraiment beau, ces verres décorés ! très très beaux !
c’est une bonne idée , ici, pour une vente de Noël…
et merci pour le patron aussi !
toujours aussi merveilleux !
That is so true, Auntie C.! The jars would be lovely for a Christmas sale. They all turned out really pretty. We are glad you like Star’s dress pattern, too.
C’est tellement vrai, Tatie C. ! Les bocaux seraient ravissants pour une vente de Noël. Ils se sont tous avérés vraiment beaux. Nous sommes ravis que vous aimiez également le patron de la robe Star.
J’aime beaucoup ces journées et j’aimerais en avoir car elles sont très intéressantes…les échanges d’idées sont forts intéressants…Merci pour le tuto de cette jolie robe….même si je ne possède pas de BB Sacha …Bonne journée…Bisous…Fanfan ….
Traduit par Google : I really like these days and I would like to have some because they are very interesting…the exchanges of ideas are very interesting…Thank you for the tutorial of this pretty dress…even if I don’t have a BB Sacha … Have a nice day … Kisses … Fanfan .
Thank you, Auntie F., for your compliments. We loved having a craft day with our friends. It was such a good way to meet up together and have some fun. 🙂
Merci tantine F. pour vos compliments. Nous avons adoré passer une journée de bricolage avec nos amis. C’était un bon moyen de se retrouver et de s’amuser. 🙂
The day was so much fun! So nice to see everyone, chat, eat and craft!
It was fun! We are going to try and convince our siblings that they really wouldn’t enjoy crafting though, because Luna and I want to join in next time, too!
What a fun tea party and craft time for the girls. Were those real flowers used?
Also love the little dress and the hem detail!
Yes, the flowers were dried, and bought online in packages. We had a lot of fun covering the jars with them! Thank you for the compliment on Star’s dress, too. 🙂