Well, thank you all very much. I still have not located the pattern I was looking for, but in an uncharacteristic fit of “get over it”, I have moved on. I browsed at my LYS on Wednesday, and came up with a perfectly good alternative. I present the Tanaya Fu Fen** dress, from here.
This is a cute little dress, although I’m not sure about the embroidery. (Not the design, but my ability to reproduce it or come up with something similar.)
I’ve done the back and just cast on for the front. Not a challenging knit by any stretch, but nifty faux pleats in the skirt. I’m using Kon Tiki in Hydrangea, which feels like cotton but has some acrylic. I’m thinking the acrylic will help prevent baggy-butt when the dress is sat in, as well as simplifying the laundry process.
It’s really a pretty blue, but my pitsher-takin’ ain’t so good. Since we don’t know how tall Tanaya actually is, and her date of birth, while given officially as December 25th, 2008, is subject to some speculation, I have chosen to knit the dress in a 3-year size. If it’s way too big for her, she can wear a shirt underneath it, or perhaps put it away for a few months. This all makes me think that knitting little clothes could be kind of fun, although hopefully not for grandchildren for at least a few years!
Aaaaannnnyyyyway, long story short, I’ve found a great dress pattern, and I am not obsessing with finding one that I may or may not have imagined. Thanks for all the suggestions!
**Tanaya Fu Fen is my dear friends’ chosen child who is joining their family from China later this spring. We are so happy for them we can barely stand it. Six years of waiting, and three months to get ready!
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