Basic TubeTop Dress

Girl's Basic TubeTop Dress


Difficulty Level: Beginner

Special Skills Required: Provisional Cast-on
Yarn Over (YO)


Size 24 26 28 30 32
Finished Top Width (inches) 16 18 20 22 24
Finished Top Length (inches) 4 ? ? ? ?
Finished Skirt Length (inches) 16 18.5 20.5 22.5 25
Gauge: in Stocking Stitch on Size 6 needles 20 sts and 26 rows to 4 inches
Gauge: in Twisted Knit Ribbing on Size 4 needles 20 sts and xx rows to 4 inches
BACK and FRONT are worked the same
With Smaller Needles Cast-On __ sts 56 84 90 94 98
Work in twisted knit ribbing for __ inches 4 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5
Increase evenly to __ sts 79 107 113 119 125
Using Larger Needles Knit in Stocking Stitch until piece measures __ inches 7.3 7.8 8.5 9.2 10.2
Rows Completed (not including ribbing) 64 68 74 80 88
Work Eyelet Lace Pattern of Bottom (multiple of 11 stitches)
Row #1 K1, * K5, YO, SKP, K4 , repeat from * across, ending K1
Row #2 and all even rows Purl all stitches
Row #3 K1, * K3, K2T, YO, K1, YO, SKP, K3, repeat from * across, ending K1
Row #5 K1, * K2, K2T, YO, K3, YO, SKP, K2, repeat from * across, ending K1
Row #7 K1, * K1, K2T, YO, K5, YO, SKP, K1, repeat from * across, ending K1
Work 8 more rows of Stocking Stitch and then bind-off