Saturday, June 30, 2012

Linen Dress.


I have teased you with some pictures of my linen dress in the last post and finally the dress is finished and I can show it to you :)) Beautiful linen for this dress was gifted to me by Anna. All edges of this dress are beaded. The beads were attached by the hook. This is my first knitted dress and first time working with linen. I loved the yarn and will definitely work with linen again. It is perfect for summer and very nice to knit with. Not all stitch patterns that I have considered for this dress looked great in linen and it took some searching and sample knitting to find the pattern I liked. In the end I have chosen Estonian lace pattern called "Half Leaf Pattern" from the "The Haapsalu shawl" book.  If I would knit this dress again I would maybe do sides of the dress (this is where increases were done) a little different, but overall I am very happy with the way my dress has turned out.

Yarn:  SIŪLAS Lithuanian Linen 4ply  (2.29 skeins = 1259.5 yards (1151.7m))
Needles: US 2 - 2.75 mm
Design: my own
Construction: seamless topdown
Beads:  Miyuki 8/0 color #4217DC, about 1000.
Project on Ravelry





















Happy Knitting,
Diana

20 comments:

Igraszki z włóczką said...

beautiful

Swetab said...

КРАСОТА про кричу!!!!

Cler said...

Динуля - оооочень красиво! Отличное платье, сидит великолепно!

Sam said...

Your dress is absolutely beautiful! The beaded edges make it extra special.

Will you be releasing a pattern for it? It's certainly something I would love to knit if you did.

Kuningas said...

Красивое платье,цвет приятный, прохладный. И реглан, и отделка бисером придают изысканность и очень к месту! Ажур великолепный- так и просится на воздушную шальку:)) ОЧередное BRAVO- МАСТЕРУ!!

Healthy said...

Nice pattern. Great job. You look fantastic.

Anna said...

Красивое платье! узор хорошо подобран и цвет суперский)

Елениум said...

Дина, потрясающе красиво!!!

Anna said...

Beautiful, beautiful! It is definitely your colour. Wonderful photos!

Wioletta G said...

Sukienka prześliczna, taka delikatna i ten kolor, cudo!!!! Pozdrawiam:)

elenalionne said...

Диночка, шикарно!!! Тебе очень-очень красиво в этом платье, заглядение!

Katerina К (the joy of ...) said...

Диана, какое платье!
Тебе потрясающе идёт и этот цвет и этот фасон. Листочки сделали платье воздушным.
Повторюсь немного, но фото с улыбкой прекрасны вдвойне!
Поздравляю!

Arella said...

Wow, very beautiful dress!

Smitiha said...

Браво!

Diana said...

Thank you so so much everybody for your kind and sweet comments :)) I appreciate them very much :))
I will try to write up a pattern as time permits ;-)

Девочки спасибо вам огромное за такие тёплые слова и отзывы о моей работе :-)) Мне очень приятно :)) Я постараюсь написать инструкции как время позволит ;-)

dandelion said...

Дина, просто зачарована тобой и этим платьем! Оно просто невероятное!

Tatiana said...

Какой тонкий, ажурный шедевр! Дианочка, очень красивое платье, цвет хороший.

Madam Butterfly said...

Well done! Beautiful dress! I am sure you'll enjoy it very much!

helena said...

Oh,what a beautiful dress! And what a big job you have done, congratulations for that. I agree with you that linen is a lovely material, especially during summer time :)

Diana said...

Thank you so much everyone for your wonderful comments :-))

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