Clara Les Cheries

On Ravelry a group of us had fun making our own versions of a doll dress for a Gotz doll which is on a Pinterest board. (There is no pattern available.).

I decided to make something similar for my Les Cheries 2001 dolls Clara and Camille. This is the pattern I came up with. Hope you like it. 

Notions:

50 g Light fingering weight yarn.

Needles: US 1.5/2.5mm. (or those you need to obtain gauge)

Darning needle.

Stitch markers or waste yarn.

3 small buttons.

Difficulty:

Gauge: 9  sts x 11 rows = 1 inch. In stockinette.

Abbreviations:

Co: cast on.

Bo: bind off.

K: knit

P: purl

St-stitch: Sts- stitches

K2 tog: Knit two stitches together as one stitch.

Ssk: Slip, slip, knit, slip 2 stitches and knit them together.

Yo: yarn over

dd: Slip 1, knit 2sts together and pass slipped stitch over. (Double decrease)

m1l: Insert the left-hand needle from front to back under the strand of yarn which runs between the stitch just worked and the next stitch on the left-hand needle. Knit this stitch through the back loop.

m1r: Insert the left-hand needle from the back to front under the strand of yarn which runs between the stitch just worked and the next stitch on the left-hand needle. Knit this stitch through the front loop.

Bh: button hole.

Co 37 sts.

1-2: Knit.

3: S1, k1, yo, k2tog, k2, m1r, k1, m1l, k5, m1r, k1, m1l, k11, m1r, k1, m1l, k5, m1r,k1,m1l, k6.

4: S1, k3, purl to last 4sts, k4. (45sts)

5: S1, k6, m1r, k1, m1l, k7, m1r, k1, m1l, k13, m1r, k1, m1l, k7, m1r,k1,m1l, k7.

6: S1, k3, purl to last 4sts, k4. (53sts)

7: S1, k7, m1r, k1, m1l, k9, m1r, k1, m1l, k15, m1r, k1, m1l, k9, m1r, k1, m1l, k8.

8: S1, k3, purl to last 4sts, k4. (61sts)

9: S1, k8, m1r, k1, m1l, k11, m1r, k1, m1l, k4, yo, k3, dd, k3, yo, k4, m1r, k1, m1l, k11, m1r, k1, m1l, k9.

10: S1, k3, purl to last 4sts, k4. (69sts)

11: S1, k9, m1r, k1, m1l, k13, m1r, k1, m1l, k6, yo, k2, dd, k2, yo, k6, m1r, k1, m1l, k13, m1r, k1, m1l, k10.

12: S1, k3, purl to last 4sts, k4. (77sts)

13: S1, k10, m1r, k1, m1l, k15, m1r, k1, m1l, k8, yo, k1, dd, k1, yo, k8, m1r, k1, m1l, k15, m1r, k1, m1l, k11.

14: S1, k3, purl to last 4sts, k4. (85sts)

15: S1, k11, m1r, k1, m1l, k17, m1r, k1, m1l, k10, yo, dd, yo, k10, m1r, k1, m1l, k17, m1r, k1, m1l, k12.

16: S1, k3, purl to last 4sts, k4. (93sts)

17: S1, k1, yo, k2tog, k9, m1r, k1, m1l, k19, m1r, k1, m1l, k3, yo, k3, dd, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, dd, k3, yo, k3, m1r, k1, m1l, k19, m1r, k1, m1l, k13.

18: S1, k3, purl to last 4sts, k4. (101sts)

19: S1, k13, k23sts for sleeve, turn work, k23, turn work, bo 23sts.  Knit central sts; k5, yo, k2, dd, k2, yo, k3, yo, k2, dd, k2, yo, k5, k23sts for sleeve, turn work, k23, turn work, bo 23sts. 

20: S1, k3, p47, k4. (55sts)

21: S1, k19, yo, k1, dd, k1, yo, k5, yo, k1, dd, k1, yo, k20.

22: S1, k3, p47, k4. (55sts)

23: S1, k20, yo, dd, yo, k7, yo, dd, yo, k21.

24: S1, k3, p47, k4. (55sts)

25: S1, k11, ssk, k2tog, k7, yo, k3, dd, k3, yo, k7, ssk, k2tog, k12.

26: S1, k3, p43, k4. (51sts)

27: S1, k10, ssk, k2tog, k7, yo, k2, dd, k2, yo, k7, ssk, k2tog, k11.

28: S1, k3, p39, k4. (47sts)

29: S1, k20, yo, k1, dd, k1, yo, k21.

30: S1, k3, p39, k4. (47sts)

31: S1, k21, yo, dd, yo, k22.

32: S1, k3, p39, k4. (47sts)

33: S1, k46.

34: S1, k3, p39, k4. (47sts).

Start knitting skirt in the round.

Knit together the first 5 and last 5 sts overlapping the buttonhole border. Continue working as for round 1. (It would be helpful to place a marker at beginning of round)

1: *K1, yo, k1, p1, repeat from * to end of round

2: *K3, p1. Repeat from * to end of round.

3: *K2, yo, k1, p1, repeat from * to end of round

4: *K4, p1. Repeat from * to end of round.

5: *K3, yo, k1, p1, repeat from * to end of round

6: *K5, p1. Repeat from * to end of round.

Continue working as before to the desired length. I did 34 rounds.

On the pink version I added a knit round and a purl round before binding off. That does help with the drape of the dress.

This does need blocking to drape well.

I also made this version for my Gotz Hannah doll.

And one failed attempt turned into a cute top for my Disney animator! (One good thing about having different sorts of dolls is that I am sure to find one it does fit even when it doesn't fit who it was supposed to! Lol!) 

It isn't always easy to get the correct size and often I have to go back to the drawing board and try again! That is a part of doll kntting designing.

I hope you enjoyed this.

ETA: I have corrected a couple of typos on the skirt instructions.