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Ta-da! The lacy tank dress, mostly dry.
Pattern: Lacy tank dress from Knitting for Babies, modified by knitting in the round to the armholes and by picking up and knitting a round on the hem, then binding off in purl (hopefully to help control the curl). If I knit this again, I will probably knit a few rounds of garter stitch on the hem to control the curl a bit better, but I didn’t have enough yarn this time. This took me 10 days to knit and finish.
Yarn: Five skeins of SWTC A-MAIZ-ing (100% corn fiber, machine wash and dry) in Imperial Purple. This yarn is a knit tube type ribbon yarn. I thought it had good stitch definition and a lot more give than cotton.
I don’t think Mayhem is too emotionally scarred by wearing the dress, as she certainly made herself comfortable while it was blocking (it’s inside out in the next two pictures).
*slurp slurp slurp* -Mayhem
“Pssst. Hey, big kitty, this is that dress Mom made us wear. I’m showing it who’s boss now!” -Mayhem
“Um, May? Like the dress really cares.” -Chaos
Little sisters (or brothers), huh Chaos?!
That is a lovely little dress, and the stitch definition is really nice. How was it weaving in the ends though?
The dress is beautiful. Mayhem seems to have recovered just fine.
beautiful!!!!
May must have like the dress! It sure is cute.
Beautiful dress and, really, May looked lovely — it really brought out the color in her eyes.
You’re in for a dandy weekend, methinks. I hope you’re able to enjoy it!!
Hey – it’s purple again! Looking forward to tonight!!
Looks like that baby is going to get its first taste of cat fur early huh? hee hee. Gorgeous little dress..
Too bad about the colour, but other than that, it’s adorable!
Lovely! and purple too 🙂
The dress is great! I love how May’s tongue is sticking out in that one pic.
Lovely, lacy dress! Watch out kitties, or you’ll have to wear it again. 😉
So cute!
I’ve been intrigued by the A-MAIZ-ing corn fiber yarn. How was knitting with it?
Wow! I love the dress! It’s just gorgeous!!
What a darling dress and the color is fantastic!
Kitties are so funny! I love the black of their fur against that purple dress (I know, I know, your favorite color combination!)
(((hugs)))
The dress color is really great. Are you going to make one in your size now?
Gee, Mayhem, is Chaos a quitessential, stereotypical big brother or what?
Cute!
Chris- I think Chaos is still afraid of the Leiderhosen, and has read your stash of weird knitting books.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
The dress is so cute!
Oh, that baby will be deadly cute in that dress! I really like how it turned out.
Very cute dress! I’ll have to check out that corn yarn, it sounds pretty interesting.
I think you are very brave lettng those two near the dress after the humiliatng photos you took of them in it. 😉
Cute dress!
That dress is soooo sweet!
that dress is wonderful! missed the earlier post with May – but she seems to have it all under control now (despite the modeling episode that she won’t mention again!) Cats are so great!
The dress is beautiful!
*sigh* Poor May, Chaos is always shootin’ her down.
That’s alright May, you go ahead and show that dress who’s boss!
The dress is really cute!!
The dress is beautiful! Well done, Chris! And every little (and often big) girl I have met loves purple.
I fear, May, that Chaos is right. The dress does not seem concerned that you are the “boss.”
*blinks* 10 Days? *blinks*
Show-off 😉
the little dress came out great…
your two fur children are too funny! I have you seen Yarn-A-G0-Gos blog? she just got two black kittens that are way cute also…
I ahve notice lately funny picks being posted on the blogs of other yarn addicts…..all of tyou should put together a book called “Kitties whose humans knit too much!” LOL it would be a hoot!
so cute! And you know, I bet Mayhem actually *misses* the dress, and how fabulous it makes a kitty feel inside.
The purple is great! May and Chaos look soooo pretty with their black fur against the purple. Perhaps you should knit them matching purple dresses of their very own to wear….at the same time. I KNOW they’d LOVE that! :p
Darling dress! I must try that yarn.
The dress is beautiful. And though I believe May to be a beautiful model, I think this time it’s better in its blocking state! LOL
Beautiful!
Good going. Now they think it’s theres. You’re never going to get it back. 😉
I love the dress btw. Didn’t know if I’d told you. How long did it take you to make?
Great dress! Too bad the kitties don’t love it as much as the rest of us do — or maybe they DO love, but their way of showing it is to lie on it. When I read that the yarn was made of corn fiber I immediately wondered what would happen if you put it in the microwave — pop-yarn? Oh, I crack me up sometimes…
Cute dress! I’m surprised Chaos and May haven’t tried to shred it. Maybe May is trying to hold it down.
The lacy tank dress is really cute! Mayhem just didn’t want to wear it. She prefers the car modeling pose.
New contest on my blog!
Let us all know how it washes and dries and wears, because it really does sound like amazing maize yarn! I started something (some time ago, since ripped) in a cotton tube yarn, I liked the yarn very well. Thanks for the contest link! It was just a spur of the moment thing and a small ‘prize’, and I wasn’t sure I was going to broadcast it…but, hey, it’s more fun this way!
super cute little dress!
Good thing it is machine washable! Really nice pattern, that yarn seems to show the texture off well.
You tell it, May!
It’s lovely! I’m sure the recipient’s parent(s) will love it!
I love contests and you seem to have the inside track on all of them! Are you getting kickbacks? haha
The little dress turned out beautifully, I’m sure the giftee will be thrilled with it.
The dress is very cute and your cats are so tolerant! 🙂
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love the dress–cute pattern. and one of my most favorite colors!
i do think i preferred it with cats in it.