Greis dress - finished and photographed

I finished Greis dress on Sunday ... well I say I finished it, but the ends took me hours on Tuesday night. Still, I'm really happy with it, and thrilled that it never had time to get boring. I highly recommend doing a big project like this while on holidays, and having lots of knitting time. I think I might do another dress in the Christmas / New year period next year.

I really love it. I only made two changes:

1) I lengthened it. I want to be able to wear it to work without tights underneath, and even at my (short) height, it would have been two short.

I blocked it when it was about 5 centimeters short of the 66 I wanted for the body. I grew the extra distance, and ended up the perfect length.The Buachialle yarn also softened and bloomed noticeably on blocking.

2) I knit the smallest size, but went one size up for the sleeves. I could have gone two sizes up. I've got CrossFitters arms!

And that was it! I know I've ranted about Kate Davies pattern's in the past, but this perfect, and a really fun knit. I did struggle a bit with the purl stitches in the colourwork - I can't competently purl with my right hand, so I didn't worry about colour dominance, but it looks good. If I was designing I probably wouldn't use purl in colourwork anyway, I love smooth, even patterning, but it's nice for a change.

All in all a very enjoyable, satisfying knit, which made a very nice, wearable dress.

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