ISPICA

ISPICA - a dress or just a skirt in 4-ply weight wool with a textured pattern for the skirt, the sleeves in stocking sts and the body in stocking sts in reverse. The skirt to be knitted from waist and down with the increase of numbers of stitches giving the skirt a beatiful fall. The dress is sligthly shaped at the sides and with notches on the front to obtain a perfect fit. The skirt alone to start also from above with a rib to fold down for running inside an elasic band. Distinctly written pattern with chart for the skirt.
Required skill level from 1 (basic) to 5 (advanced): 4↓.
Sizes: small - medium - large - xlarge.
The measurements given throughout the pattern are all in cm as well as inches.

Sizes in the pattern: small - medium - large - xlarge
The measurement of the garment:
Bust: 86 - 96 - 108 - 120 cm (in: 33¾ - 37¾ - 42½ - 47¼)
Hip: 94 - 104 - 120 - 134 cm (in: 37 - 41 - 47¼ - 52¾)
Length (from shoulder): 102 - 103 - 105 - 107 cm (in: 40¼ - 40½ - 41¼ - 42)
Skirt length: 62 - 62 - 63 - 63 cm (in: 24½ - 24½ - 24¾ - 24¾)
Yarn: this design applies for a 4-ply fingering weight wool, 50 g = ca. 200 meters. In total 500 - 600 - 700 - 850 g, divided into 200 - 250 - 300 - 400 g in col. A (skirt - ocean blue), 150 - 150 - 200 - 200 g in col. B (body - lime), 150 - 200 - 200 - 250 g in col. C (sleeves - slate grey).
The original model: was made in the 4-ply wool BABY, 100 % merino wool. The yarn comes from Campolmi Filati in Florence (Firenze), Italy.
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Accessory: an elastic band (for the skirt alone).
Needles: no 2½ mm, 3 mm.
Tension/gauge in stocking sts: 26 sts on needles no 3 mm = 10 cm (4 in).
More patterns for a 4-ply wool - look here.