I told you I’d been hooking!  Here’s my Stella, finally modelling floreal (Ravelry link) for us.

This was finished during the school holidays, but I have only just been able to persuade Stella to put it on. The threat of giving it to Clare instead convinced her! I followed the pattern for size 2, but used 8 ply Bendigo cotton rather than the 4 ply cotton that the pattern was written for. Correspondingly, I used a larger hook as well (5.0 mm) and the pattern definitely upsized to fit my 4 year old, as a tunic. It also fits 8 year old Clare as a top – and yes, she does want to “share” it with her younger sister!

This pattern was well written and fun to do. I lengthened it by working 2 rows in each of the contrast colours. All the colours were chosen by Stella. The pattern has a top and a tunic version – this is the top, but lengthened.

I wonder if I can remember all the colour names? Let’s see: teal, pink, lime, heather, new ochre, and maybe latte? Some of these are discontinued colours. Bendigo does beautiful cottons – actually, we’re planning a trip to Bendigo next weekend to visit the White Dress exhibition and I may just need to call in to the factory shop as well.