A knitted dress

Plates of unspun Icelandic Lopi

Last Fall I decided to knit myself a dress.
I had all this lovely Icelandic yarn
and a book full of gorgeous patterns.

book by Védís Jónsdóttir

After much deliberation and considering, I decided to make the body of the Klukka dress, and combine it with the yoke style of Kedja, but using the flower pattern a second time.   

It was a little hard to follow the pattern, because there was not much sizing information given - nothing on waist or bust size. I forged ahead, eliminating one increase above the waist.

I knit a dress!

I am not super happy the way the cast on for the sleeves looks, is too loose, but I left it for now.
It is an incredibly warm (albeit also a little itchy) dress, even after soaking it in vinegar, but I got to wear it a couple of times skiing.

For next winter I might soak it in more vinegar or in some conditioner(as suggested) and maybe try to fix the sleeves by crocheting an edge around them.