Bold Batwing Dress

Bold Batwing Dress by Ruby McGrath (pattern featured in issue 67 of Inside Crochet magazine)

This oversized cotton dress is just the thing for covering up on summer days.

MATERIALS
● Wool And The Gang Shiny Happy Cotton, 100% cotton, 100g/142m/155yds
Shade: Hot Pink x 14 balls
● 4mm hook
● Yarn needle

YARN ALTERNATIVES
You can use any aran weight cotton to achieve a similar result.

TENSION
Work 13.5tr and 8 rows to measure 10 x 10cm/4 x 4in using 4mm hook, or size required to obtain tension.

MEASUREMENTS
One size: This dress is intended to fit UK size 8–16 with varying degrees of positive ease.
Bust: 185cm/73in.
Length: 72.5cm/28¾in.
Length to underarm: 62.5cm/24¾in.
Sleeve circumference: 26cm/10in.
Sleeve length: 10cm/4in.
Note: Dress may hang slightly longer than measurements when worn due to the weight of yarn.

DESIGNER BIOGRAPHY
Ruby McGrath is the owner of handmade fashion label Frank&Olive. She is a workat-home-mum, naming her business after her three-year-old daughter, Olive, and her sixmonth-old son, Frank.