Free knitting patterns for dresses in child sizes. Updated 2/8/25
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Free Patterns
Lotta Dress and Bamsen Toy
Children's short-sleeved red dress and toy pig stuffie inspired by the children's books by Astrid Lindgren and Ilon Wikland. Dress sizes 2 to 10 years. Pig 17 x 26 cm / 7" x 10.5". Sport weight yarn. Designed by Agnes Brandels for Järbo. Available in English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish
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Meadowflower Dress and Beanie
Sleeveless baby dress with buttons on shoulders for easy dressing and lace flowers at hem. Matching bonnet. Fingering weight yarn. Sizes Newborn to 12 months. Designed by Anne-Kirsti Espenes.
Perfect Sundress
Sleeveless girl's dress with pockets knit flat. Worsted weight yarn. Sizes 12 months to 6 years. Designed by Lion Brand.
Two Way Dress
Reversible baby and child dress knit in two colors with a 2 round repeat brioche stitch. 2 strands of Fingering weight yarn. Sizes 6 months to 6 years. Designed by Anna and Heidi Pickles.
Willow Tunic
Child sized dress with a traveling leaf lace skirt and diagonal fern lace chest band. Fingering weight yarn. Sizes 2 years to 6 years. Designed by Karen Semo.
Little Longstocking Dress
Child sized dress inspired by Pippi Longstocking knit in garter stitch with log cabin construction. Make it colorful by stash busting leftover DK weight yarn. Sizes 1 year to 12 years. Designed by Anna and Heidi Pickles.
Children's Knitted Dress
Diamonds are a girl's best friend with this long sleeved dress with diamond lace yoke. Sizes body circumference 54 to 66cm / 22" to 26". Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Lea Petäjä for Novita.
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Girl’s Dress with Lace
Sleeveless dress or tunic with leaf lace skirt. Sizes to fit chest 53/56cm [21/22”], 61/65cm [24/25”] and 66/69 cm [26/27”] (about 2 to 7 years). Sport weight yarn. Girl’s Dress with Lace in Schachenmayr Catania S6937. Available in English and German
Seea Dress
Tiered girl's dress with with gathering at bodice and skirt. Sizes To Fit Age: 2 Years to 10 Years. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Lotta Sorvoja for Novita
Elvyna Dress
Girl's dress with lacy skirt knit with a two round repeat that creates a natural wavy hem and delicate picot edges on sleeve and neckline. Knit seamlessly from the top down. Sizes To Fit Age: 2 Years to 6 Years. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Sara Elizabeth Schmidt
Sweet Sideways Dress
Child's dress with ruffled collar and short sleeves. Knit in three pieces with front and back worked sideways, from cuff to cuff, then collar sewn on. No picking up stitches. Sizes To Fit Age: 2 Years to 8 Years. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Alice Tang
Hooded Dress
Child's dress or tunic with hood, short sleeves, and cable details on bodice. Sizes To Fit Age: 1 Years to 11 Years. DK weight yarn. 7842 designed by Elle
Spring Garden Girls Dress
The lace hem of this child's dress is designed to look like flowers springing from the green leaves of spring. Knit seamlessly in the round. Sizes To Fit Age: 2 Years to 6 Years. Fingering weight yarn. BC Garn Alba 5091BC designed by Stine Hoelgaard Johansen
Patterns for Purchase
How Does Your Garden Grow Dress
Cute baby and child A-Line dress with lace and bobble flowers on the skirt. This is a flat knit pattern, but suggestions on how to knit it in the round are included. Sizes: To fit 6-12 months to 4-5 years. DK weight yarn. Designed by heaventoseven.
Midsummer Meadow
Pretty pullover can be knit to dress or tunic length, sleeveless or with cap sleeves. Features dandelion flowers sprouting from the hem, a sweet picot welt, and an all-over dandelion flower pattern across the yoke. Sizes Finished bust: 3mo, 6mo, 12mo, 18mo, 2yr, 3yr, 4yr, 6yr, 8yr. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Heidi Atwood-Reeves.
Little Fiesta Dress
Child sized dress or top with ruffles, bobbles, lace. Options for omitting lace and bobbles, or adding long sleeves is also included. Sizes: Child 2 (4, 6, 8, 10, 12). Designed by Olya Mikesh of YellowBlueDesign. Fingering weight yarn.