My daughter was given a beautiful cotton dress with lavender flowers all over it. She loves the dress, but the back of the dress is very low and the sleeves kept slipping down. I knitted a simple lace insert and sewed it to the dress. It adds just the right amount of coverage and support to keep the sleeves in place. I hope this inspires you to look at your wardrobe and add some custom knit or crochet lace to make it new and functional! I have a few tunics that could be a little longer, and I might add a lace trim to them. 😉
Simple lace pattern:
- Garter stitch for 5 rows
- Sl 1, *k2tog, yo; repeat from * to end
- Sl 1, *purl; repeat from * to end
- Sl 1, *yo, k2tog; repeat from * to end
I repeated this pattern, incorporating a 2 stitch decrease about every other row, until I had the right length.
© Kaylan Dykema
