Knitting Sleeveless Knee-length Dress for 4.4" Pukipuki

Sleeveless Knee-length Dress for 4.4 inch Pukipuki
by Answer42

U.S. size #0000/1.25mm/U.K. size 18 needles or any needle size that achieves gauge
Sulky Cotton Petites size 12 thread

17 to 18 sts/inch 22 rows/inch (row gauge is not critical)

Abbreviations:
BO – bind off
CO - cast on
incr – increase
k – knit
p – purl
PSSO – pass slipper stitch over
st(s) - stitch(es)

Knitting from the top down:
Cast on 47 sts using long-tail cast on, leaving a long strand for button loop.
K 2 rows.
(P1, k1) twice, p5, BO 10 sts, p9, BO 10 sts, p5, (k1, p1) twice. (27 sts)
Note: St remaining on right-hand needle after binding off is included in the count of the p9 and p5.
(K1, p1) twice, k5, CO 4 sts, k9, CO 4 sts, k5, (p1, k1) twice. (35 sts)

Wrong-side row: (P1, k1) twice, p across to last 4 sts, (k1, p1) twice.
Right-side row: (K1, p1) twice, k across to last 4 sts, (p1, k1) twice.
Repeat last 2 rows once more.
Work wrong-side row.
Increase row: (K1, p1) twice, incr in every st until last 4 sts, (p1, k1) twice. (62 sts)

Work wrong-side and right-side rows until piece is 1.5 inches from cast-on edge, ending with a wrong-side row.
Work picot row: k1, YO, (slip 1, k1, PSSO), repeat to end, k1.
P 1 row. K 1 row. P 1 row.
Bind off in k st.
Block dress.
Hem dress, folding back hem at picot edge, and sew back seam starting at hem edge for about 0.5 inch.
Sew on button and make button loop to fit button. Weave in ends.

Have fun!