Finished Mason-Dixon After-Dark Nightie

Last week I finished the Mason-Dixon after-dark nightie from the Mason-Dixon Knitting book. When I bought the book last year the nightie was one of the projects I really wanted to knit from this book. I put it off until this summer.
I knitted it with the Euroflax Linen in colorway French blue (3 skeins). It was a pretty fast knit although the stockinette parts seemed a bit boring at times and I wanted to finish them as fast as I could. I enjoyed the lace parts very much. They are very easy to knit. Here is a close-up of the lower lace panel.


I knitted the back first with the lenghts as given in the instructions and was very worried that I didn't have enough yarn. After I used up the complete first skein and got almost up to the upper lace panel, however, I knew I would have enough yarn to make the nightie a bit longer which I preferred. So I knitted the front 3'' inches longer. When that was finished I lenghtened the back by taking out a row of knitting about 1" up from the lace panel. I knitted another 3" up from the bottom and then grafted the upper and lower piece back together. After washing the nightie the grafting line is not visible at all.

I couldn't get bra straps at my local fabric store and I attached satin ribbons instead.

I am very happy with the way this nightie turned out.