Wendy's Modified Dress for Bear

For a stuffed animal like this one 
@6-8"

Needles:
US 3 DPNs

Yarn:
light worsted or sport

Pattern: 
Cast on 22 stitches 
Join and knit one round. 
(Use stockinette stitch through out this pattern.) 
Yoke: 
Divide your stitches on four needles as: 3, 8, 3, 8 
Row 1: increase 1 stitch at each end of each needle by Kf&b 
Row 2: knit 
Repeat these two rows until your needles have 15, 20, 15, 20 stitches on them 
waist: 
On next round, bind off the two sets of 15 for the sleeves. Join body stitches and knit four rounds. Your needles will have 10 stitches each. 
next round: 
Increase 1 in every stitch of next round by Kf&b so that you have 20 stitches on each needle 
Skirt: 
Knit until desired lenght. I did 2”. Then do a picot edging by: 
round 1: k2tog YO 
round 2: knit 
round 3:bind off