Instructions for the Chart “White Crochet Dress for Girls”
Sizes
86/92 (98/104) 110/116
You Will Need
- Yarn (96% cotton, 4% polyester, 160 m/50 g) – 100 (150) 150 g coral
- 50 g each of bright pink and white
- 2 buttons
- 3.5 mm crochet hook
Stitches and Charts
Double Crochet (dc)
Begin each round with 3 chains to replace the first dc, and close the round with 1 slip stitch into the top of the turning chain.
“Shells”
Work over 6 stitches of the starting row following the chart.
Begin each round with 3 chains to replace the first dc + 1 chain, repeat the pattern repeat continuously, and finish with 1 slip stitch into the top of the turning chain.
Work rounds 1–3 once, then repeat rounds 2 + 3 continuously.
Picot
1 slip stitch, * 2 chains, 1 slip stitch into the next stitch, repeat from * continuously.
Flower
Make a starting chain of 5 chains, join into a ring with 1 slip stitch, then work in rounds.
Round 1: 1 chain to replace the first sc, then work into the ring’s chain stitches: * 3 chains, 1 sc, repeat from * 3 times, 3 chains, 1 slip stitch into the turning chain.
Round 2: 1 chain to replace the first sc, * 1 sc, 1 hdc, 3 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc into the next chain-arch, repeat from * 4 times, 1 slip stitch into the turning chain.
Cut the yarn and sew in the ends, then work 10 dc around the starting chain ring.
Gauge
21 sts of the starting row x 10 rounds = 10 x 10 cm.
Note! The dress is worked in one piece, starting from the top.
Schematic
Instructions
Make a starting chain of 120 (132) 144 chains + 3 chains to replace the first dc, then work in rounds of dc.
After 1 (3) 5 cm from the starting row, divide the stitches for the back and front = 60 (66) 72 sts each.
Finish the pieces separately.
Back
Work in rows back and forth in dc, leaving 3 sts unworked at each side in row 1 for the armholes, then leave unworked 1 x 2 sts and 3 x 1 st in each following row.
At an armhole height of 5 (7) 9 cm, divide the stitches at the center for the slit and finish the sides separately.
At a height of 9 (11) 13 cm from the start of the armholes, leave 12 (14) 16 sts unworked along the inner edge for the neckline.
After 11 (13) 15 cm from the armholes, finish the piece.
Front
Work the same as the back, but without the slit and with a deeper neckline. For this, after 7 (9) 11 cm from the start of the armholes, leave the middle 24 (28) 32 sts unworked.
Finish the shoulders separately. Finish the piece at the same height as the back.
Skirt
Work from the starting row of the top part from one of the side edges in rounds in “Shell” stitch = work the pattern repeat 20 (22) 24 times.
After 27 (31) 35 cm from the start of the “Shell” pattern, finish the work after round 1.
Finishing
Lightly dampen and stretch the pieces to the measurements given in the schematic, pin to the schematic, and leave to dry completely.
Sew the shoulder seams.
Edge the sleeve slits and neckline with picot.
Sew the button to the right edge of the slit below the neckline and fasten using dc.
When finished, lightly steam all the seams.
