Instructions for the chart “Striped Crochet Mini Dress and Cowl”
Sizes
36/38 (40/42) 44/46,
Cowl: 52.5 x 21.5 cm
You Will Need
- Yarn (90% merino wool, 10% polyamide, 130 m/50 g) – 300 (350) 400 g eggplant, and 200 g each of rust and teal
- Crochet hooks size 4 mm and 4.5 mm
Patterns and Charts
Main Pattern
When working back and forth in rows: number of stitches is a multiple of 3 + 2. Work according to Chart 1. Start with the stitches before the repeat, repeat the pattern repeat continuously, end with the stitches after the repeat.
Work rows 1-3 once, then repeat rows 2 and 3 continuously, working the dc around the chain of the previous row starting from row 2.
Stripe Sequence
Work the main pattern in rows, back and forth! Do not cut the yarns at the end of a row; bring them back into work as needed:
* 1 RS row in rust,
1 WS row in teal,
1 RS row in eggplant,
1 WS row in rust,
1 RS row in teal,
1 WS row in eggplant, repeat continuously from *.
Gauge
16 sts x 8.25 rows = 10 x 10 cm, worked in main pattern with a 4.5 mm hook
17.5 sts x 8 rows = 10 x 10 cm, worked in main pattern with a 4 mm hook
22 rnds of single crochet = 10 cm
Schematic
Attention! Work the dress only with a 4.5 mm hook!
Instructions
Back
With eggplant yarn, make a chain of 74 (80) 86 ch + 3 turning ch and work the main pattern in rows, back and forth, working the first 22 (24) 24 rows in eggplant, then continue according to the stripe sequence.
After 63 cm = 52 rows (65.5 cm = 54 rows) 65.5 cm = 54 rows from the starting row, or after 30 rows from the start of the stripe sequence, decrease for the armholes on both sides 1 x 6 sts, then in the next row 1 x 3 sts. To do this, skip the stitches at the beginning of the row, working slip stitches in a matching color, and leave them at the end of the row = 56 (62) 68 sts.
After 76.5 cm = 63 rows (81 cm = 67 rows) 83.5 cm = 69 rows from the starting row, skip the middle 22 (24) 26 sts for the neckline and finish both sides separately.
For shaping along the inner edge, decrease 1 x 2 sts in the following row as well.
After 79 cm = 65 rows (83.5 cm = 69 rows) 86 cm = 71 rows from the starting row, finish work on the remaining 15 (17) 19 shoulder sts.
Front
Work as for the back, but for a deeper neckline, already after 71.5 cm = 59 rows (76.5 cm = 63 rows) 79 cm = 65 rows from the starting row, skip the middle 8 (10) 12 sts, and for shaping decrease 2 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts and 1 x 1 st in each row.
Sleeves
With eggplant yarn, make a chain of 32 (38) 44 ch + 3 turning ch for each sleeve and work the main pattern in rows, back and forth, working the first 5 rows in eggplant, then continue according to the stripe sequence, starting with 1 WS row in rust.
For the sleeve shaping, increase on both sides in row 6 from the starting row 1 x 1 st, then in every 4th row 4 x 1 st, and in every 3rd row 4 x 1 st according to color and pattern = 50 (56) 62 sts.
After 42.5 cm = 35 rows from the starting row, or after 30 rows from the start of the stripe sequence, decrease for the sleeve cap on both sides 1 x 6 sts, then in every row 4 x 2 sts and 7 x 1 st.
After 57 cm = 47 rows from the starting row, finish work on the remaining 8 (14) 20 sts.
Finishing
Sew the shoulder seams. Sew in the sleeves. Sew the side seams and sleeve seams.
Work 1 round of sc around the neckline with eggplant yarn.
Cowl
With eggplant yarn and a 4 mm hook, make a chain of 38 ch + 3 turning ch and work the main pattern according to the stripe sequence, starting with 1 WS row in eggplant.
After 52.5 cm = 42 rows from the starting row, finish work. Sew the first and last rows together.
