Crochet Baby Dress.

This easy to crochet baby dress for 2-3 months old girl requires 100-120 g of thread, a steel hook No 8 (1.5 mm). If you don't have this kind of hook, No7 (1.65 mm) or No 6 (1.8 mm) can do the work. To make a project you don't have to be an experienced crocheter. Just do your own calculations following step by step my example.

Let's look at our model once again to understand what we are going to crochet.

• Pattern 1 (darker color) starts at the ham line.
• Pattern 2 (lighter color) is line of square motifs
• Pattern 3 is the top part of a dress. You can use either single crochet (sc) or double crochet (dc)to finish a dress.

As usually, I don't suggest you to follow my example exactly. Choose your own pattern, color and type of thread, and number of hook. The best idea while doing a crochet or knitting project is to follow a garment pattern with your own calculations. This way you will never have any problems with mismatching gauge or oversized/undersized dress, sweater, top, and etc.

Crochet Baby Dress. Step-by-step instruction.

1. Make a gauge swatch. Calculate your gauge.

2. Back part.

A lower part of a dress is a rectangular 27 cm x 21 cm. To start, you will need: 27cm x 2sts/cm = 54 sts. Add 1 sts to make number of stitches odd. Total number of stitches is 55 sts. Use Pattern 1 and crochet 8cm (8cm x 1.3 rows/cm = 10 rows) - the point where the button bands will be located later. Close one stitch in the middle of your work, separate all stitches in two parts (27 stitches in each) and continue to crochet each part separately till your rectangular is 21 cm (21 cm x 1.3 rows/cm = 27 rows) tall.

3. Front part.

Crochet exactly like a back part, but without separating stitches in two parts.

4. Crochet Motifs.

Start a crochet motif from the chain ring made of 4 chains joined into a circle with a slip stitch. Crochet two rows following Pattern 2. You will need nine motifs total, joined in a strip. If one motif is a square 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm, length of a strip will be 4.5 cm x 9 = 40.5 cm.

5.To assemble a crochet baby dress.

• Sew side seams connecting front and back parts in a "tube". Circumference of the tube is: 27cm + 27 cm = 54 cm.
• Sew strip of motifs which is 40.5cm long to the top of your "tube".
• Crochet two rows of 1 single crochet around the top edge of the motifs (81 sts in each row).
• Separate back (41 sts.) and front (40 sts.) parts. Crochet each part separately according to the pattern.
• Sew shoulder seams. Crochet 1 row of single crochets around neck line and armholes.
• For the button bands crochet 3 rows of single crochet along the each side of the slot on the back part. Make 6 buttonholes ((1st and 6th at the distance 1 cm from the edges),sew 6 buttons.
• Spread a crochet baby dress on the flat surface, cover with wet fabric and let it dry.

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