Crochet a Stylish Cotton Dress with YarnArt Violet Yarn

You'll Need

400g of YarnArt «Violet» yarn (100% cotton; 282m/50g);

Crochet hook 0.95.

Instructions

Prepare the dress-pattern with your measurements. For M size, you'll need 8 lacing stripes. Make them a little bit shorter than the length of your dress. For a bigger size, you'll need 10 lacing stripes.

Row Instructions

1st Row: 22 chain stitches, leave 5 chain stitches, 17 double crochets according to the ornament scheme.

2nd Row: 3 chain stitches increase, (crochet 2 chain stitches, 1 double crochet) 7 times, followed by 1 double crochet. Make 11 treble crochets in the ring of chain stitches.

Continue crocheting the lacing stripe according to the scheme.

Creating Stripes

It's necessary to make 4 stripes of the same length, coming from the shoulder. Make 2 stripes for the back 5-10 cm shorter, depending on the desired neckhole. And 2 stripes for the front 15-17 cm shorter, matching with the dress pattern, but don't forget that your tunic will stretch and the neck-hole will be deeper.

Assembly

Sew the shoulder seams of the ready-made lacing stripes.

Match the edges of the lacing stripes using a crochet hook: 2 chain stitches and a single crochet, catching the edge of both stripes in turn. Connect all the stripes this way, ensuring to leave open 18-19 cm from shoulder to armhole along the side seams.

Finishing Touches

Fasten the neck-hole: 1 row of single crochets and 1 row with "shrimp stitch".

Fasten the bottom weaving edge with 1 row of single crochets.