How to Crochet a Yoke and Skirt for Toddlers Aged 12-18 Months

You'll Need:

1 ball of Clea 1000 da Corculo yarn (100% mercerized cotton, 1000 m in 1 ball).

Crochet hook 1.25.

4 buttons with 10 mm diameter.

Stitches Control:

40 sts x 16 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Size:

12-18 months.

Instructions:

Work from the neck-hole to the bottom of the skirt.

Yoke:

* 3 chain sts, 1 double crochet in the 1st st*; repeat from * to * x 24 times (totally, 25 times).

Join the yarn through the 1st st, repeat from * in reversed order x 15 times.

After that, work according to scheme 1 with straight and reversed rows of double crochets: 20 crochets for each part of the back, 25 crochets for the sleeves, and 36 crochets for the front part.

Continue work according to the scheme; at the moment of making the top of each row, make 1 circle row + 3 rows of single crochets and picots (see the scheme).

After finishing work according to the scheme, crochet according to scheme 2 under the sts of sleeves, connect the sts of sleeves in a circle row.

Skirt:

Continue working the sts of back and front and connect them in a circle row.

Make skirt according to scheme 3.

Cords:

Make 2 cords of chain sts 36 cm long (each). Insert them in the sleeves. Make 1 more chain 90 cm long and insert it in the belt.

Sew buttons along the cut on the back.