Crochet Dress Patterns Guide

You’ll Need:

550 (600) 650g of dark-grey yarn Merino Seta Lang Yarns (70% wool, 30% silk; 150m/25g);

Crochet hook 3.5.

Size:

Used Patterns

Seashells pattern: the quantity of sts is multiple 10 + 1. Work due to the scheme 1. Start with sts before pattern repeat, pattern repeat, and finish with sts after pattern repeat. Make 1^st-4^th rows once, then, repeat 3^rd and 4^th rows.

Weavers pattern: the quantity of sts is multiple 12 + 4. Work in the same way as seashells pattern, but due to the scheme 2. Make 1^st-6^th rows once, then, repeat 3^rd-6^th rows.

Stitches Control:

Seashells pattern: 25 sts x 7.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Weavers pattern: 16.5 sts x 11 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Lower Part of Dress

Skirt

Make 211 (231) 251 chain sts + 3 chain sts increase and work with shells pattern = 21 (23) 25 pattern repeats + 1 st. In 35 cm from the set-up row, circle your work in the ring, placing the beginning of the 1^st circle row in the middle of the back part. Don’t make the last double crochet; finish every circle row with 1 slip st in the initial chain st increase of the previous row. For better fitting, in 6 cm, increase 2 pattern repeats (see rows A and B on the scheme). Repeat this increase in 18 cm = 25 (27) 29 pattern repeats in a row. Mark sides in 72 cm from the beginning. For this, mark 4 (4.5) 5 pattern repeats for the back part and 7 (8) 9 pattern repeats for the front part. Sts between front and back parts form sides of the skirt. Decrease 1 pattern repeat inside each of the side parts in 3 circle rows from the marker. For this, make 3 treble crochets instead of 5 in 3 neighboring groups. Work due to the scheme from both sides of the decreased groups. Then, make 3 circle rows without decreases and decrease 1 more pattern repeat from both sides = 21 (23) 25 pattern repeats. In 88 cm from the set-up row, finish your work.

Upper Part

Front

Make 64 (70) 76 chain sts + 3 chain sts increase and work with weavers pattern. For size S, start with st from arrow A and finish near arm-hole rounding, leaving 1 cm from both sides in the next row. For neck-hole, in 33 cm from the set-up row, leave the central 8 cm and finish both parts separately. For smooth rounding, bind off 1 x 3 cm and 2 x 1 cm in every next row from inwards. In 46 cm from the set-up row, finish your work on the rest sts of shoulders.

Back

Make in the same way, but with a higher neck-hole. For this, leave the central 18 cm in 38 cm from the set-up row. Finish your work on the rest sts of shoulders at the height of the front.

Assembly

Make shoulder and side seams. Sew the upper part to the lower part.