Crocheting a Yoke Skirt for Children Ages 2-6

You’ll Need:

200g of yarn (50% bamboo, 50% cotton; 133m/50g);

Crochet hook 2.5;

2 buttons.

Age:

2-6 years.

Size:

92-98 (104-110, 116-122) cm.

Circumference: 62 (66, 72) cm.

Length: 50 (60, 70) cm.

Stitches Control:

26 sts х 10 rows = 10 х 10 cm.

Instructions

Skirt

Make 180 (192, 204) chain sts, circle them in a ring with slip st.

Make 15 (16, 17) “pineapples” according to the scheme, using 12 sts for each motif.

For 92-98 size: 1^st-34^th rows of the scheme.

For 104-110 size: 1^st-44^th rows of the scheme.

For 116-122 size: 1^st-44^th rows, then 24^th-34^th rows of the scheme.

Finish your work.

Yoke

Work along the set-up chain from the opposite side.

Join the yarn in 7.5 (8, 8.5) “pineapples” (central part of the back).

Work according to the scheme; you should get 160 (176, 192) single crochets in the 1^st row of the scheme.

Then, repeat the 3^rd row of the scheme, making 40 (44, 48) groups of crochets along the row x 2 (3, 4) times.

Half of Back

Make the first 10 (11, 12) groups of crochets with straight and reversed rows, repeat 2^nd-3^rd rows of the scheme 4.

At 11 (12, 13) cm height, leave unfinished 3 (3, 4) groups of crochets for the neck-hole, making decreases for the neck-hole according to the scheme 3 = 3 (3, 4) groups of crochets for the shoulder.

At 13 (14, 15) cm, finish your work.

Make the second half of the back in symmetry to the first one.

Front

Make 20 (22, 24) groups of crochets.

Work with straight and reversed rows, repeating the 2^nd-3^rd rows of the scheme 4, leaving unfinished 1 (2, 2) groups of crochets from both sides. Make the first 2 rows according to the scheme 3.

At 10 (11, 13) cm height, leave the central 4 groups of crochets for the neck-hole, and finish both sides separately.

For the neck-hole rounding according to the scheme 3 = 3 (3, 4) groups of crochets for each shoulder.

Finish work at 13 (14, 15) cm.

Sleeves

Make 55 (59, 63) chain sts.

Work according to the scheme 4, you should get 3 (14, 15) groups of crochets.

Repeat the 2^nd-3^rd rows according to the scheme 4 to reach a height of 3 (3, 4) cm.

Decrease sts from both sides according to the scheme 5.

The height of the sleeve should be 9 (10, 11) cm.

Finish your work.

Assembly

Sew shoulders, sew up the sleeves in the arm-holes, and make sleeve seams.

Fasten the sleeves and arm-holes as follows: 3 chain sts, skip 1 crochet or row, and make 1 slip stitch in the next crochet or row.