Crocheting a Girls' Dress and Bolero with Shells and Fans Patterns

You’ll Need:

150g of metal mélange 100% cotton yarn;

50g of the same yarn, but in violet color;

20g of the same yarn, but in white color;

Crochet hook 2.5;

3 buttons.

Size

3-4 years.

Used Patterns

Shells pattern: due to the scheme 1.

Fans pattern: due to the scheme 2.

Instructions

Dress

Make 130 chain stitches with violet yarn and work with single crochets for 3.5 cm.

Straps

Fold the upper part of the dress in half, step back 4.5 cm from the edge and make 9 single crochets (width of strap) with violet yarn for 9 cm.

Skirt

Crochet, alternating 6 violet rows and 6 metal rows. Finish with 2 rows of shells with violet yarn.

Bolero

Make 150 chain stitches and 3 rows of single crochets with violet yarn. After that, make 10 rows of shells with metal yarn. Then, leave 6 “shells” for each sleeve and work only with the front and back (4 “shells” for each half of front and 8 “shells” – for back). After dividing your work, make extra “shells” in every double crochet. Crochet 13 rows down from sleeves. Fasten the front, sleeves, neck-hole, and lower edge of bolero with 1 row of single crochets and 1 row of fans pattern with white yarn. Make 2 straps of chain stitches with violet yarn, join them to the edge of bolero.