BiBa Crafts: Crochet & knit dress - free - step by step instructions

Beautiful dress for 1 to 2 years old princess

You will need:

Cotton yarn for hook size 2-3mm, about 150g

Knitting needles 2,25mm - 3mm

Two different size hooks - 2,5mm (for top of the dress) and 3mm (for bottom of the dress)

4 buttons (up to you)

3 different colors (up to you)

Abbreviations

st(s) - stitch (es)

ch - chain

sl st - slip stitch

dc - double crochet

hdc - half double crochet

knit&purl - knit 1st row, purl 2nd row & repeat

Top (front) of the dress

1) Create 70sts to the knitting needles

2) Knit&purl (repeat until 5cm or 20 rows)

3) Reduce next 6 rows in the start of row by knitting or purling two stitches together 6-6-2-2-1-1 (after reducing you should have 52 sts)

4) Knit&purl about 6 cm or 24 rows

5) Split stitches. Reduce (by knitting and purling two stitches together) next 5 rows from the center

4-3-2-2-1 (after reducing you should have 14 sts)

6) Knit&purl about 6 cm or 20-24 rows (depends of how long shoulder area you want) Bind off

7) Repeat same steps for the other side

Top (back) of the dress

1) Repeat steps 1, 2 and 3 (like front of the dress)

2) Knit&purl 8-9cm or 34 rows

3) Split stitches. Reduce (by knitting and purling two stitches together) next 5 rows from the center

4-3-2-2-1 (after reducing you should have 14 sts) Same both sides

4) Knit&purl 3,5cm or 10 rows, bind off

5) Sew the sides together (front and back sides)

6) sc around the top of the dress (hook size 2,5mm)

7) sl st around the top of the dress (same st of previous rounds sc)

8) sl st around top of the dress

Bottom of the dress (hook size 3 mm)

1) dc around (140 sts)

2) chain 2, sc into next 3 sts, hdc into next 3 sts, dc into next 2 sts, skip 1, 2 dc into same st, chain 2, 2 dc into same st (2dc, chain2, 2dc) skip 1, dc into next 2 sts, hdc into next 3 sts, sc into next 3 sts (repeat around)

3) Chain 3, dc into next st, skip 1 st, dc into next 7 sts, 3dc into space, chain 2, 3dc into same space, dc into next 7 sts, skip 1, dc into next 2 sts. Repeat every 5th around

4) Chain 3, dc into next st, skip 1 st, dc into next 7 sts, 2dc into space, chain 2, 2dc into same space, dc into next 7 sts, skip 1, dc into next 2 sts. Repeat 4 rounds

5) When dress is enough long (I made 30 rounds) finish it the same way like the top of dress by sc around and sl st around (colors up to you)

Shoulder area is up to you, you can sew it together or make button halls but I bought these beautiful buttons a long time ago (maybe 2 years) and finally I can use the buttons :)