DROPS Crocheted Top and Cardigan in Muskat

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See the CATCH OF THE DAY TOP pattern here

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Sizes: S - M - L - XL - XXL

Finished measurements:
Bust: 84-94-102-112-120 cm
33” - 37” - 40-1/8” - 44” - 47.25”
Hem: 76-84-94-102-112 cm
29-7/8” - 33” - 37” - 40-1/8” - 44”

Materials: DROPS MUSKAT from Garnstudio
100% mercerized Egyptian cotton, 50 g./100 m./109 yards
300-350-350-400-450 gr nr 18, white

DROPS 4.5 mm US G crochet hook, or size needed to obtain correct gauge.

5 DROPS Silver buttons, nr 534

Crochet gauge: 4.5 ch-loops x 10 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Materials:
Red Heart (affiliate link) Fashion Crochet Thread, 93% mercerized cotton/7% metallic 100 yards (91 meters), size 5. Color Gold - 1 ball
Beads: Matsuno seed beads size 8 (about 250 beads), 6 small buttons, a strip of tulle measuring 7" x 40" for lining.

Hook  1.75 mm

Gauge: 12 dc = 2" (5 cm)

Special Abbreviations:

bhdc = bead half double crochet. To work this, slide a bead up to the loop on the hook, wrap yarn over the hook, insert the hook into the back of the st, put the yarn over the hook and draw a loop through - you now have 3 loops on the hook. Put the yarn over the hook and draw the yarn through all 3 loops. The bead will be fixed to the back side of the crocheted work.

Directions

The dress is worked top down without seams. The round yoke is embellished with beads. However, you can work this outfit without beads.

Set up: String beads on yarn.

TIP: The best way to string the beads is to cut the end of the thread at an angle (making it pointy) and stiffen it with nail polish or super glue and let dry. Use the stiffened end as a needle.

Chain 35 sts without beads.

I wanted to make a summer outfit that was a bit dressier. Something a doll could wear for an evening out, but at the same time casual enough for walking around town. This wildflower dress and handbag combo is the result.

The dress is about knee-length and features a back button closure. I used a drawstring to cinch the waist. The skirt features 3 sets of ruffles in pink, purple and red. I used small crochet flowers to decorate the chest. The dress is worked top down in one piece, the bodice is worked in rows with the opening on the back, the skirt is worked in rounds. The ruffles are worked later using the surface crochet method.

The handbag features a drawstring closure and a flower on the side to complete the wildflower theme.

You can purchase this dress from our Etsy store!

Materials: Aunt Lydia (affiliate link)'s Fashion Size 3 Crochet Thread 100% mercerized cotton, 150 yards (137 meters), color Bridal White - 1 ball (MC)
Small amount of thread in salmon pink, purple and scarlet (CC)
Small flower-themed buttons in one of the above 3 colors.

Hook 2.75 mm

Gauge for V-st: 16 V-sts x 12 rows = 4" x 4" (10 cm x 10 cm)

Abbreviations and Special Stitches:

• Ch – chain
• Dc - double crochet
• Sl st - slip stitch
• ch-space – chain space
• V-st = (dc, ch 1, dc) in indicated stitch or space.
• V-st in V-st = V-st in chain-space of the V-st
• Ch 3 in the beginning of the row/round counts as 1 dc
• Ch 4 in the beginning of the row/round counts as 1 dc and 1 ch

A princess needs her dress! This dress is *vaguely* inspired by the fashions of the early 19th Century. Something like this might have been worn by Jane Austen's characters during the Regency, or perhaps under the French Empire.

The dress features a mesh lace skirt, with a built-in underskirt crocheted in a contrasting color. This highlights the lace pattern of the top skirt, as well as helping to create volume and give the dress its shape. The sleeves feature the same lace pattern as the skirt.
I decorated the dress at the neck, sleeves and back with pearls.

The bodice of the dress is worked from the bottom of the front to shoulders, then to back from top to bottom without shoulder seams, with side seams. The double skirt worked from top to bottom back and forth and in rounds. First, the white underskirt is worked, then mesh overskirt.

Materials:

• Tencel Wool by Cleckheaton (affiliate link) 70% Tencel 30% Wool DK weight yarn 91 m (100 yds) / 50 g, color yellow - 3 balls (A)
• Tencel Wool by Cleckheaton (affiliate link) 70% Tencel 30% Wool DK weight yarn 91 m (100 yds) / 50 g, color white - 2 balls (B)
• 6 large pearls, 30-40 small pearls

Hook: G (4 mm).

Gauge: 10 sc = 2" (5 cm)

Directions:

The bodice of the dress is worked from the bottom of the front to shoulders, then to back from top to bottom without shoulder seams, with side seams. The double skirt worked from top to bottom back and forth and in rounds. First, the white underskirt is worked, then mesh overskirt.