That’s a crochet baby dress for beginners (débutants) — an easy top-down pattern made in one piece! 💛
It features a yoke made with double crochets, a shell stitch skirt, and a flower applique for decoration.
Here’s how to make it step-by-step:
🧶 Materials
- Yarn: Soft baby yarn (size 3 or DK weight) — white and yellow
- Hook: 3.5 mm or 4 mm
- Scissors
- Yarn needle
- Button (optional)
👗 Pattern Instructions
1. Yoke (Top Part)
We start from the neckline and work downward in one piece.
- Foundation Chain:
Chain 64 (for 0–6 months). Adjust length to fit the baby’s neckline.
Join with slip stitch to form a circle. - Round 1:
Chain 3 (counts as dc), 1 dc in each chain around. Join with slip stitch. - Round 2 (Increase round):
Chain 3, 1 dc in same stitch, 1 dc in next 7 sts, 2 dc in next st — repeat around.
(This makes the yoke expand evenly.) - Continue increasing every other round until the yoke reaches the baby’s underarm level.
(Usually 6–8 rounds for small sizes.) - Separate for sleeves:
When the yoke fits across the baby’s shoulders:- Chain 5 (underarm), skip sleeve stitches,
- Continue working across front and back.
Join to form one round — now you’ll crochet the skirt.
2. Skirt (White Part)
The skirt uses the V-stitch pattern for a lacy, airy texture.
- Round 1:
Chain 3, skip 1 st, (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) in next stitch — repeat around. Join with slip stitch. - Round 2 and onward:
In each ch-1 space, make (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) — continue for about 15–20 rounds (depending on desired length).
3. Bottom Border (Yellow Edge)
Add a scalloped edge in yellow yarn.
- Join yellow yarn at the hem.
- (Skip 1 st, 5 dc in next st, skip 1 st, sl st in next st) — repeat around.
- Fasten off and weave ends.
4. Waist Decoration
- With yellow yarn, crochet a simple chain long enough to wrap around the waist.
- Weave it through the holes in the stitch pattern.
- Add a crochet flower.
🌸 Crochet Flower
- Chain 5, join with sl st to make a ring.
- Ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, sl st into ring — repeat 5 times to make petals.
- Sew it onto the dress at the waist.
5. Finishing Touches
- Weave in all yarn ends.
- Optionally, block gently with steam.
- Add a button closure at the back if desired.
Would you like me to create a written size guide (e.g. for 0–3, 3–6, 6–12 months) or a diagram/chart pattern for this exact baby dress?
