Crochet dresses can be worn from early childhood. Such dresses, as a rule, are very bright and interesting, as well as simple to perform. You can develop a scheme for them yourself or take a ready-made one.
Very beautiful dresses are made from fine mercerized cotton. If you knit them from white or cream yarn, you get a good baptismal dress, and if you choose a brighter thread color, then such a dress will be indispensable for everyday wear. Cotton has no competition when making children's products - it is not as hard as linen, hygroscopic and does not cause allergies, with very few exceptions. When choosing colored yarn, we can say with confidence that it will not shed, since the dyes are well fixed on cotton materials.
Cotton is easier to work with than many other materials as it does not slip.
To complete the dress, you will need a thin 100 cotton yarn of any color you like and the materials chosen for finishing, as well as a hook No. 1, 5-2. This dress is knitted in one piece, without shoulder and side seams. Up to 6 months, and sometimes up to a year, you can wear this model without lengthening it. If in the future the volume does not increase much, you can lengthen the hem and continue to put on the openwork product on holidays.
Knitting begins at the neckline. A chain of 75-85 air loops is typed, the number of which depends on the size, and you can start knitting. You can choose a pattern or knit a dress with a simple canvas, which will then be decorated with embroidery or appliqués. It is knitted in the same style about 9 rows, leaving a slit for a fastener where, according to further plans, there will be a back. After completing the desired length, the yoke of the dress is folded in half along the shoulder lines, and knitting continues in a circle.
There are a wide variety of circular patterns, and you can choose any of them, including patterns used for knitting napkins and tablecloths that work well. The armhole line will be knitted later, but while the yoke is knitted from the shoulder 41 cm long, it is advisable to choose openwork lace for this knitting stage, and when the required length is reached, the knitting is completed.
The main thing when crocheting openwork is to pull the thread evenly, then the pattern will be clearly visible.
The neck, together with the cut on the back, is tied with single crochet columns, while one or more air loops are tied on one half of the cut for fastening. Buttons that go in a tight row look beautiful, but it is very inconvenient to button them. You can get out of the situation by creating the appearance of a decorative fastener, in which only one loop really functions. In the openwork cuts formed by knitting, a satin ribbon is threaded in some places and tied with a bow. A dress decorated with flowers made of satin ribbons looks good.
Fastening the thread at the distance necessary for the free passage of the hands, they begin to knit the hem of the dress in a circle. At the same time, the pattern can be repeated the same as on the yoke, or you can choose another. The hem is tied to the required length, the loops are closed. On the bottom of the product, you can knit several frills in a contrasting color, or you can also thread a ribbon. Dresses look interesting, the hem of which is assembled from multi-colored petals knitted separately from each other. Layered dresses also look great, but they are often too heavy and bulky for children. The slit for the sleeves is most often tied with single crochet columns, but you can also knit full sleeves.
