Luna’s New Dress

Here is the pattern for my dress.

Shift Dress for Kruselings

Materials:

DMC Cebelia thread #30, one or two balls, depending on whether the shift is to be worked in  a solid colour, or in two colours

1.00 steel crochet hook

Stitches used:

Single crochet – sc (ch 1 at the beginning of each row)

Half Double Crochet – hdc (ch 1 at the beginning of each row)

Double crochet – dlb cr (chain 3 at the beginning of each row, counting this chain three as the first dlb cr stitch of each row)

Decrease – dec (sc- pull up a loop in each of the next two stitches, pull through all loops on hook)

Three single crochet decrease – dec over 3 (sc – pull up a loop in each of the next three stitches, pull through all loops on hook)

Reverse single crochet – rev sc (optional border stitch working sc from left to right instead of right to left – this stitch can be replaced with regular sc if preferred)

Slip stitch

Increase – inc (work two of the given stitches in the next stitch)

Tension: 12 sc to 1’ or 2.5 cm

Shift Dress:

Bodice: 

1) Chain 46.  Beginning in the second chain from hook, work 45 sc across row.  This is the right side of the bodice.

2) and 3) Work even in sc.

Divide bodice for front and back.  (You will work the two back sections and the front section separately, joining them at the shoulder seams later.)

1. Sc 10, turn at the end of this row and each following row.
2. Hdc in first stitch, sc in same stitch, sc to end of row.
3. Sc 11.
4. As row two.
5. Sc 12.
6. As row two.
7. Sc 13.
8. To 11)  Work four rows even in sc, ending at sleeve edge.

12) Sc 7, dec.

13) To 15)  Work three rows in sc on 8 stitches.  End off.

1. Return to centre of bodice.  Skip 2 stitches, join thread in next stitch.  Sc 21, turn at the end of this row and each following row. 
2. Hdc in first stitch, sc in same stitch, sc to last stitch, sc in last stitch, hdc in same stitch.
3. Sc 23.
4. As row two.
5. Sc 25.
6. As row two.
7. Sc 27.
8. Divide for neck: Sc 7, dec, turn at the end of this row and each following row.
9. To 18) Work even in sc for 10 rows.  End off.
10. Return to centre front, skip 9 stitches and rejoin thread in next stitch.  Dec, sc 7, turn at the end of this row and each following row.
11. To 20) Work even in sc for 10 rows.  End off.

1. Return to the last section of unworked bodice, skip 2 stitches, join thread in next stitch.  Sc 10, turn at the end of this row and each following row.
2. Sc to last stitch, sc in last stitch, hdc in same stitch.
3. Sc 11.
4. As row two.
5. Sc 12.
6. As row two.
7. Sc 13.
8. To 12) Work even in sc for 5 rows, ending at sleeve edge.

13) Sc 7, dec.

14) To 15) Work two rows in sc on 8 stitches.  End off.

Wrong sides together, sew shoulder seams.

Armhole edges: 

1. Return to the two stitches left unworked at the bottom of the first armhole edge.  Join thread in second stitch.  Dec over this stitch and the first stitch of armhole side.  Sc 30 around armhole edge, and end with dec over last stitch of armhole side and first stitch of the two unworked stitches.  Join to first sc with a slip stitch.
2. Rev sc 30 around armhole edge.
3. Repeat for second armhole edge.

Skirt:

Right side facing, work across the bottom edge of the bodice as follows: (e.g., You are working across the other side of the beginning chain of the bodice.)

1. 4 dlb cr, dlb cr inc in next stitch, *(8 dlb cr, dlb cr inc in next stitch), repeat from * to last 4 stitches, 4 dlb cr, turn at the end of this row and each following row.
2. Sc 50.
3. *(9 dlb cr, dlb cr inc in next stitch), repeat from * to end of row.
4. Sc 55.
5. 5 dlb cr, dlb cr inc in next stitch, *(10 dlb cr, dlb cr inc in next stitch), repeat from star to last 5 stitches, 5 dlb cr.
6. Sc 60.
7. *(11 dlb cr, dlb cr inc in next stitch), repeat from * to end of row.
8. Sc 65.
9. 6 dlb cr, dlb cr inc in next stitch, *(12 dlb cr, dlb cr inc in next stitch), repeat from star to last 6 stitches, 6 dlb cr.
10. Sc 70.
11. *(13 dlb cr, dlb cr inc in next stitch), repeat from * to end of row.
12. Sc 75.
13. 7 dlb cr, dlb cr inc in next stitch, *(14 dlb cr, dlb cr inc in next stitch), repeat from star to last 7 stitches, 7 dlb cr.
14. Sc 80.
15. *(15 dlb cr, dlb cr inc in next stitch), repeat from * to end of row.
16. Sc 85
17. Dlb cr 85.
18. Sc 85.
19. 8 dlb cr, dlb cr inc in next stitch, *(16 dlb cr, dlb cr inc in next stitch), repeat from star to last 8 stitches, 8 dlb cr.
20. Sc 90.
21. Dlb Cr 90.
22. Sc 90.  End off.

Wrong sides together, sew back seam of dress skirt for about 1 1/4” or 3 centimetres.

Hem:

Right side facing, rejoin thread at bottom edge of back seam.  Work 1 row of sc around hem edge, and then 1 row of rev sc.  End off.

Back left placket:

Rejoin thread at top edge of left back, and work a rows of sc across back edge to top of back seam.  Work three more rows of sc.  End off.  Sew bottom of placket to inside of dress skirt with invisible stitches.

Right back and neck edges: 

Join thread at bottom of right back edge, just at the top of the back seam.  Sc across back edge, work 3 sc in top corner at neck edge, sc across neckline, decreasing over three stitches at each inside corner of neck edge.  At end of row, work 1 row of rev sc back across neckline and back edge.  

Sew in all loose threads.  Close back of dress with either snap fasteners or thin hook and loop tape.

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