Crocheting a dress for a girl is easy!

All girls love to play with dolls.And even modern children, who are skilled with computers, have not lost their need for traditional games and toys. Only if girls of the “pre-computer” era enjoyed sewing, knitting or cutting out new clothes for dolls from paper, then modern girls are content with virtual models. And, note, with age, women do not lose interest in such dressing up. Girls who have grown up and become mothers continue to play with dolls with pleasure, only their own children, nephews and grandchildren become models. And this area is a real paradise for needlewomen. Especially when it comes to clothes for girls. Here all mothers (aunts, grandmothers) indulge in handicraft madness with delight, dressing girls in all imaginable and unimaginable clothes, turning them into glamorous fashionistas or fairy-tale princesses. Do you want to join this “clan of initiates”? Do you want to make some extraordinary outfit for your little princess? Then we suggest you knit a dress for a girl, using, for example, a crochet hook.

Dress for baby

If you are not yet an expert in handling a hook,and you still find it difficult to understand the many intricate patterns, then try to knit a very simple and elegant sarafan. Using cotton threads or silk yarn, you can knit a light summer children's dress. If you take woolen or semi-woolen threads, then as a result you will get a sarafan that can be worn with a turtleneck or a sweater. By the way, such a sarafan dress will be an excellent option for a change of clothes for kindergarten. The pattern of this dress is elementary: a yoke, a skirt and shoulder straps. So even a novice needlewoman can cope with such a model. We begin knitting with a yoke. For it we will need yarn of two colors, for example, white and pink. We take a pink thread and first make a sliding loop, and then five air ones. We make one yarn and knit three double crochets into the sliding loop. We tie three more chain stitches and three double crochets into a slip stitch. Once again, three chain stitches and three double crochets. We finish the square with three chain stitches and two double crochets. We tighten the slip stitch and connect the row into a ring. As a result, we get the basis of a square motif, which we tie in a circle, alternating threads of different colors and maintaining the shape of the square. We use chain stitches and double crochets for this. Experiment with this simple basis, and perhaps you will be able to come up with a new pattern. We sew or hook the finished squares, and we will need six or eight of them, first into a ribbon, and then into a ring. Next, we take a white thread and, having attached it to the yoke, we begin to knit a skirt. The skirt of the sundress can be made straight or flared, and it should be knitted with the simplest pattern - double crochets. Knit the sarafan skirt in a circle to the desired length. You can put two or three pink stripes along the hem of the skirt. Tie the bottom of the sarafan with a shell pattern, knitting five double crochets from one loop. Tie the top of the sarafan (yoke) with the same pattern. Now all that remains is to knit straps of the desired width and length (again with single crochets). Knit a cord with tassels from pink yarn and thread it under the yoke. The sarafan dress is ready!

Dress with a sun skirt - flared

Such a smart dress is also within the power of those whocrochet is also on You. It is easy to knit, and it turns out elegant due to the fluffy skirt and decorative trim. You need to start knitting such a children's dress with a yoke, the pattern for which can be made from any children's T-shirt. For better contrast, you need to take white yarn (as the main color of the dress) and bright (red, blue, turquoise) yarn for trim. And you also need to choose some openwork pattern for the skirt, which we will knit in a circle. So, having made a yoke pattern, we knit two parts according to it - the front and back of the bodice for the dress. These parts need to be knitted with a dense simple pattern, starting from the bottom of the yoke. Knitting a yoke-T-shirt is very simple. To do this, you just need to decrease the loops at the end or at the beginning of the rows, observing the shape and size of the pattern. The yoke can be made short, ending under the chest: this version of the dress will suit little girls. For schoolgirls, it is better to choose a model with a long bodice and a skirt starting from the waist. Having knitted the front and back, we sew them together or connect them with a crochet hook and start knitting the skirt. The skirt of this children's dress is essentially a ring and is knitted in a circle. First, you need to knit one row along the bottom edge of the yoke, and then knit the ring fabric (like the brim of a hat) according to the pattern or the selected openwork pattern, making the required number of increases in each row. However, for a light dress made of cotton or silk yarn, you can use simple patterns or even knit the skirt with double crochets. When the skirt is knitted to the desired length, you can start with elegant decoration. To do this, tie the bottom of the skirt, armholes and neck of the dress with a contrasting thread in a shell (or other similar) pattern. Now, from this yarn, knit three flowers of the same or different sizes, decorate the centers of the flowers with beads and sew the flowers to the bodice of the dress along the bias line - from the middle of the belt to the shoulder. You can emphasize the belt of the girl's dress with a satin ribbon of the same color as the trim, threaded under the yoke, as well as a knitted cord belt (also from contrasting yarn). Knitted flowers can be replaced with voluminous rococo embroidery or flowers embroidered with satin ribbons.

Motifs in the style of patchwork

A crochet hook is a great tool for knitting.patchwork. And in the style of patchwork sewing, you can knit an original children's dress. You can choose any pattern, but it is better to stop at strict models. So, for example, knit a straight one-piece sundress or a dress with a flared or straight skirt from patchwork fabric and a one-color bodice and sleeves. For knitted patchwork fabric, you can use motifs of various shapes: square, hexagonal, triangular. And from round motifs you will get an openwork dress for a girl. You can combine motifs in a certain sequence or use the crazy patchwork style, which combines elements of different shapes and textures. In general, it is convenient to crochet any children's dress: light or warm, openwork or thick, elegant or casual. You can master any style with a crochet hook, since crocheted fabric can easily be adjusted to any pattern. So don't waste time, choose a model and a pattern, buy yarn and knit a dress for your little princess. You will definitely succeed! We recommend reading: