​Baby Girl Blouse with Whale

You’ll need:

50g of turquoise CoCo yarn (100% cotton; 240m/50g);

Crochet hook 2;

2 buttons.

Size: 9-12 months.

Instructions

Back

Make a chain of 24 cm long and work due to the scheme 1. In 30 rows, leave the central 16 squares open for neck-hole and then, make each shoulder on 12 squares for 3 rows separately. Then, leave 3 squares from side of arm-hole and make flap with double crochets on the rest squares, making decreases in the following way:

1^st-2^nd rows: without decreases;

3^rd-4^th rows: 2 sts together from both sides of every row;

5^th-6^th rows: 3 sts together from both sides of every row;

7^th row: all the rest sts together.

Make another side in symmetry.

Front

Make in the same way, as back, but make whale due to the scheme 2. Make shoulders without flaps.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams, sew 3 squares from each side. Make side seams, leaving 8-9 cm from both sides for arm-holes. Fasten neck-hole, flaps and arm-holes with 1 row of single crochets. Sew buttons.