​Pineapple Dress for Girl

You’ll need:

200g of yarn (50% bamboo, 50% cotton; 133m/50g);

Crochet hook 2,5;

2 buttons.

Age: 2-6 years.

Size: 92-98 (104-110, 116-122) cm.

Circumference: 62 (66, 72) cm.

Length: 50 (60, 70) cm.

Stitches control: 26 sts х 10 rows = 10 х 10 cm.

Instructions

Skirt

Make 180 (192. 204) chain sts, circle them in a ring with slip st.

Make 15 (16, 17) “pineapples” due to the scheme 1 – 12 sts for each motif.

For 92-98 size: 1^st-34^th rows of the scheme 1.

For 104-110 size: 1^st-44^th rows of the scheme 1.

For 116-122 size: 1^st-44^th rows, then 24^th-34^th rows of the scheme 1.

Finish your work.

Yoke

Work along the set-up chain from the opposite side.

Join the yarn in 7,5 (8, 85,) “pineapples” (central part of back).

Work due to the scheme 1, you should get 160 (176, 192) single crochets in the 1^st row of the scheme.

Then, repeat the 3^rd row of the scheme, make 40 (44, 48) groups of crochets along the row x 2 (3, 4) times.

Half of Back

Make the first 10 (11, 12) groups of crochets with straight and reversed rows, repeat 2nd-3rd rows of the scheme 4.

At 11 (12, 13) cm height, leave unfinished 3 (3, 4) groups of crochets from the neck-hole, make decreases for neck-hole due to the scheme 3 = 3 (3, 4) groups of crochets for shoulder.

At 13 (14, 15) cm finish your work.

Make the second half of back in symmetry to the first one.

Front

Make 20 (22, 24 groups of crochets.

Work with straight and reversed rows, repeating 2^nd-3^rd rows of the scheme 4, leave unfinished 1 (2, 2) groups of crochets from both sides, make the first 2 rows due to the scheme 3.

At 10 (11, 13) cm height, leave the central 4 groups of crochets for neck-hole, finish both sides separately.

From neck-hole rounding due to the scheme 3 = 3 (3, 4) groups of crochets for each shoulder.

Finish work at 13 (14, 15) cm.

Sleeves

Make 55 (59, 63) chain sts.

Work due to the scheme 4, you should get 3 (14, 15) groups of crochets.

Repeat 2^nd-3^rd rows due to the scheme 4 to 3 (3, 4) cm height.

Decrease sts from both sides due to the scheme 5.

The height of sleeve should be 9 (10, 11) cm.

Finish your work.

Assembly

Sew shoulders, sew up the sleeves in the arm-holes, make sleeve seams.

Fasten the sleeves and arm-holes in the following way: 3 chain sts, skip 1 crochet or row, 1 slip st in the next crochet or row.