​Colorful Crochet Dress

You’ll need:

100g of peachy Alpina Lily yarn (100% mercerized cotton; 175m/50g);

100g of the same yarn, but in turquoise color;

100g of the same yarn, but in yellow color;

100g of the same yarn, but in grey color;

100g of the same yarn, but in red-brown color;

Crochet hook 2.

Size: S.

Instructions

Upper Part of Back

Make 102 chain sts with yellow yarn and make 6 rows due to the scheme 1, change to red-brown yarn and make 5 rows due to the scheme 2. Then, make 7 rows of pattern due to the scheme 1 and 5 rows due to the pattern of scheme 2 by turn. Alternate the colors of stripes up to your liking. At 26 cm height from the set-up row, increase 15 chain sts from both sides for sleeves. Crochetstraightfor 15 cm, alternatethestripesandpatterns. Then, divide the sts in half and finish each side separately, make decreases due to the pattern design in natural size.

Upper Part of Front

Make in the same way, as back, but with deeper neck-hole. For this, at 3 cm height from the beginning of increases for sleeves, divide the sts in half and finish each side separately, make decreases due to the pattern design in natural size. Make shoulder and side seams. Join turquoise yarn to the bottom of dress and work due to the scheme 2. Make the 1^st increase in the 3^rd row, as it’s stated on the scheme. Make 10 decreases in every 6 cm in this row. Change to peachy yarn and make 4 rows due to the scheme 3 without increases. Change to grey yarn and make 5 rows, making increases in the 2^nd row. Then, make 4 rows of yellow yarn, making increases in the 3^rd row with 11 cm interval. Change to peachy yarn and make 5 rows due to the scheme3, make increases in the 4^th row with 13 cm interval. Then, make 5 rows with turquoise yarn, make increases in the 4^th row with 15 cm interval. Change to red-brown yarn and make 1 row due to the scheme 3, then, work without increases with red-brown yarn due to the scheme 4, 1 white row, 2 peachy rows, 1 white row.

Fringe: join peachy yarn to the edge of neck-hole and make 3 rows due to the scheme 4, decrease 2 crochets in every row for smooth rounding.

Fasten collar with white yarn (5^th row due to the scheme 4). Fasten sleeves with 1 row of double crochets and 1 row of single crochets with peachy yarn, 5^th row due to the scheme 4 with white color.