Simple Summer Dress Recipe

A simple summer dress that almost requires no counting. 

This pattern is a recipe, it requires basic knowledge of crochet.

 What you need:

An easy wearing yarn, I recommend cotton or a bamboo blend

I used around 1000 yards for a US 10/12 sized dress

Any sized hook for your yarn, I used an I (5.5 mm) hook

Scissors

Yarn Needle

Step One: The bra top

Leave a tail of yarn a foot long, chain a chain long enough to go from the top of  your breast to your bra band

I used a chain of 25

sc along chain, *chain 1, turn, sc repeat from * till band is long enough to go around you 

(like a tube top, should fit snugly)

Sew up band with the beginning tail of yarn. DO NOT break the yarn that you worked from.

Step Two: The Skirt

(sl st to finish rows)

•  chain 1, sc along bottom of band (work 2 rows)

• chain 4, *skip one st, dc, chain 1 repeat from * around (work 4 rows)

Have an extra stitch? Don't worry, add an extra chain and  skip one at end of row

• chain 3, dc in each dc and chain space around

• chain 3, dc around

• chain 3, *dc 6, 2 dc in one stitch, repeat from * around

Did your row not come up in even stitches? Just dc to end of row after last complete increase. 

• chain 3, dc around (2 rows)

• chain 4, *skip one st, dc, chain 1 repeat from *around (work 2 rows)

• chain 3, dc in each dc and chain space around

• chain 3, *dc 6, 2 dc in one stitch, repeat from * around

• chain 3, dc around

• chain 4, *skip one st, dc, chain 1 repeat from * around 

• chain 3, dc in each dc and chain space around

• chain 3, *dc 6, 2 dc in one stitch, repeat from * around

• chain 3, dc around

• chain 4, *skip one st, dc, chain 1 repeat from *around (work 2 rows)

• chain 3, dc in each dc and chain space around

• chain 3, *dc 6, 2 dc in one stitch, repeat from * around

• chain 3, dc around

• chain 4, *skip one st, dc, chain 1 repeat from * around 

• chain 3, dc around (work 3 rows)

• chain 4, *skip one st, dc, chain 1 repeat from *around (work 2 rows)

• chain 3, dc around (work 3 rows)

• chain 4, *skip one st, dc, chain 1 repeat from * around 

• chain 3, dc around (work 3 rows)

• chain 4, *skip one st, dc, chain 1 repeat from *around (work 2 rows)

Break yarn and weave in ends

Step Three: Drawstring top

(sl st to finish rows)

Starting at center back, sc along top portion of bra band

chain 4, *skip one st, dc, chain 1 repeat from *around 

chain 1, sc in each dc and chain space around

Break yarn and weave in ends.

Drawstring: 

chain a big long chain, make sure it is long enough to go around the top of your chest and has enough length to tie. Finish ends with overhand knots.

Weave drawstring through your fillet row.

Wear over a bikini/swimwear or a flesh colored body suit. How ever you wear it have fun and stay cool this summer.

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Thank you.