EASY to make, EASY to wear! This Crochet Tee Shirt Dress is a classic style that uses lightweight yarn and drapes beautifully!. This uses surprisingly little yarn and is a good pattern for crochet beginners.
This crochet dress pattern is easy enough for crochet beginners. If you do not know how to read a pattern yet, you can still create this beautiful crochet tee shirt dress by watching the video below.
This free crochet pattern uses only single crochet to keep the focus on the silhouette, the shape, rather than the stitch. Using a slightly looser tension (only slightly loose!) helps the crochet dress to drape softly. The V neck and side slits offer the extra pop of interest that makes this design so classically pretty.
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Size Small may also fit a petite size Medium. All sizing is approximate. Tension and yarn used play a huge factor in the outcome.
Instructions for Sizes Medium, Large, X Large and 1X are in parentheses (x).
Materials:
Yarn: #3, light, sport weight / Baby Bee Sweet Delight from Hobby Lobby/ Color Violet/ 16 ounces / approximately 1508 yards
Crochet hook G / 4.25 mm
Yarn needle
Scissors
Measuring Tape
NOTE: photos appear above the corresponding row.
FRONT PANEL
Size Small Ch 87 (95, 105, 115, 135)
Row 1: For this row only work in back loop of ea ch. Sc in 2nd ch from hook and ea ch across. 86 sc’s (94, 104, 114, 134). Ch 1 Turn
Row 2 – 113 (119, 119, 121, 127): sc in 1st sp and ea sp across. 86 sc’s (94, 104, 114, 134). Ch 1 turn at end of ea row.
Row 114 (120, 120, 122, 128): sc in 1st 42 sp’s (46, 51, 56, 66); turn (do not chain). 42 sc’s (46, 51, 56, 66).
NOTE: This row (114,120, 120, 122, 128) determines the depth of the V neck. Adjust as needed, working for as few or as many rows as needed for preferred depth.
Row 115 (121, 121, 123, 129): sk 1st sp; sc in next sp and ea sp to end of row. 41 sc’s. (45, 50, 55, 65) Ch 1 Turn
Row 116 (122, 122, 124, 130): sc in 1st 40 (44, 49, 54, 64) sp’s. 40 sc’s (44, 49, 54, 64) Do not ch; turn.
Repeat Rows 115 (121, 121, 123, 129) and 114 (120, 120, 122, 128) decreasing by one st on ea row, ending on Row 132 (144, 144, 148, 160) with 24 (22, 27, 30, 34) sc’s remaining. Cut off yarn at end of last row.
Opposite Side
Working on Row 114 (120, 120, 122, 128), counting from the last sc worked on 114 (120, 120, 122, 128), sk next sp (photo). Attach yarn into the next sp with a ch. Sc in the next sp and in ea remaining sp. 42 (46, 51, 56, 66) sc’s. Ch 1 Turn
Row 115: sc in 1st 41 (45, 50, 55, 65) sp’s. Turn (do not ch)
Row 116: sk 1st sp; sc in next sp and ea sp across the row. 40 (44, 49, 54, 64) sc’s. Ch 1 Turn
Work in pattern decreasing by 1 st on ea row. End on Row 132 (144, 144, 148, 160) with 24 (22, 27, 30, 34)`sc’s remaining. Cut off yarn at end of last row.
BACK PANEL
Repeat pattern for Front Panel working through Row 127 (137, 137, 139, 145) for 86 (94, 104, 114, 134) sc’s on ea row.
Row 128 (138, 138, 140, 146): sc in 1st 27 (28, 33, 38, 48) sp’s. Turn (do not chain)
Row 129 (139, 139, 141, 147): sk 1st sp; sc in next sp and in ea sp to the end of the row. 26 sc’s (27, 32, 37, 47). Ch 1 Turn
Continue working in the pattern decreasing by 1 st on ea row ending on Row 132 (144, 144, 148, 160) with 23 (22, 27, 30, 34) sc’s remaining. Cut off yarn at end of last row.
Opposite Side
NOTE: We are attaching the yarn differently from the front panel.
Working on Row 128 (138, 138, 140, 146), counting from the edge of the panel (left edge as it faces you), attach yarn in the 28th (29, 34, 39, 49) sp with a ch. Sc in the next sp and in ea sp to end of the row for 27 (28, 33, 38, 48) sc’s. Ch 1 Turn
Row 129 (139, 139, 141, 147): sc in 1st 26 (27, 32, 37, 47) sp’s for 26 (27, 32, 37, 47) sc. Do not ch. Turn
Continue working in the pattern decreasing by 1 st on ea row ending on Row 132 (144, 144, 148, 160) with 23 (23, 28, 31, 35) sc’s remaining. Cut off yarn at end of last row.
ATTACH PANELS
Seam shoulders. Place front and back panels with right sides together, wrong sides facing you. Seam at the shoulders from the edge of panel working to the end of the shoulder at the neck. Use a yarn needle, length of yarn and a whip st.
Repeat the seaming for the opposite side.
Seam sides in the same manner. Allow from 6 – 9 inches for the armhole openings according to your preference. Allow about 12 inches for the side slits or to your preference.
NECK BORDER
With garment right side facing you, attach yarn in a seam at the shoulder with a chain. Sc around the neckline evenly spaced. If you need to tighten up the neckline, sk every other sp or every few sp’s. At the end of the row attach to the first st with a sl st. Sc in the first sp and in ea sp to end of the row. Attach with a sl st to first st. Cut off yarn
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