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Crochet Dress – Little Miss Tutu

April 24, 2013 By: DearestDebi10 Comments


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Crochet Dress – Little Miss Tutu

Another Crochet Dress, Little Miss Tutu. This is the 3rd Little Miss dress I’ve made, The first one was Little Miss Yarn Ruffles, then I made Little Miss Ruffles and now Little Miss Tutu. This is the last Little Miss Dress unless I get some other idea..

This crochet dress would be super cute if you were to make a matching hat to go with it. There is a free beanie pattern HERE or you can add my lady bella bonnet pattern to match, for the bonnet pattern click HERE

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Crochet Dress – Little Miss Tutu Pattern Notes..

DIFFICULTY RATING
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Size:

Little Girls size 3/4

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Stitches:

fpsc – Front Post Single Crochet.
fpdc – Front Post Double Crochet
cl st – Cluster Stitch, 3 dc in same sp.
ss – Slip Stitch

Notes:

~Beginning ch 3 counts as first dc of row. Only turn work when specified.
~When first dc of row is made, I put my hoop through the last loop and same space as ch3. The last dc that joins the beg ch3 is also done through the same space. (Image 1 below) It creates a ribbing down the center back of the dress.

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~I worked ch up 2 instead of a ch 3 for the first 5 rows, if you’d like to know more about ch up 2, check out my crochet resources page on my blog HERE.

Yarn:

Caron Simply Soft Yarn Dark Country Blue – You will need a 6oz ball for the entire dress, you can get a 3 oz ball of a different colour if you’d like 2 colour dress.

Gauge:

4 dc = 1 inch (Using Caron Simply Soft & a US I9/5.50mm hook)

Hooks:

US H8/5.00mm
US I9/5.50mm

Supplies:

1 Button
1 or more colours of Tulle (I cut strips about 3 inches wide) and you can use some ribbon if you’d like but it’s not necessary.

Crochet Dress – Little Miss Tutu Pattern..

**Using a US H8/5.00mm hook..

Ch 72, sc in second ch from hook, sc in each st across, turn work. (71 sts)

Row 2: Ch 3, dc in next 2 sc, (2 dc in next sc, dc in next 3 sc) across, turn work. (88 sts)

Row 3: Ch 3, dc in next 3 dc, (2 dc in next dc, dc in next 4 dc) across (after your last dc inc you will only have 3 working spaces), turn work. (105 sts)

Row 4: Ch 3, dc in next 3 dc, (2 dc in next dc, dc in next 4 sc) across, finish with 2 dc in last st, turn work. (126 sts)

Row 5: Ch 3, dc in each dc across finishing with 2 dc in last st, making sure work is not twisted sl st into first st of rnd to join rows together, your work should lay flat as shown below (refer to blog image). (127 sts)

You can use stitch markers to close the button area for now.

**Switch to US I9/5.50mm hook**

Row 6: turn work, sl st into 1st st, ch 3, dc in same st, sk 1 st, (fpdc in next dc, sk 1 dc, cl st in next dc, sk 1) across, fpdc around last dc, dc in same sp as beg ch3, join with ss to 3rd ch of beg ch3. (32 cl st’s)

Using 2 more stitch markers, with work facing you like in the picture above, the star marks your center cl st, **count 4 cl st’s to the RIGHT and place marker in center st of cluster, count 8 more cl st’s to the right and join it’s center st with the same stitch marker. Now follow from ** but count to the LEFT of the star.

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Row 7: Ch 3, dc in same st at beg ch3, (sk 1 dc, fpdc in next dc, sk 1 dc, cl st in next dc) 3 times, sk 1 dc, fpdc in next dc, for the next cl st, put hook through both cl st’s marked by stitch marker to join at the arm pit, working along the other side, (sk 1 dc, fpdc in next dc, sk 1 dc, cl st in next dc) 7 times, sk 1 dc, fpdc in next dc, for the next cl st, put hook through both cl st’s marked by stitch marker to join at the  arm pit,  (sk 1 dc, fpdc in next dc, sk 1 dc, cl st in next dc) 3 times, sk 1 dc, fpdc in next dc, dc once in same st at beg ch3, join with a ss to 3rd ch of beg ch3. (16 cl st’s)

Row 8: Ch 3, dc in same st as beg ch3, (sk 1 dc, fpdc in next dc, sk 1 dc, cl st in next dc) 3 times, sk 1 dc, fpdc in next dc, **You should be at the cl st that joined the armpit together** cl st in next dc, fpdc in next dc, cl st in next dc, fpdc in next dc, (sk 1 dc, cl st in next dc, sk 1 dc, fpdc in next dc) 7 times, **You should be at the next cl st that joined the other armpit together** cl st in next dc, fpdc in next dc, cl st in next dc, fpdc in next dc, (sk 1 dc, cl st in next dc, sk 1 dc, fpdc in next dc) 3 times, sk 1 dc, dc once in same st at beg ch3, join with a ss to 3rd ch of beg ch3. (18 cl st’s)

Row 9: Ch 3, dc in same st as beg ch3, (sk 1 dc, fpdc in next dc, sk 1 dc, cl st in next dc) across, sk 1 dc, fpdc in next dc, sk 1 dc, dc once in same st at beg ch3, join with a ss to 3rd ch of beg ch3. (18 cl st’s)

Row 10-28: Rep row 9, after row 28, fasten off and weave in ends.

Neck trim..

**Using a US H8/5.00mm hook..

**For the V button enclosure I did my stitches over both beginning tails to hide them away.***

Starting with the V button enclosure. Join in yarn at beg of row 1 by drawing up a loop, ch 1, sc in same st, sc 8 times evenly down the first side, scdec in next st and the next st on the other side, sc 8 times evenly up the other side, now working along the neck line, 3 Hdc in corner, (ss in next st, sk 1 st, 3hdc in next st) around finishing with 3 Hdc in beg corner, ch 6 (add or dec # of ch’s depending on the size of your button.), join with ss to first sc. Fasten off and weave in end.

Crochet Dress - Little Miss Ruffles

Arm trim..

**Using a US H8/5.00mm hook..

Join in at the armpit in the center of the cl st, ch 3, 4 dc in same st as beg ch3, (sk 1 st, sc in next st, sk 1 st, 5 dc in next st) around, join with a ss to 3rd ch of beg ch. do the same for the other arm.

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Adding Tulle..

Using a crochet hook insert it into a st from row 28 inserting from the wrong side. If you need a visual of how to add the tulle there is a tutorial available on my crochet waistband pattern available HERE.

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This pattern is free to view on my blog, a PDF of the pattern can be purchased in my Ravelry Shop..

If you’ve made this Crochet Dress Tutu please share your pictures on my Facebook WALL or hook up your project on Ravelry.

~Happy Hooking~


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Comments

  1. Sarah says

    September 18, 2013 at 10:17 AM

    Would it be easy to make this in a bigger size? I need a size 6 to, I am a pattern follower and am not sure how to adjust patterns. any help or suggestions are appreciated! Thank you!

    Reply
    • DearestDebi says

      September 18, 2013 at 11:12 AM

      The pattern is only available as is. In order for me to make a larger size I would need to make the entire piece again.

      Reply
      • Paula Lewis Bray says

        August 25, 2014 at 4:03 PM

        Maybe Go Up A Size In Hook To Get A Larger Size Top

        Reply
    • Julia says

      August 25, 2014 at 11:18 AM

      That was my question too . How would I enlarge it?

      Reply
  2. Sheila says

    September 19, 2013 at 12:36 PM

    Any idea how much tulle is needed in each color? I could probably guesstimate, lol, but I was going to have my daughter pick it up for me!

    Reply
    • DearestDebi says

      September 19, 2013 at 1:41 PM

      If you are buying on the roll (4inch wide), you will need approximately 25 yards of each colour. I usually buy from the bolt because no one around here sells on the roll, I usually buy about 1.5 yards of 60″ tulle of each colour and cut it in half so it’s 30″ then cut 4″ wide strips.

      Reply
  3. Stephanie says

    September 9, 2014 at 9:13 PM

    Maybe I did something horribly wrong but mine ended up big enough to fit me?!?! Any ideas what went wrong? I used same crochet hook size, same everything.

    Reply
    • DearestDebi says

      September 9, 2014 at 9:33 PM

      Sounds like your gauge was off. Do you crochet really loose?

      Reply
  4. delfy says

    March 9, 2015 at 3:57 PM

    Wonderful, thank you for this diy . I started it , but I have trouble understanding because my English is not good. Do you have a video of this dress. thank you

    Reply
    • DearestDebi says

      March 9, 2015 at 4:33 PM

      Not at this time.

      Reply

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