It's a beautiful Monday and I'm excited to be here once more. Today I'll be sharing this dress I made for a client.
I initially made this dress for my friend and someone saw it and wanted the exact same thing, so I had to recreate it. The process pictures will be that of the client, while I'll share pictures of my friend wearing the one I made for her.
Materials
Medium weight yarn (I used 100% acrylic yarn)
4mm crochet hook
To make this gown I started by making the skirt before I added the upper part.
First I started by making the waist band. For the waistband I used 3 inches more than the actual waist measurement when stretched. I shared the process I used in making the band in this post
When I was done with the band I inserted 2 single crochet in every Hdc row on the band and did 3 regular rows before I started increasing.
For the Increase I did a total of 4 increases on every row, for the next 12 rows I made 1 increase and 1 regular row. Then I did a total of 10 regular rows, at this point the total length was about 11 inches.
Once I had 11 inches it was time to begin the decrease since it's somewhat of a pencil gown. For the decrease I did 3 per row, it's important that you spread out the decreases so it doesn't look odd. I did a total of 6 rows of decreases.
The numbers may be different depending on the yarn and tension of whoever is making it, so often when I make crochet dresses for clients, I always use measuring tape to ensure I'm within the size range of the client.
After the decrease I did a couple of regular rows then started off the mesh pattern. The mesh is a repetition of 1 double crochet, chain 1 and 1 double crochet. I just kept doing this till the total length was 25.
To know the length I was supposed to end the skirt, I did a little math. The total length was 39, since it’s an off shoulder gown I removed 6 inches which represents the shoulder, then removed another 8 inches which is the length from the breast to the waist, then I was left with 25 inches for the skirt.
After I was done with the skirt, I moved on to the upper part and inserted 2 single crochet in every hdc row of the upper band to begin the top. Then I started working with my regular hdc stitches. For the part there was no increase or decrease, just regular rows till I got the required length which was 8 inches.
All that was left was to make the hand, attached to the body, make the straps and the dress was ready.
This is the final look when my friend wore hers
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