Follow Keri skirt to make this dress (and make adjustments as followed)

And increase just as often but with twice as many stitches and use treble crochet instead of hdc. Skip the waist elastic part as you don’t need extra rows to be folded around the elastic as you crochet on the opposite side of the row for the top part.

You start with a chainless foundation with treble stitch.

Before getting started:

Hook: 3 mm
Yarn: Superfine/fingering. 50 g = 160 m and/or sport/fine 50 g = 140 m. Choose the colors you like, or one color.
Stitches: Treble crochet, chain 3 at the end of every round (turning chains).
Switch yarn color: By bringing the new color in at the very last stitch of the old color (when you pull the yarn through at the end of the round when you slip stitch into the first stitch on the round). Then chain 3 in the new color (turning chains)
You will also need: A needle to sew in the ends and alternatively some neutral colored (similar to your skin tone) fabric to sew into the top/skirt. I used a rectangle for just the bust and sewed with needle and thread all around the edge and through the crochet dress on the wrong side. You can also wear a slip dress under or neutral colored underwear – or use it as a beach cover up dress.

How to always make stripes look good

I chose beige, two shades of blue, silver (that looks blue when paired with these colors!) and some sparkly yarn that I only crocheted in sc (simply because I didn’t have a lot of it and wanted to save some).

You can just mix the stripes at random and just leave the yarn end at the beginning of the row and pick it up later, as you work in the round. In the end you can just tie knots on the loose yarn and leave them hanging – you can also weave them in if you like, but it’s not necessary. Just make sure that when you do change color, that you make sure the yarn is always on the wrong side of the dress, so you don’t end up with yarn strands on the right side.

I like to always add a neutral color (white or beige or cream) between each color change, but sometimes I have switched it up and made two shades of blue/silver or beige/white after each other – this works best with similar colors, if I was using contrast colors I would have definitely seperated them with a beige color.

I had a shade of blue that I wasn’t a big fan of, so I only added a hdc row with it twice throughout the whole dress and I generally try and switch colors often.

When you have made the skirt part

Try on the skirt – make sure you put it onto the body to see where it sits on you. Is the waist tight to your waist? if not move the skirt down a bit, if it fits your waist well you can continue to crochet rows but now on the other side of your very first row. Insert your hook, chain 3 and start crocheting through the loops on the top of your row.
Crochet until you have the length you need for a dress. If your waist is smaller than the skirt opening, then do decreases – exactly how often and many increases you did, now you just crochet 2 stitches together to one instead of making 2 stitches in the same stitch. Decrease until it fits your waist. Continue with regular rows of no inc/dec (if you are pear shape like me. OR start increasing when you reach the bust. Increase the same as you did on the skirt, try on as you go and make sure you only increase until you have enough width for your bust.

Then do regular rows if needed at the end. Break off the yarn when you have the length you want. Tie knots on the ends inside the dress and weave in the other ends.

The straps

Then do a chainless foundation with single crochet for the straps. Approx. 1/3 of the way into the dress from the side. Make approx. 50 sc stitches in chainless foundation directly out from the dress. Make sure to try it on and put the strap over your shoulder – stretch it! Add or remove stitches if needed. Slip stitch to the opposite side of the dress – lay the dress flat to see where it should go or slip stitch while wearing it. Do the same with the other strap. Weave in the ends.

The lining

Now you can add a neutral colored piece of fabric if you want and hand sew through the edge all around into the inside of the dress. You can also use an old jersey t-shirt and cut it into a tube. Then sew the sides to the sides of the dress and also the top opening into the dress as well, so it stays in place.
I only added a piece for the top part.

Congrats, now you made a super cute every-day striped dress for summer! Make sure to tag @mati_denmark and tag #KeriDress if you share this on social media. s

Follow pattern for Selma dress but use 2 strands of superfine/fingering cotton and a 4,5-5 mm hook.
Tension: 10 cm = 9 rows x 21 stitches

Get the rose pattern here, free headband pattern here and free pattern for handbag here (this is just made with cotton and a wide strap (same width as the sides and bottom AND blocked with glue and water after).

The shell stitch edge

First you make sure the dress is closed in both sides (no slits). Then you use 2 strand still but a 6 mm hook and treble stitch (yarn over twice).

Insert the hook in the side of the dress, chain 2 or 3). Make 5 tr around the first row, make 1 sc around the 2nd or 3rd row. How to know where to sc? Put the shell down onto the row and make sure it’s not too stretches or too loose, then make a sc whereever. 5 tr around the next row, 1 sc around the 2nd row or so. Pay attention to the fact that you can crochet around a row (dc stitch) or in the hole between two rows – you do you – you can’t do it wrong. If the edge seems too tight, unravel that bit and make your sc closer to the shell and vice versa.

Then when you reach the beginning just make sure you have distributed your stitches so you don’t end up with two shells directly next to each other.

Now do the same thing for the top of the dress – distribute the shells – it’s OK if it’s not perfect – I for instance have 2 shells on one side of my v-neck but 3 shells on the other side (so I have 5 shells in the neckline spread out) – and it’s OK – it still looks good. To avoid extra length on the strap I just made sure that I made the single crochet on the points of the top of the dress (where the straps would be sewn on). But you can also make the shell on the points if you like.

The straps

Before adding straps make chains and a shell stitch edge (I made 6 shell stitch).

Use a 6 mm hook and two strand of superfine/fingering cotton.

You start with a long yarn end (to sew on the strap in the end). And then you chain.

Follow mine or add more/less chains depending on your size (try it on).

Chain 28, make 5 tr in the 4th ch from the hook, 1 sc in the 5th ch from the hook, 5 tr in the next ch, 1 sc in the 5th ch etc. Finish with 5 tr in the last stitch. Add 6 chains for each shell (or remove 6 chains if you need less).
My strap measures: 40 cm (incl stretch). So 1 shell measures approc. 6,6 cm.

When you reach the end crochet on the bottom side of the row: 5 tr in the shell from the row before, 1 sc in the sc. Finish with 1 ss in the first tr in the round. Try on the strap with a safety pin or something to see it the length fits you, otherwise add more shells/chains. Break off but leave a yarn end to sew it on. Make one more like it.

Sew or crochet the strap on over 4 stitches or so.

Buy the crochet pattern here:

How to crochet a see-though lace cowl neck top:

1. Follow the pattern for Jolene top
2. Use a 4,5 mm hook and superfine cotton: 50 g = 160 m. I used 46 g for my size S/M incl. bra cups.
3. Use Ternion stitch and make them ON TOP of each other if you want it like my version.
4. Increase 2 per row: Increase by making 1 ternion stitch in the same stitch: *dc, sc, ch*
5. If you want you can make an edge on each side with approx. 2-3 sc around every row.
6. Bra cups: If you don’t want to use nipple covers make a small version of a bra cup (try it on as you go). It just needs to be big enough to cover a little bit more than the nipple area.
7. Put on the top and secure the bra cups with a safety pin where you want them.
8. Then sew them in place through the stitches.
9. For the cowl you can simple tie a piece of yarn around the rows and weave them in.

Other crochet patterns you might like:

Buy the crochet pattern here:

How to crochet skirt with flare and double crochet:

1. Follow Keri skirt but use double crochet
2. Increase the same amount of stitches but increase on every other row instead.
3. Top: Florence top with hdc (free pattern guide here)

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