Crocheting a simple dress and cape.

In this tutorial I will show how to crochet a dress and a cape. Make a dress and a cape for any long-legged animal or doll, or just the cape for a sitting animal.

1. The dress.

Start the body with your “body yarn” and change the yarn where you want the skirt to start. Make the last round of the body with the “body yarn”. Crochet the skirt with single crochet stitches (double crochet stitch in the UK) or use a crochet lace pattern.

1. Decide where you want the skirt 2. Tie the “dress” yarn around 3. Grab the “dress” yarn with to start. Stop before the last step the “body” yarn and push the the hook and pull through both of the last single crochet stitch. knot close to the fabric. stitches to complete the last sc.

4. Cut the “body” yarn and knot 5. Start the new round with the 6. Crochet into the back loops the yarn tails together. “dress” yarn. Finish this round. only on the next round.

7. The skirt will later be crocheted 8. Change the yarn again before 9. Start the skirt. Insert the hook into the row of front loops. the last round of the body. under a loop and draw up a loop.

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10. Grab the yarn and draw 11. Thread the yarn tail onto a 12. Fasten with a double knot through the loop. This will count yarn needle and bring it to the and hide the yarn tail inside theas the first single crochet stitch. side of the body. body.

13. Crochet the first round into 14. Continue crocheting the skirt. 15. Finish the skirt, fasten offthe row of front loops. Increase Increase by one stitch each round. and weave in the yarn tail.by three stitches, spaced evenly. Space the increases evenly.

Notes:

• Use yarns with similar weight to crochet the body and the dress.• If you need to decrease on the round you crochet into back loops only, use the regular

decrease method – tutorial here.• Fastening the yarn with a knot and hiding yarn tails – tutorial here.• If you want to make a fuller skirt, increase by more than one stitch every round. Space the

increases evenly and make sure they are not on the same spot every round.• Use the third method described in this tutorial to finish the skirt – tutorial here.

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2. The cape.

Use a bulky wool or wool blend yarn to crochet the cape. Cape is crocheted with double crochet stitches (triple or treble crochet in the UK) and into the front loops only. Do not add any small details, like buttons, when making toys for children younger than 3 years old.

1. Crochet a chain three stitches 2. Make the first double crochet 3. Start each row with three longer than the body. stitch into the fourth chain from chains, these count as the first

hook. Finish the row and flip. double crochet stitch.

4. Insert the hook under the 5. Make the last double crochet 6. Crochet until the cape is longfront loop only for a more stitch of a row into the last chain enough to fit around the body.textured look. you started the last row with. Fasten off, weave in yarn ends.

7. Fold the top third down to 8. Make a few stitches right 9. Sew on the button with create the collar for your cape. below the collar to fasten. matching thread.

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10. Place the cape around the 11. Sew on the arms through thebody and sew on the head. the cape. Make sure you also go

through the body fabric.

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