Crocheting a simple dress and cape.

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
to start. Stop before the last step
of the last single crochet stitch.
2. Tie the “dress” yarn around
the “body” yarn and push the
knot close to the fabric.
3. Grab the “dress” yarn with
the hook and pull through both
stitches to complete the last sc.
4. Cut the “body” yarn and knot
the yarn tails together.
5. Start the new round with the
“dress” yarn. Finish this round.
6. Crochet into the back loops
only on the next round.
7. The skirt will later be crocheted
into the row of front loops.
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8. Change the yarn again before
the last round of the body.
9. Start the skirt. Insert the hook
under a loop and draw up a loop.
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10. Grab the yarn and draw
through the loop. This will count
as the first single crochet stitch.
11. Thread the yarn tail onto a
yarn needle and bring it to the
side of the body.
13. Crochet the first round into
the row of front loops. Increase
by three stitches, spaced evenly.
14. Continue crocheting the skirt.
Increase by one stitch each round.
Space the increases evenly.
12. Fasten with a double knot
and hide the yarn tail inside the
body.
15. Finish the skirt, fasten off
and weave in the yarn tail.
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
longer than the body.
2. Make the first double crochet
stitch into the fourth chain from
hook. Finish the row and flip.
4. Insert the hook under the
front loop only for a more
textured look.
5. Make the last double crochet
stitch of a row into the last chain
you started the last row with.
7. Fold the top third down to
create the collar for your cape.
8. Make a few stitches right
below the collar to fasten.
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3. Start each row with three
chains, these count as the first
double crochet stitch.
6. Crochet until the cape is long
enough to fit around the body.
Fasten off, weave in yarn ends.
9. Sew on the button with
matching thread.
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10. Place the cape around the
body and sew on the head.
11. Sew on the arms through the
the cape. Make sure you also go
through the body fabric.
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