The hot summer is just around the corner, and with the arrival of warmth, every mom will look for her beloved daughter a beautiful, light dress. With a huge selection of children's clothing in our stores, this is not at all a problem, but a summer sarafan for a girl crocheted is a rarity. And having met a baby in the street in a similar outfit, many conduct her with an enthusiastic look, thinking about what her mother is a needlewoman.
Where to begin
So, what do you need to know to crochet sundresses for a girl? First of all, you need to measure the baby, you will need a chest circumference and the length of the product - these two measures are the main ones. If the bodice of a sarafan is knitted round, then you will still need a head circumference. Getting started, to these measures you need to add a couple of centimeters to the free fit of the product.
Crochet sundresses for girls can be knitted in one step - from top to bottom, round or in two stages - from the bottom of the bodice up and from the bottom of the bodice down, where the bodice is knitted from the front and the wrong side in turn, and the skirt - in a circle.
Sundress, knitted round
For such a product, a chain of air loops is drawn with a length equal to the head circumference + 2 cm, close it in a circle and begin to knit the first row. Here you can use any pattern you like, the main thing is that the circle after the first row should be knitted at the rate of two columns in each lower loop. So they knit a fabric with a height equal to the height of the armhole + 3 cm, after which the knitting is folded in half and measured from the middle to the edge of the fourth part of the chest circumference on one or the other side, front and back of the knitting. It is on the measured loops that the beginning of the skirt will be formed. Between the two side marks, you should collect 4-6 air loops for a good fit along the chest line. As soon as you start working on the skirt, you can change the main pattern in which you can add the number of loops. The ideal option is a “pineapple” or “fan” pattern. Also, along the line of the beginning of knitting skirts for splendor, you can increase the number of columns in one lower loop of the row. Such crochet sundresses for a girl look very cute on peanuts from a year to three years.
Sundress in two stages
The first step is knitting a bodice. Such crochet sundresses for a girl begin to knit with a set of air loops. The length of the chain should be 2 cm more than the circumference of the chest, if the sundress is high waist, or the waist circumference. Knitting is carried out alternately from the front and the wrong side, the bodice is knitted to the height of the armhole, after which the next is the front and back parts turning into straps. They can be made on a fastener, or can be combined into one. The skirt starts from the bottom of the bodice, doubling or tripling the number of columns, and knit in the same way as the top of the sarafan from the face and from the inside, round, but with a coup, the work starts only on the thigh line. The coup is done in order to continue the alternate direction of the columns of the front and back rows, which provides a beautiful and even crochet. A sundress for a girl, knitted in two stages, can be performed using a variety of patterns. Such sundresses are suitable for both very small and older fashionistas.