Special Occasion Fashions for 18-inch Dolls
By Lisa Gentry
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Special Occasion Fashions for 18-inch Dolls - Lisa Gentry
Charts
Ballerina Outfit
Skill Level
Finished Size
Fits 18-inch doll
Finished Measurements
Leotard: 11 inches wide x 8 inches long
Tutu: 11 inches wide x 4¾ inches long
Materials
•Berroco Comfort DK light (DK) weight nylon/acrylic yarn (1¾ oz/178 yds/50g per ball):
2 balls #2705 pretty pink
•Aunt Lydia’s Classic Crochet size 10 crochet cotton (350 yds per ball):
3 yds #332 hot pink
•Sizes E/4/3.5mm and F/5/3.75mm crochet hooks or size needed to obtain gauge
•Size 5/1.90mm steel crochet hook
•Tapestry needle
•Sewing needle
•½-inch pink buttons: 3
•8½ yds 6-inch-wide pink tulle
•Pink sewing thread
Gauge
Size F hook and pretty pink: 22 sc and 28 sc rows = 4 inches
To save time, take time to check gauge.
Pattern Notes
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
Chain-2 at beginning of round counts as first half double crochet unless otherwise stated.
Special Stitches
Beginning shell (beg shell): Ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in indicated st.
Shell: (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in indicated st.
Beginning 4-treble crochet cluster (beg 4-tr cl): Ch 4, yo twice, insert hook in indicated st, yo, draw up a lp, [yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] twice (2 lps on hook), *yo twice, insert hook in same st, yo, draw up a lp, [yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] 3 times (4 lps on hook), yo and draw through all 4 lps on hook.
Picot: Ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook.
4-treble crochet cluster (4-tr cl): Yo twice, insert hook in indicated st or sp, draw up a lp, [yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] twice (2 lps on hook), *yo twice, insert hook in same st or sp, draw up a lp, [yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] twice, rep from * twice, yo and draw through all 5 lps on hook.
Flower
Make 10.
With size 5 hook and hot pink, ch 4, join (see Pattern Notes) in first ch to form ring, ch 1, [sc in ring, ch 5] 5 times, join in first sc. Fasten off.
Leotard
Lower Front
Row 1 (RS): Starting at front crotch with size F hook and pretty pink, ch 7, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each rem ch across, turn. (6 sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each sc, turn.
Rows 3 & 4: Ch 1, 2 sc in first sc, sc in each sc to last sc, 2 sc in last sc, turn. (10 sc)
Row 5: Rep row 2.
Rows 6–14: Rep row 3. At end of last row, fasten off. (28 sc)
Lower Back
Row 1 (RS): With RS facing, join (see Pattern Notes) in first ch of foundation ch, ch 1, sc in same ch as beg ch-1, sc in each of next 5 chs, turn. (6 sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in first sc, sc in each sc to last sc, 2 sc in last sc. (8 sc)
Row 4: Rep row 2.
Rows 5–16: Rep row 3. Do not fasten off. (32 sc at end of last row)
Body
Note: Body is joined at end of each rnd and then turned.
Rnd 1 (RS): Now working in rnds, ch 1, sc in each sc across Lower Back and in each sc across Lower Front, join in beg sc, turn. (60 sc)
Rnds 2 & 3: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, join in beg sc, turn.
Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc dec (see Stitch Guide) in first 2 sc, sc in each of next 30 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc, sc in each of next 30 sc, join in beg sc, turn. (58 sc)
Rnds 5 & 6: Rep rnd 2.
Rnd 7: Ch 1, sc dec in first 2 sc, sc in each of next 29 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc, sc in each of next 29 sc, join in beg sc, turn. (56 sc)
Rnds 8 & 9: Rep rnd 2.
Rnd 10: Ch 1, sc dec in first 2 sc, sc in each of next 28 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc, sc in each of next 28 sc, join in beg sc, turn. (54 sc)
Rep rnd 2 until piece measures 5½ inches from crotch, ending with a WS row. Do not fasten off.
Upper Back
Row 1 (RS): Now working in rows, sl st in each of first 2 sc, ch 1, sc in each of next 27 sts, turn. (27 sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, sc dec in first 2 sc, sc in each sc across to last 2 sc,