Dish Liquid Dress
(LFFF.....Laurie's favour for Freddie!)
This fits a 24 or 25 oz bottle of dish detergent.
Materials Needed: About 1 1/2 oz of main color (varigated peach used here) and small amount of cc (off white used here), worsted weight cotton yarn. Size H crochet hook. Yarn needle for weaving in ends.
Special Stitches: Beginning Cluster (BegCL): Ch 2, (yo, insert hook in stitch indicated, draw up a loop draw through two loops on hook) twice, YO and draw through all three loops on hook. Cluster (CL): (YO, insert hook in stitch indicated, draw up a loop. draw through two loops on hook) three times, YO and draw through all four loops on hook.
With Main Color, ch 15, join to form a ring
Rnd 1: ch 1, 20 sc in ring. Join with a sl st to first sc (20 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 2 (counts as hdc now and throughout unless starting a cluster), HDC in next st and each st around. Join with a sl st to 1st hdc. (20 HDC)
Rnd 3: Ch 2, HDC in same st, 2 HDC in each st around. Join with a sl st to 1st hdc (40 HDC).
Rnd 4: Ch 2, HDC in BLO of each st around Join with a sl st to 1st hdc (40 HDC)
Rnd 5-6-7: Ch 2, hdc next st and each st around. Join with a sl st to 1st hdc (40 hdc)
Rnd 8: Ch 5 (counts as 1st dc and ch 2 sp), sk next st. *DC in next st, ch 2, sk next st* Repeat * around. Join with a sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch 5.
Rnd 9-17: Sl st in next ch 2 sp, BegCl in same sp, ch 2. *CL in next ch 2 sp, ch 2* Repeat * around. Join with a sl st to top of BegCL.
Rnd 18: Sl st in next ch 2 sp. Ch 2, 6 hdc in same sp. Do 7 hdc in each ch 2 sp around. Join with a sl st to 1st hdc. Finish off and weave in ends.
Top of Dress:
Rnd 1: Join color B with a sl st in any front loop from round 3. Ch 2, hdc in next 3 st. 5 hdc in next st. *hdc in next 4 st, 5hdc in next st.* Repeat * around. Join with a sl st to 1st hdc.
Rnd 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc). DC in next 3 st, 5 DC in next st. *DC in next 4 st, 5 DC in next st* Repeat * around. Join with a sl st to 1st dc. Finish off and weave in ends.
Belt:
Ch 100, sl st in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across. Finish off and weave in ends. Weave belt through ch 2 spaces from rnd 8. (refer to photo) Tie in a bow. A piece of ribbon can easily be substituted for the crocheted chain.
Copyright Laurie Clark, 2001
