Cat's Rockin Crochet'

 

Baby Doll Bathing suit

© Cathy Wood  2007

 

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Baby doll size 43cm (16 inch)

 

3.50 mm hook (E/4)

 

Pattern tested with 4 ply yarn (sock/baby)

8 ply (light worsted) will be a little loose but okay

 

Abbreviations:

 h dc= yarn over hook, insert hook into stitch, pull yarn through stitch,

 (3 loops on hook) yarn over hook, pull through all 3 loops

 

trbl= yarn over hook, insert hook into stitch, pull yarn through stitch,

 (3 loops on hook) yarn over hook, pull through 2 loops, yarn over hook, pull through 2 loops again

 

 Beginning at front crotch, chain 5

 1.     h dc in 2^nd chain from hook, h dc in each chain across,

 

chain 1 turn (4 h dc)

 

 2.     h dc in each h dc across, chain 1 turn

 

 3.     repeat row 2

 

 4.      repeat row 2

 

 5.     h dc increase in 1^st  h dc,

 

h dc across to last h dc,

 

h dc increase in last h dc,

 

chain 1 turn  (6 h dc)

  

 6.     repeat row 5,

 

 7.     repeat row 5, (10 h dc)

 

 8.     h dc increase in 1^st  and 2^nd  h dc,

 

h dc across to final 2 h dc,

 

h dc increase in final 2 h dc,

 

chain 2 turn (14 h dc)

 

 9.     h dc across, chain 2 turn

 

 10. repeat row 8, ( 18 h dc)

 

 11. repeat row 9

 

 12. repeat row 8, (22 h dc)

 

 13. repeat row 9

 

 14. repeat row 5 (24 h dc)

 

 15. h dc across, chain 1 turn

 

 16. repeat row 15

 

 17. repeat row 15

 

 18. repeat row 15

 

 19. sl st across first 4 h dc,

 

2 h dc in next 2 h dc,

 

2 trbl in next 2 h dc, 2 h dc in next 2 h dc,

 

sl st in next h dc, turn

 

 20. miss sl st, 2 h dc in next 2 h dc,

 

2 trbl in next 2 trbl, 2 h dc in next 2 h dc,

 

sl st in sl st, break off yarn and fasten off.

 

 

Front

 

 21. attach yarn to opposite end of row

 

and working on opposite side of work,

 

repeat rows 19 and 20.

 

 

 

 

 

 Back of Bathing, Suit Beginning at crotch

 

Rejoin yarn to beginning chain 5

 

1.     4 h dc across, chain 1 turn

2.     repeat rows 2 to 15 as for front

16       to 19 repeat row 15 as for front

20        reverse sc across, break off yarn and fasten off

 

 

 

Front and Back

 

 

 Straps

 

 

Make 2

Chain 3

Miss 1 chain, 2 sc across, ch 1 turn  (2 sc)

Work 14 rows more

 

Making up Bathing Suit

 

Sew in loose ends, sew up sides,

being careful not to go too far down the leg as the suit will be too hard to put on.

 

You can fancy up the bathing suit using a shell stitch around the neck or leg area.

 

I did some little bright buttons to put down the front using this method.

Ch 3, sc 6 in 3^rd chain from hook,

 

sl st to join fasten off.

 

 

 

 

                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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