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Upcycled Button Down Dress – Free toddler crochet dress pattern

June 5, 2015 By: Lorene

Button Down Dress

Take an old button down shirt and turn it into a dress for your little girl. Just add a crocheted halter top and voila, a light and airy summer sundress.

Button Down Dress - Free toddler crochet dress pattern. Upcycled from a mans button down shirt.

This pattern was designed by Sonya Blackstone from Blackstone Designs, exclusively for Cre8tion Crochet

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Upcycled children's button down dress made from a mens shirt. Free pattern and tutorial.

YARN
Caron Simply Soft or other worsted weight yarn to meet gauge
Button down shirt- the size modeled is a woman’s size small, but you can use any size, even a mans large, it would just be more ruffled

MATERIALS
G/6/4.0mm hook or hook needed to obtain gauge
Yarn Needle
Scissors
Pins

DIFFICULTY
Easy

SIZE(S)
2T and 4T

GAUGE
2 stitch sets + 7r = 2”

STITCH GUIDE

ch(s) – chain(s), sc – single crochet, hdc – half double crochet, st(s) – stitch(es), RS – right side, CL – cluster

SPECIAL STITCHES  

Cluster (CL) – *YO, insert hook in st and draw up a loop, YO and draw through 2 loopps; repeat from *2 more times in same st, YO and draw through all 4 loops on hook.

NOTES

  • Written in size 2 with size 4 instructions in parenthesis
  • Final stitch counts for size 2 in parenthesis with final stitch count for size 4 in brackets.
  • For gauge purposes: one stitch set is: *hdc, CL, sk 1, CL*.

Click HERE to continue on to this pattern on the
Blackstone Designs blog.

head shotSonya Blackstone is the owner of Blackstone Designs. She has been crocheting for 15 years. Her favorite things to design are clothing and accessories. You can find her on Facebook, Ravelry, and on her blog.
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