The holidays are just around the corner! Crochet this festive dress for your daughter, or granddaughter’s “Chelsea” doll to help celebrate. Keep scrolling down to get to the pattern instructions.
Rebeckah at Rebeckah’s Treasures was kind enough to design the Festive Cheer Holiday Dress for American Crochet. She really is a sweet person. Be sure to stop by her site to see all the wonderful creations and let her know how much you appreciate her generosity.
Before getting to the pattern here is a little more about Rebeckah, the designer of the dress:
I enjoy visiting Rebeckah’s Treasures and seeing what she’s been up to. Rebeckah, the owner, is extremely talented, kind, honest, generous, knowledgeable, a great friend, and I enjoy getting to chat with her. She is willing to share her knowledge with others, shares other crochet designer’s projects, help out when she has the time, and much more.
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Her favorite item on her blog at the time of this project was…
“Right now, I am in love with my Grape Ape Monkey. She’s purple, so that might have a little something to do with it and she’s stinkin’ cute! Plus, she’s a free pattern to boot.”
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The following pattern was designed by: Rebeckah of Rebeckah’s Treasures,
Exclusively for American Crochet
Festive Cheer Holiday Dress Pattern for “Chelsea” Doll
Level of Difficulty
- Easy
Supplies:
- 50m of green and a small amount of red cotton thread size 10
- 1.05mm hook
- tapestry/yarn needle
- 1 – ¼” metal snap
- sewing needle & matching thread
Abbreviations: US Terms Used
- ch – chain
- sl st – slip stitch
- sc – single crochet
- hdc – half double crochet
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- rnd – round
- rep – repeat
- tog – together
- f/o – fasten off
- RS – right side
- WS – wrong side
- BL – back loop
- FL – front loop
Sizing:
- Designed to fit the 5 ½” Chelsea fashion doll by Mattel, but it will also fit the 4 ½” Kelly fashion doll by Mattel. Please note: It will be a full-length dress for the smaller doll.
Gauge:
- 10 sc sts x 12 rows = 1 inch.
Dress Notes:
- ODD row = RS
- Dress is worked vertically in rows with odd rows going down and even rows going up.
- Work all stitches of the dress in BL unless directed to do otherwise.
- The last ch at the end of even rows is a turning ch and not counted as a st.
- The last ch 5 at the end of odd rows creates a fancy edging at the bottom of the dress. There should be 24 of these ch 5 loops once the dress is complete.
Dress Instructions: Make 1
Ch 13 in green…
Row 1: sl st in 2nd ch from hook & in each ch across, ch 1, turn (12 sts).
Row 2: sl st 12, ch 1, turn.
Row 3: sl st 12, ch 23, turn (35 sts).
Row 4: sl st in the 5th ch from hook & in each st across, ch 1, turn (31 sts).
Row 5: sl st 10, sc 10, hdc 10, ch 5, turn (35 sts). * Last st is left unworked at the end of odd rows from this row onwards…
Row 6: sl st in the 5th ch from hook & in each st across, ch 3, turn (33 sts).
Row 7: sl st in the 2nd ch from hook & across the next 11 sts, sc 10, hdc 10, ch 5, turn (37 sts).
Row 8: sl st in the 5th ch from hook & in each st across, ch 3, turn (35 sts).
Row 9: sl st in the 2nd ch from hook & across the next 13 sts, sc 10, hdc 10, ch 5, turn, (39 sts).
Row 10: sl st in the 5th ch from hook & in each st across, ch 1, turn (35 sts).
Row 11: sl st 14, sc 10, hdc 10, ch 5, turn (39 sts).
Row 12: sl st in the 5th ch from hook & across the next 26 sts, ch 1, turn (27 sts). * Last 8 sts are left unworked in this row.
Row 13: sl st 6, sc 10, hdc 10, ch 5, turn (31 sts).
Row 14: sl st in the 5th ch from hook & in each st across, ch 1, turn (27 sts).
Rows 15-17: rep rows 13 & 14 alternately.
Row 18: sl st in the 5th ch from hook & in each st across, ch 9, turn (35 sts).
Rows 19-21: rep rows 9-11.
Row 22: sl st in the 5th ch from hook & across the next 32 sts, ch 1, turn (33 sts). * Last 2 sts are left unworked in this row.
Row 23: sl st 12, sc 10, hdc 10, ch 5, turn (37 sts).
Row 24: sl st in the 5th ch from hook & across the next 30 sts, ch 1, turn (31 sts). * Last 2 sts are left unworked in this row.
Rows 25-29: rep rows 5 & 4 alternately.
Rows 30-50: rep rows 6-26.
Row 51: sl st 10, sc 10, hdc 10, ch 1, turn (30 sts).
The final row will join the back-bottom half of the dress tog…
Row 52: with the RS pressed tog, line up the bottom half of the last row tog with the bottom of the chs from row 3, so that the WS is on the outside. Insert hook into the first st on row 51 & into the corresponding st that it lines up with on the bottom of row 3 – work a sc here, (insert hook into the next st on both rows – work a sc here) rep this for a total of 17 times, ch 1, f/o (18 sts).
Use either tail to sew the bottom of the overlap (rows 1-3) to the inside of the dress. Next, take a small strand of thread and sew the shoulder seams tog. Then, attach the small snap to the back of the dress.
Bow Notes:
Bow is worked in rows. The RS is not important.
The last ch at the end of rows is a turning ch and is not counted as a st.
Bow Instructions: Make 1
Ch 4 in red…
Row 1: sc in the 2nd ch from hook & in each ch across, ch 1, turn (3 sts).
Row 2: sc 3, ch 12, turn (14 sts).
Row 3: sl st in the BL of the 2nd ch from hook & in each across, ch 12, turn (11 sts). * Last 3 sts are left unworked for now…
Row 4: sl st in the BL of the 2nd ch from hook & in each across, sc 3 across the unworked sts from the last row, ch 1 , turn (14 sts).
Rows 5-7: sc 3, ch 1, turn, f/o at the end of the last row (3 sts).
Take the ties of the bow and wrapping each one around either side of the bow, make a knot & pull tight to get the bow’s shape. Next, take the tails of the bow and weave them to the center of the bow. Use these tails to attach the bow onto the dress. Weave in all ends.
Headband Instructions: Make 1
Ch 36 in green, sl st join to first ch made to make a circle, ch 1 (be careful you do not twist the chain)…
Rnd 1: sl st in the BL of each ch around, sl st join to first st of rnd, ch 1, f/o.
Weave in all ends.
Slipper Notes:
Slippers are worked in non-continuous rnds from the bottom-up.
Do not turn at the end of rnds.
Side facing you = WS.
Slipper Instructions: Make 2
Ch 7 in red…
Rnd 1: work the following in the BL of chs only – sc 2 in the 2nd ch from the hook, sc 4, sc 2 in the last ch, rotate, work the following in the unworked FL of chs only – sc 2 in the first ch, sc 4, sc 2 in the last ch, sl st join to the first st of this rnd (from here on called sl st join), ch 1 (16 sts).
Rnd 2: work this rnd in FL only – sc 16, sl st join.
Rnd 3: sc 5, sc2tog in BL, sc 2, sc2tog in BL, sc 5, sl st join, ch 1 (14 sts).
Rnd 4: sc 4, sl st, ch 2, sk 4 sts, sl st, sc 4, sl st join, ch 1, f/o (12 sts).
Weave in all ends.
Thank you Rebeckah for designing this cute Festive Cheer Holiday Dress!
Be sure to check out Rebeckah’s Treasures for more of her fabulous crochet patterns.
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XO, Mistie