Baby Sundress

Size: 0-3 months

Size "F" needle
Baby yarn or simply soft yarn

Top:
Ch 71,
Row 1: sc across. 70 sc
Rows 2-8: Shell stitch across. (3 dc in end instead of 5 to make it straight). 70 stitches
Row 9: sc across. 70 sc. Fasten off.

Bib:
Working on wrong side, skip 19 sc.
Row 1: Join with sc in next sc. Shell stitch across 31 stitches. (You should have 20 stitches left unworked on one side and 19 stitches unworked on the other side).
Rows 2-4: Shell stitch across.

Tie:
Rows 1-60: sc 3. Fasten off at the end of row 60.
Make a tie on the other side once you finish the first tie.

Sew up back of dress (Rows 1-9).

Skirt:
Row 1: Working with right side facing and on opposite end of top, sc around. 70 sc
Row 2: (sc, ch 2, skip sc, sc) around. 70 stitches
Row 3: (2 sc, sc 6) around. 80 sc
Row 4: repeat row 2. 80 stitches
Row 5: (2 sc, sc 7) around. 90 sc
Row 6: repeat row 2. 90 stitches
Row 7: (2 sc, sc 8) around. 100 sc
Row 8: repeat row 2. 100 stitches
Row 9: (2 sc, sc 9) around. 110 sc
Row 10: repeat row 2. 110 stitches
Row 11: (2 sc, sc 10) around. 120 sc
Row 12: repeat row 2. 120 stitches
Row 13: sc around. 120 sc
Rows 14-21: rotate rows 2 & 13
Row 22: Shell stitch around. Fasten off.

Finish by adding a ribbon belt between the top of sundress and the skirt of sundress.