Dress from Stenli Candy Star Drops

Materials: 1 ball of Candy Star Drops yarn – 350 g – 7865514 4 mm crochet hook

We start from the top.

With a 4 mm hook, crochet a base chain of 108 stitches and join the round with a slip stitch.

**Round 1:** Work single crochet stitches (no yarn over). Chain 1 for the first single crochet, then 107 more single crochet stitches.

**Round 2:** Work double crochet stitches (with one yarn over). Chain 5, then work 1 double crochet in the same stitch.

In every third stitch, crochet: 1 double crochet, 2 chain stitches, 1 double crochet. Continue this pattern to the end of the round – you should have **36 motifs**.

**Round 3:** In each space: 2 double crochet, 1 chain, 2 double crochet.

**Rounds 4 and 5:** 2 double crochet stitches, 2 chain stitches, 2 double crochet stitches.

**Rounds 6, 7, 8, and 9:** 2 double crochet stitches, 2 chain stitches, 2 double crochet stitches, 1 chain stitch.

You are now finished with the **upper part of the dress**, which covers the shoulders.






Leave **8 motifs for the shoulders** and crochet the **front and back together**, adding **10 chain stitches** on each side for ease.

In those 10 chain stitches, work **4 motifs** (in the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th chain stitch, crochet: 2 double crochet, 2 chain, 2 double crochet).

Total: **28 motifs**.

Each color is worked over **10 rows**.

**Final color pattern:** **Rounds 1 and 2:** 3 double crochet, 2 chain stitches, 3 double crochet; then chain 1, 1 double crochet, chain 1.

**Round 3:** 4 double crochet, 2 chain stitches, 4 double crochet, chain 1, 1 double crochet, chain 1. Repeat this to the end of the round.

**Final round:** 1 double crochet, 1 chain stitch (repeat 5 times), 2 chain stitches, and repeat the sequence.