Lisa Gentry - Special Occasion Fashions for 18-inch Dolls

1. General Information
   Stitch Guide

If you are an Annies customer and have a question about the instructions on a pattern you have purchased, please visit:

http://www.anniescatalog.com/pages/customer_care/pattern_services.html

Special Occasion
FASHIONS
for 18-Inch Dolls

What little girl hasnt planned the perfect wedding for her favorite doll? This collection from designer Lisa Gentry will help make your favorite girls dreams come true. The beautiful bridal gown with pearl accents is a stunning design and comes complete with a pearl-accented veil and voluminous petticoat. To complete the wedding party, there is a lavender bridesmaid dress that is a sweet complement to the gown. More special occasion outfits include a cozy Christmas coat, a Fairy Princess Halloween costume complete with wings, a ballerina set thats perfect for a dance recital, and a sweet Easter Sunday ensemble. Your special girl will be thrilled with these new additions to her dolls wardrobe!

Table of Contents

General Information

Fits 18-inch doll

Leotard: 11 inches wide x 8 inches long

Tutu: 11 inches wide x 4 inches long

Size F hook and pretty pink: 22 sc and 28 sc rows = 4 inches

To save time, take time to check gauge.

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

Chain-2 at beginning of round counts as first half double crochet unless otherwise stated.

Beginning shell (beg shell): Ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in indicated st.

Shell: (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in indicated st.

Beginning 4-treble crochet cluster (beg 4-tr cl): Ch 4, yo twice, insert hook in indicated st, yo, draw up a lp, [yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] twice (2 lps on hook), *yo twice, insert hook in same st, yo, draw up a lp, [yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] 3 times (4 lps on hook), yo and draw through all 4 lps on hook.

Picot: Ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook.

4-treble crochet cluster (4-tr cl): Yo twice, insert hook in indicated st or sp, draw up a lp, [yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] twice (2 lps on hook), *yo twice, insert hook in same st or sp, draw up a lp, [yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] twice, rep from * twice, yo and draw through all 5 lps on hook.

Make 10.

With size 5 hook and hot pink, ch 4, join(see Pattern Notes) in first ch to form ring, ch 1, [sc in ring, ch 5] 5 times, join in first sc. Fasten off.

Row 1 (RS): Starting at front crotch with size F hook and pretty pink, ch 7, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each rem ch across, turn. (6 sc)

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each sc, turn.

Rows 3 & 4: Ch 1, 2 sc in first sc, sc in each sc to last sc, 2 sc in last sc, turn. (10 sc)

Row 5: Rep row 2.

Rows 614: Rep row 3. At end of last row, fasten off. (28 sc)

Row 1 (RS): With RS facing, join(see Pattern Notes) in first ch of foundation ch, ch 1, sc in same ch as beg ch-1, sc in each of next 5 chs, turn. (6 sc)

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn.

Row 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in first sc, sc in each sc to last sc, 2 sc in last sc. (8 sc)

Row 4: Rep row 2.

Rows 516: Rep row 3. Do not fasten off. (32 sc at end of last row)

Note: Body is joined at end of each rnd and then turned.

Rnd 1 (RS): Now working in rnds, ch 1, sc in each sc across Lower Back and in each sc across Lower Front, join in beg sc, turn. (60 sc)

Rnds 2 & 3: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, join in beg sc, turn.

Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc dec(see Stitch Guide) in first 2 sc, sc in each of next 30 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc, sc in each of next 30 sc, join in beg sc, turn. (58 sc)

Rnds 5 & 6: Rep rnd 2.

Rnd 7: Ch 1, sc dec in first 2 sc, sc in each of next 29 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc, sc in each of next 29 sc, join in beg sc, turn. (56 sc)

Rnds 8 & 9: Rep rnd 2.

Rnd 10: Ch 1, sc dec in first 2 sc, sc in each of next 28 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc, sc in each of next 28 sc, join in beg sc, turn. (54 sc)

Rep rnd 2 until piece measures 5 inches from crotch, ending with a WS row. Do not fasten off.

Row 1 (RS): Now working in rows, sl st in each of first 2 sc, ch 1, sc in each of next 27 sts, turn. (27 sc)

Row 2: Ch 1, sc dec in first 2 sc, sc in each sc across to last 2 sc, sc dec in last 2 sc, turn. (25 sc)

Row 3: Rep row 2. (23 sc)

Rows 412: Ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn.

Row 13 (RS): Ch 1, sc in each of first 7 sc, turn. (7 sc)

Row 14: Ch 1, sc dec in first 2 sc, sc in each of next 5 sc, turn. (6 sc)

Row 15: Ch 1, sc in each of first 4 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc, turn. (5 sc)

Row 16: Ch 1, sc dec in first 2 sc, sc in each of next 3 sc, turn. (4 sc)

Row 17: Ch 1, sc in each sc across. Fasten off.

Row 13: Join pretty pink in 7th sc from left-hand edge, ch 1, sc in each of next 7 sc, turn. (7 sc)

Row 14: Ch 1, sc in each of first 5 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc, turn.