Skill Level: Easy
Designed to fit: 6” [15 cm] Monster
Gauge: 13 sc and 14 rows = 4” [10 cm]
Materials
Version 1:
- Red Heart® Super Saver® (5 oz/141 g; 236 yds/215 m)
- Color: Wildflower (3955)
- Quantity: 1 ball
- Usage: 23.5 yds/21.5 m for Hat, 21 yds/19.5 m for Dress
Version 2:
- Red Heart® Super Saver® Stripes™ (5 oz/141 g; 236 yds/215 m)
- Color: Retro Stripe (4971)
- Quantity: 1 ball
- Usage: 23.5 yds/21.5 m for Hat, 21 yds/19.5 m for Dress
Tools:
- U.S. H/8 (5 mm) Susan Bates® Silvalume® crochet hook
- Susan Bates® yarn needle
Abbreviations
- Approx = Approximately
- Ch = Chain(s)
- Dc = Double crochet
- Dcbl = Double crochet in back loop only
- Hdc = Half double crochet
- Hdcbl = Half double crochet in back loop only
- Rem = Remaining
- Rep = Repeat
- Rnds = Round(s)
- RS = Right side
- Sc = Single crochet
- Sl st = Slip stitch
Dress Instructions
Skirt
Note: Join with sl st to first sc at end of rounds.
Ch 20. Join with sl st to form a ring.
1st rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in each ch around. Join. (20 sc)
2nd rnd: Ch 1. *1 sc in each of next 3 sc. 2 sc in next sc. Rep from * around. Join. (25 sc)
3rd rnd: Ch 1. *1 sc in each of next 4 sc. 2 sc in next sc. Rep from * around. Join. (30 sc)
4th rnd: Ch 2 (counts as hdc). Working in back loops only, 2 hdcbl in first sc. 3 hdcbl in each sc around. Join with sl st to top of ch-2 (first hdc).
Fasten off.
Front Bib
Turn work upside down. With RS facing, join yarn with sc to rem loop of 5th ch of foundation ch.
1st row (RS): 1 sc in each of next 4 ch. Turn. (5 sc including joining sc)
2nd row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each sc to end of row. Turn. Ch 6.
Do not fasten off. Pull loop to make it larger so it will not unravel.
Break yarn leaving a 4” [10 cm] tail.
Back
With RS facing, skip next 5 ch of foundation chain.
Join yarn with sc to rem loop of next foundation ch.
1st row (RS): 1 sc in each of next 4 ch. Turn. (5 sc including joining sc)
2nd row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each sc to end of row. Turn. Ch 6.
Join with sl st to first sc of last row of Front Bib.
Fasten off.
Insert hook back into loop of ch 6 of Front Bib.
Join with sl st to first sc of last row of Back.
Fasten off.
Hat Instructions
Work from Ch 20 through 3rd rnd as given for Dress.
4th rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in each sc around. Join.
5th rnd: Ch 3 (counts as dc). Working in back loops only, 2 dcbl in first sc. 3 dcbl in each sc around. Join with sl st to top of ch 3 (first dc).
Fasten off.
Final Notes
This adorable hat and dress combo is perfect for small plushies or handmade mini monsters. Make it colorful with Retro Stripes or keep it classic with Wildflower solids.
