Cupcake Dress

Materials

– 4.5 mm & I/5.5 mm crochet hooks

– poly fil
– tapestry needles
– stitch markers
– worsted weight yarn in red, green, brown, white, light pink, light purple, mint green & yellow

Finished Sizes

0/3 months & 3/6 months

Cupcake Dress: rounds 1-5 are the same for both sizes

Gauge: 15 stitches and 11 rows = 4 inches

I 5.5mm hook & white yarn
v-stitch: in the same stitch make (dc, ch 1, dc)
Your first dc always goes in the same st where you joined and made your chain.
You can make the dress longer if needed by adding more rounds of dc before the last rnd of sc. 
Pictures to show rounds 1-5 are from my unicorn dress so ignore the color changes. 

Chain 64, join in the round

Rnd 1: ch 2, dc 8, v-stitch, dc 14, v-stitch, dc 16, v-stitch, dc 14, v-stitch, dc 8, join

Rnd 2: ch 2, dc 9, v-stitch, dc 16, v-stitch, dc 18, v-stitch, dc 16, v-stitch, dc 9, join

Rnd 3: ch 2, dc 10, v-stitch, dc 18, v-stitch, dc 20, v-stitch, dc 18, v-stitch, dc 10, join

Rnd 4: ch 2, dc 11, dc into v-stitch area, ch 1, dc into NEXT v-stitch area (first sleeve made), dc 22, dc into v-stitch area, ch 1, dc into NEXT v-stitch area (second sleeve made), dc 11, join [48 total]

Rnd 5: ch 2, dc 12, 2 dc under sleeve (you are making those dc around the ch you made in rnd 4), dc 24, 2 dc under sleeve (you are making those dc around the ch you made in rnd 4), dc 12, join [52 total]

Continue This Pattern for 0/3 Months

Rnd 6: ch 2, dc 13, 2 dc in next st, dc 25, 2 dc in next st, dc 12, join [54 total]

Rnd 7: ch 2, dc 13, 2 dc in next st, dc 26, 2 dc in next st, dc 13, join [56 total]

Rnd 8: ch 2, dc 14, 2 dc in next st, dc 27, 2 dc in next st, dc 13, join [58 total]

Rnd 9: ch 2, dc 14, 2 dc in next st, dc 28, 2 dc in next st, dc 14, join [60 total]

Rnd 10: ch 2, dc in each st, join [60 total]

Rnd 11: ch 2, dc in each st, join [60 total]

Rnd 12: ch 2, dc in each st, join [60 total]

Switch to brown yarn

Rnds 13- 25: ch 2, dc in each back loop, join [60 total]

Rnd 26: ch 1, sc in each st, join and fasten off [60 total]

Continue This Pattern for 3/6 Months

Rnd 6: ch 2, dc 13, 2 dc in next st, dc 25, 2 dc in next st, dc 12, join [54 total]

Rnd 7: ch 2, dc 13, 2 dc in next st, dc 26, 2 dc in next st, dc 13, join [56 total]

Rnd 8: ch 2, dc 14, 2 dc in next st, dc 27, 2 dc in next st, dc 13, join [58 total]

Rnd 9: ch 2, dc 14, 2 dc in next st, dc 28, 2 dc in next st, dc 14, join [60 total]

Rnd 10: ch 2, dc 15, 2 dc in next st, dc 29, 2 dc in next st, dc 14, join [62 total]

Rnd 11: ch 2, dc 15, 2 dc in next st, dc 30, 2 dc in next st, dc 15, join [64 total]

Rnd 12: ch 2, dc in each st, join [64 total]

Rnd 13: ch 2, dc in each st, join [64 total]

Switch to brown yarn

Rnds 14-30: ch 2, dc in each back loop, join [64 total]

Rnd 31: ch 1, sc in each st, join and fasten off [64 total]

Sleeves

I 5.5mm hook & white yarn

Attach yarn, ch 2, make 4 dc in each st around armhole, join and fasten off.

Icing Ruffles

I 5.5mm hook

Pink: attach yarn to front loop on the 1st row of brown. Ch 2 and make 4dc in each front loop, join [64]

Purple:  attach yarn to front loop on the 2nd row of brown. Ch 2 and make 4dc in each front loop, join [64]

Mint Green:  attach yarn to front loop on the 3rd row of brown. Ch 2 and make 4dc in each front loop, join [64]

Yellow:  attach yarn to front loop on the 4th row of brown. Ch 2 and make 4dc in each front loop, join [64]

Sprinkles

Cut 3″ pieces of each “icing” color. Attach randomly on front and back of dress on the white yarn. Tie each piece together on the inside of the dress.

Headband

I 5.5mm & white yarn

0/3 months
Chain 52, join in the round, dc around for two rounds, join and fasten off

3/6 months
Chain 55, join in the round, dc around for two rounds, join and fasten off

Cherry

4.5mm hook & red yarn
Instructions between two asterisks should be repeated for the remainder of the round.

Rnd 1: magic ring, 3 sc, join [3]

Rnd 2: ch 1, 2 sc in each st, join [6]

Rnd 3: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 1 st*, join [9]

Rnd 4: ch 1, *2 sc, sc in 2 sts*, join [12]

Rnds 5-7: ch 1, sc in each st, join [12]

Rnd 8: ch 1, *sc2tog, sc in 2 sts*, join [9]

begin stuffing with poly fil

Rnd 9: ch 1, *sc2tog, sc in 1 st, join [6]

Rnd 10: ch 1, *sc2tog*, [3]

Rnd 11: ch 1, sc2tog, join and fasten off- leave a long tail [1]

Make sure you have enough poly fil. Close last st with your yarn thread and sew onto your headband.