Crochet beach cover-up dress

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Since moving to a new city with many amazing beaches, I have developed a flair for beautiful, colorful cover-ups. But designing this crochet beach cover-up dress was everything I wanted in one.

crochet beach cover up dress free pattern

Honeycomb Crochet Beach Cover-up Dress

It is lightweight, has lacy stitches, and works up quickly.

Supplies needed for the crochet beach cover-up dress

Yarn: Any DK-weight dress in colors of your choice. I wanted a bright dress made of cotton yarn; the colors that appealed to me were in sport weight, so I doubled my yarn.

The prototype used two strands of Hobbii Twister (a sport weight to get DK weight).

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Suggested yarn alternatives:

Hobbii Kind Feather, DK, #3 lightweight (100% Acrylic, 257 yards/235 m per 3.75 oz/100g Skein)

Premiere yarns garden

Lion brand Mandela

Estimated Yardage

800 (900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600) yards

Hook and other Materials

5 mm Crochet Hook

Terms – US Terminology

Gauge

23 sts over 7 rows = 4” across unblocked.

Chain 25, follow the written instructions for 7 rows.

Adjust hook size, if necessary, to obtain gauge.

Pattern Notes

Please kindly read through the pattern before starting.
Any other weight of #3 weight yarn can be substituted.
Chains at the beginning of the rounds do not count as a stitch.
Stitch count is written after each row/round, with the smallest (XS, S, M) written first and the other in the ().

Difficulty Level – Intermediate

Stitches Abbreviations

Chain/chains – ch/chs

Single Crochet – sc

Half double crochet – hdc

Treble crochet – tr

Crossed treble crochet – Xtrl

Construction Notes

1. This dress is worked flat in rows and in one piece. You split for arm opening once you have the desired length.

2. The pattern works flat; you can customize the size by increasing or reducing your starting chains and the amount of repeats.

Special Stitch

Crossed treble crochet lace

First row = *skip next 3 sts, tr in next st, ch 1, tr in 2nd skipped st, ch 1, rep from *to until the last sts, ch 1, skip next st, tr in last,

Subsequent rows of Xtrl = tr in the second leg of tr from a row below, ch 1, crocheting in front of the tr just made, tr in the first leg of tr from a row below.

This part is crocheted/stacked on previous tr stitches from the row below. All chain sps are skipped.

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Honeycomb Crochet Beach Cover-up Dress Sizes:

This dress is designed to be size-inclusive. The pattern has 9 different adult sizes.

Size(s) and color codes – XS (S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL)

Hip Measurement: 32 (36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64)”

Armhole Circumference: 11 (12, 13, 14, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20)”

Length of Dress: 40”

The modeled garment is shown in M

Picking a size = Use your hip measurement or the widest part of your body.

Adjustments/fittings for your crochet beach cover-up dress:

Length: Increase or decrease the repeats for part of the Body.

You can get the ad-free PDF copy of the crochet beach cover-up dress on both ETSY and also on Ravelry

Crochet Cover-up Dress Free Pattern

Chain 165 (181, 197, 213, 229, 245, 261, 277, 293)

Row 1: hdc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch across, turn. 163 (179, 195, 211, 227, 243, 259, 275, 291) hdc

Row 2: Ch 5 (counts as the first tr and first ch 1, here and throughout), *skip next 3 sts, tr in next st, ch 1, tr in 2nd skipped st, ch 1, rep from *to until the last sts, ch 1, skip next st, tr in last, turn. 40 (44, 48 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72) xtrl, 2 tr.

Row 3: Ch 5, *xtrl, ch 1, rep from *until last st, ch 1, skip ch sp, tr in last st (4th ch from the beginning ch 5), turn. 40 (44, 48 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72) xtrl, 2 tr.

Rows 4 – 40: Rep row 3.

Continue the repeats until you have about 26 (26, 28, 28, 28, 29, 29, 29, 30)”

Add more repeats for a longer dress.

Split for Sleeves

Back Panel: Right side

Row 1: Ch 5, *xtrl, ch 1, rep from *8 (9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) more times, ch 1, skip ch sp, tr in next st (This is the first leg of the next xtrl), turn, leave the remaining stitches unworked. 9 (10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) xtrl, 2 tr.

Rows 2 – 9 (10, 10, 12, 12, 14, 14, 16, 16): Rep row 1.

Fasten off.

Left side.

Join yarn with a sl st to the other end. Repeat as with the right side.

Front Panel

40 (44, 48 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72)

Crocheting across the unworked stitches.

Row 1: Ch 5, *xtrl, ch 1, rep from *until the last st, ch 1, skip ch sp, tr in next st (The last leg of the next xtrl), turn, leave the remaining stitches unworked. 20 (22, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34) xtrl, 2 tr.

Rows 2 – 9 (10, 10, 12, 12, 14, 14, 16, 16): Rep row 1.

Fasten off.

Edging

Crocheting around the whole panel, including the sleeve opening.

Aim for 3 sc in each ch 5/tr

Round 1: Ch 1, *3 sc in each ch 5/tr across, (2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) at the corner, sc in each hdc st at the foundation sts, (2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) at next corner, rep from * around, join with a sl st to the beginning ch.

Fasten off.

Turn to the wrong side:

Neckline

Sew the stitches on the front and back panel together for 2 – 3” on either esides.
The space left without sewing at the middle would be the neckline, adjust appropriately.

Back seam

Sew the sides together on the back panel, starting from the neckline, and continue sewing towards the foundation chain; stop sewing 8 – 10” to the end for the split.

Sleeves Edging

Join yarn with a sl st to the tip where you started the joining or any point on the sleeve opening.

Round 1: ch 1, sc in each st around, join.

Repeat on the other end.

Neckline Edging

Join yarn with a sl st to any point on the Neckline opening.

Round 1: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join.

Repeat on the other end.

Fasten off, sew in ends

Block to measurement.

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