How to Crochet Doll Clothes for Any Size Baby Doll

Are you looking for directions on how to crochet doll clothes for any size baby doll? I loved making all kinds of doll clothes for my little girl, who is now grown. Sometimes, you don't want to spend a great amount of time on them, and sometimes little girls grow impatient waiting, anyway!

Here are directions for how to crochet a dress on a large crochet hook with worsted weight yarn. You can adapt this to any size baby doll with no problem. You just make the original circle bigger. This pattern involves a circle yoke and a body tube, both being open in the back. You make the circle until it comes to the doll's elbow, divide for sleeves, and crochet a tube, open in the back, for the body. See Diagram 1.

Many women enjoy buying dolls at yard sales and thrift stores and dressing them in handmade clothing. They are used as gifts or even sold. Baby dolls seem to sell well on Ebay, and a pretty dress certainly helps the sale.

Because this pattern is sized for your particular doll, you will need to have it available for "fittings."

Materials:

Crochet Hook: Size N

Worsted Weight Yarn: 3-4 ounces, depending on size of doll. I used Red Heart Super Saver yarn.

Safety pins, three

Instructions:

With Size N hook, chain a chain long enough to fit around the doll's neck with around 1/2 " overlap, chain 1, turn.

Circular Yoke:

Row 1 & 2: SC across, Ch 1, turn.

　

Row 3: 2 SC in each ST across, Ch 1, turn.

Row 4: Repeat Row 2.

Continue with the following steps until the circular yoke reaches the elbow of the doll's arm. End with a SC (Repeat Row 2) row. (You will notice the number of stitches between increases, increases every time!) For the 15" doll in the picture, I worked through Row 10. Try it on the doll as you go, and work until the sleeve hits almost to the elbow. Be sure you have the neck tight when you try it on the doll. See Illustration 2

Row 5: *2 SC in next ST, 1 SC in Next ST,* Repeat from * to * across, CH 1, turn.

Row 6: Repeat Row 2

Row 7: *2 SC in next ST, 1 SC in next 2 ST,* Repeat from * to * across, CH 1, turn.

Row 8: Repeat Row 2

Row 9: *2 SC in next ST, 1 SC in next 3 ST,* Repeat from * to * across, CH 1, turn.

Row 10: Repeat Row 2

Row 11: *2 SC in next ST, 1 SC in next 4 ST* Repeat from * to * across, Ch 1, turn.

Row 12: Repeat Row 2.

Row 13: *2 SC in next ST, 1 SC in next 5 ST* Repeat from * to * across, Ch 1, turn.

Row 14: Repeat Row 2.

For a larger doll, you might need to go on increasing, but I doubt it. This baby doll clothing is real adjustable because it has a rather sizable overlap.

At this point, you need to try the dress on the doll. With one safety pin, close the garment at the neck, being careful to connect beginning and ending chain stitches, not increased pieces. Also safety pin under the arms, forming sleeves. See Illustration 2

Remove the dress.

Look at where you have formed sleeves. Be sure the sleeves are equal to each other and evenly proportioned...you might need to adjust the safety pins. See Illustration 3

Row 15:

Starting where you left off, SC across until you come to the safety pin, remove and SC through both stitches, attaching the two sides. You won't be SC across the sleeve, but SC across the back. When you come to the other safety pin, SC through the two stitches, again. Skipping the sleeve stitches, SC to end, Ch3, and turn.

　

Body:

Row 1: DC across, CH 3 and turn.

Row 2- ? Repeat Row 1 until desired length is achieved.

See Illustration 4.

Attach ties or snaps to neck edge of the baby doll clothes.