Crochet your own swimsuit cover for your doll! Skill level: easy, knowledge of basic crochet stitches and seaming.

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Materials

• #3 DK Yarn 
• Crochet thread
• G (4.25 mm) hook
• Row counter  
• Stitch marker
• Yarn needle
• Scissors

Yarn

• Pink-Yarn Bee Sugarwheel Cotton Solids 1 skein in Pink Canyon
• White-Scrap yarn in white (for belt tie)
• White Crochet Thread for Tassels 

Gauge 20 hdc over 12 rows=4” square. 

Stitch Abbreviations

• Sc-single crochet
• Hdc-half double crochet
• Hdc2tog-half double crochet two together
• Dc-double crochet
• Sl st-slip stitch
• St-stitch
• Ch-chain

Directions

Side Panel I

Ch 66.

Row 1. Hdc2tog over the 3rd and 4th ch from hook, *hdc2tog by inserting hook into the same ch as the last st and then in the next ch. Repeat from * across. Work 1 hdc into the same ch as the last st. Ch 2, turn. (64 sts)

Row 2. Hdc2tog over the 1st and 2nd stitches of previous row. Continue to work hdc2tog by inserting hook in st just worked and then in the next st across the row. Work 1 hdc in the same ch as last st. Ch 2, turn. (64 sts)

Row 3-11. Repeat row 2. 

Fasten off. 

Side Panel II

Repeat instruction for side panel I.

Assembly

Center Seam

Lay pieces together with the starting chain row side by side and whipstitch the edges together starting from the bottom and up  for 5”. Rotate to opposite end and whipstitch the center seam together from the bottom and up for 6”. Weave in ends. 

Outside Edge

Fold piece over so that the neck seam matches on the front and the back and the bottom back lays about an inch lower than the front bottom. Measure down from the shoulder 3 ¼” and place marker. Measure up from the longest end from the bottom 3” and place marker. Whipstitch the outside edges together between the markers. Repeat steps for the opposite side. Weave in ends.

Belt Tie

With E hook and  white, ch 120. Fasten off. I used a smaller hook for the belt so that the chain stitches would be tighter. Starting from the front center left, weave in and out through every row skipping the 4 rows on the outer edge of both sides and tie together. Skipping the outside edges allows for the sides to flow out more while the waist is cinched. 

Tassels

With white crochet thread make 38 tassels. To make the tassels, I wrapped the thread around 2 fingers 20 times and then cut. Cut a strand about 6” long and pull through the center of the wrapped thread and tie off. Cut the wrapped thread at the opposite end. Cut another strand of thread about 6” and wrap around the top of the tassel about 5 times and tie off. Trim tassel so it measures about ¾”.  Sew one tassel to the end of each belt tie. Sew the remaining tassels around the front and back bottom of the cover up and along the side edges and the arms about an inch apart from each other.