Idlewild Free Crochet Dress Pattern With Video Tutorial

With multiple pattern combinations, you’ll choose your own crochet adventure with this free crochet dress pattern and video tutorial in women’s sizes S-5X and children’s sizes 2-16.

This sunburst granny square crochet pattern is part of a collaboration with Lion Brand Yarns. This post contains affiliate links.

Welcome to the main hub of the Idlewild crochet dress pattern. With over 12 pattern combinations, you can customize the bodice length, the skirt length and the sleeve style of this crochet dress pattern. Make a dress, tunic or peplum top that you can layer and dress up or down year round. Keep reading for the links to each stage of the free pattern.

Crochet Along Essential Details

The crochet along is divided into four stages. The free pattern will be released each Friday morning Sept 13-Oct 4, 2019. Check this page to find each new pattern stage (below).

If you don’t want to wait, the pattern is available immediatly in it’s entirety when you purchase the ad-free, printable PDF.

Below you’ll find links to everything you need to complete this crochet dress pattern including each stage of the women’s and children’s patterns, the accompanying video tutorials and supply lists.

Have some crochet along questions or want more details about the crochet dress pattern itself? Check out the Idlewild Dress FAQs here!

All the Important Links for the Idlewild Crochet Dress Pattern

Printable PDFS:

• Purchase the Idlewild Dress PDF: Women’s + Children’s Sizes (best deal!)
• Purchase the complete Idlewild Dress PDF: Women’s Sizes
• Purchase the complete Idlewild Dress PDF: Children’s Sizes

Free Pattern + Video Tutorials:

Click the highlighted links below to be taken to the pattern portion + video tutorial.

WOMEN’S SIZES:
• Part 1: Working the bodice front
• Part 2: Working the bodice back + minimal seaming
• Part 3: Working the skirt
• Part 4: Adding sleeves + finishing: First Video (A), Second Video (B)

CHILDREN’S SIZES:
• Part 1: Working the bodice front
• Part 2: Working the bodice back + minimal seaming
• Part 3: Working the skirt
• Part 4: Adding sleeves + finishing: First Video (A), Second Video (B)

Supplies:

See pattern PDF or Part 1 of free pattern for specific yarn amounts per size.
• Lion Brand Beautiful You (Weight: 2/fine – 326 yds, 3.5 oz)
Colors pictured:
– Rooibos Tea (#165-138) (adult dress)
– Arrowood (#165-194) (child peplum top)
– Aquatic (#165-105) (child dress)

Purchase a kit with all the yarn you’ll need to crochet your dress, plus a printed copy of the pattern PDF. ⇨

• Size G (4.25mm) crochet hook
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers or safety pins
• An iron with steam setting or handheld steamer for blocking
• T-pins or rustproof straight sewing pins for blocking

Avoid the Ads + Print the Pattern

If you’d like to have access to the entire crochet dress pattern immediately instead of waiting for the CAL stages to be released, you can upgrade to the the ad-free, printable PDF version of the pattern right this very minute.

When you purchase the PDF, you’ll also receive ALL the extra helpful resources we’ve created so you can knock this dress out of the park. The PDF includes additional measurements, stitch charts and photo tutorials not included in the free pattern. Plus, printing the PDF makes couch crocheting much easier. 🙂 Click here to purchase the pattern PDF.

How to Customize Your Dress

You get to play the designer a little bit in this pattern. But don’t worry, we’ve done all the hard work of figuring out the details. You’ll just be choosing the fun stuff, like the length, the sleeve style and if you’d prefer to make a peplum-style top instead.

Read more about the customization options in the Idlewild Dress FAQs here. Each stage of the pattern and the video tutorial that goes with it also includes details on modifying your dress.

Need help with your crochet dress?

If you have a pattern question or just need some extra encouragement, please join the Make & Do Crew Facebook group where there are several thousand other kind crocheters supporting each other.

If Facebook groups aren’t your thing, feel free to leave a comment on this blog post and I’ll answer it as quickly as I’m able.

Show off your stitches!

I personally LOVE seeing your crochet dress take shape and I know others participating in the crochet along do too. Share your photos on Instagram using #IdlewildDress and #MakeAndDoCrew (and be sure to tag me @MakeAndDoCrew) for a chance to be featured.

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