Baby Marine Costume, #83 by DWC

Baby Marine Costume, #83

by DWC
Crochet
August 2015
Aran (8 wpi) ?
5 stitches and 1 row = 1 inch
4.0 mm (G)
3.0 mm
396 - 450 yards (362 - 411 m)
0-3 months
US
English
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This is PDF pattern for a baby 0-3 month, 3-6 months size marine outfit. Directions are for jacket, pants, hat and mitts. Easy to follow instructions with tutorials for stitches that you may not be sure of. Great outfit for those first time prop pics.

Perfect gift for a military family as a baby shower gift.

Materials:
4mm/G Crochet Hook
3mm/D
1.5 Skein of Black
1 Skein of blue
1/2 Skein of white
1/2 Skein of red
Tapestry Needle
Hot glue gun, or any kind of craft glue
15 Small gold buttons. (I did not have enough gold buttons, I bought wooden buttons and sprayed painted them gold.
Whatever kind of emblems you would like for the jacket front. I used
little trinkets I had in my craft room. The same for the clasp on the belt
around the jacket. It is for a baby, so make it cute and fun.

Stitches Used:
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
ch – chain
hdc2tog – half double crochet 2 together
sc2tog – single crochet 2 together
dc2tog – double crochet 2 together
fpdc – front post double crochet
bpdc – back double crochet
crab stitch or reverse single crochet
I have included two tutorials on how to do the fpdc, bpdc and the crab
stitch for those that are not familiar with those stitches.