Cabled Love Dress by Kari Philpott

Cabled Love Dress

Crochet
February 2014
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
7 stitches and 4 rows = 2 inches
5.5 mm (I)
0-3 months
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

Who doesn’t love cables?! This dress would be the perfect take home dress for a new baby girl!!

Materials:
I hook (5.5mm)
Worsted weight yarn (I used I Love This Yarn)
1 Button (for back)
Needle & Thread

Stitches & Abbreviations:
Ch – chain
St – stitch
YO – yarn over
Sl st – slip stitch
Sc – single crochet
Dc – double crochet
Fpdc – front post double crochet (Use this tutorial by String With Style if you need help)
Fpdtr – front post double treble crochet (YO 3 times, insert hook around indicated st, pull up a loop, YO and draw through 2 loops on hook Repeat to 3 times.)
* * - repeat steps between asterisks

Cable – Skip 4 sts, fpdtr around the next 2 sts, dc in the 3rd and 4th sts that you skipped behind the two fpdtr, fpdtr around skipped sts 1 & 2 and in front of all the stitches you just made.

Skill Level: Intermediate

I have included step by step photos on how to do the cables.