Summer Picnic, #2497. Here’s our girl all ready for a picnic in the park sporting her watermelon-themed ensemble. Crochet pattern leaflet includes instructions to make a dress, sandals, slip, sandals and hat made from cabled cotton (or substitute worsted weight acrylic) with accessories in perle cotton (you may substitute #10 thread). Fits 18” American Girl Dolls, Springfield Dolls, Goetz Dolls and similar sized dolls.

Materials: Size G crochet hook and size 7 steel hook or sizes needed for gauge; three #3 snaps; 2” diameter rubber band or 1/4” elastic cut to size with ends sewn tog; white ribbon= l yd. of 3/8” and 1 yd. of 3/4”; worsted weight mercerized cotton—455 yds. hot pink, 300 yds. white, 40 yds. baby pink, 50 yds. green; #5 perle cotton=15 yds. hot pink, 15 yds. white, 5 yds. baby pink, 5 yds. green, 50 yds. black. (Model made using America’s Best: Cabled Cotton, art 940, # 11 shocking pink, # 1 white, # 13 baby pink, #53 emerald green and Perle Cotton, art. 960, # 11 shocking pink, # 1 white, # 13 baby pink, #53 emerald green and #70 black.)

Gauge
With G hook and worsted weight cotton: 4 sts and 5 sc rows, 3 hdc rnds or 2 dc rnds = 1 inch.

With size 7 steel hook and #5 perle cotton: 8 sc and 9 sc rows = 1 inch.