Turn this dress pattern into your unique dream dress. It has a beautiful train, and you will look stunning in it. The train can be bustled up for dancing.
By using a simple cotton yarn, this dress is very affordable. This dress has an awesome swing, and it is just so much fun to wear it.

This pattern does not include a basic crochet course. You need to know how to crochet chains, single crochets, half double crochets, double crochets and slip stitches.
Special techniques, that are used in this pattern, will be explained in greater detail and with many pictures. These techniques include the foundation chain with single crochets, the standing double crochet (video), working into the back loop only, front and back post double crochets and how to make a crochet cord.

cotton yarn (lace weight, e. g. 285m/50g, but you can use any type of yarn, which may of course affect the required amount; the pictured dress is for a hip circumference of 102cm and a body height of 162cm and it used approx. 750g of yarn) elastic band in your yarn color (for the waistband, length depends on your hip circumference)
crochet hook 1,5mm crochet hook 2,5mm crochet hook 3,5mm needle to sew in the ends scissors
stitch markers

ch = chain
sc = single crochet
dc = double crochet
sl st = slip stitch
bpdc = back post double crochet fpdc = front post double crochet