Crocheting A Dress For Baby Abena

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Hello everyone, I’m so excited to share with you all this dress I made for baby Abena. About three weeks ago, my neighbour gave birth to a pretty baby girl on a Tuesday. The moment I heard the news, I just knew that of course, I had to do something for baby me. I asked her mom what colour of dress she would like baby Abena to wear for her naming ceremony and said peach or baby pink.

Knowing how busy she was going to be in the coming weeks, I decided to make the dress in advance and take that off her list. When she was pregnant, I actually told her to give me a little me so I was so excited she gave birth to another Tuesday girl- Abena. The fun part is that, she herself is also Abena meaning as at now, we’re a gang of Abena over here.

It was a little overwhelming making this dress because it’s been a while since I made any baby clothes and I wanted to get the right measurements for a chubby baby. I thought I was going to use about 6 balls of yarns but I ended up using 4 balls of yarn and 1.60mm crochet hook for this dress. I had to restart for the second time because my mom realized the first one was going to be too small for her.

I started by making about 12 inches chain and then made 5 rows of half double crochet with an increase in each row. This was for the neck part. I then moved on to the stitch I wanted to used. Since she’s just a baby, I wanted the dress to be cozy enough m when she wears it. And also make her feel comfortable throughout the naming ceremony.

I used the v stitch and the alpine stitch. For the v stitch, I made a double crochet in one stitch, 2 chains and a double crochet in the next. For the alpine stitch, I made a double crochet using one leg of the v stitch as a base and then made the double crochet around it. In the v space, I made two double crochet , two chains and two double crochet. I ended it with with a double crochet around the other leg of the v.

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I repeated this till I reached a row that was enough to be the sleeves of the dress. Since I was making a short sleeve, I marked the armhole and continued the body of the dress.

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I followed the same pattern of the alpine and v stitch till I got the length I wanted.

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Then I used needle and yarn to put buttons in front of the top. It looked a little boring so I decided to top it off with a bow.

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For the bow, I used about 10 chains and then made four rows of half double crochet. I tied the middle part to make the bow and attached it on the dress.

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And I was done. I was concerned that it may be too big or too small but my mom told me it was the right size for baby Abena.

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One of my Favourite parts of the dress was definitely the buttons. I struggled to find the right buttons and when I did, it was hard to fix them. I’m glad my mom kept me company telling me about what happened when she was giving birth to me. I spent about three days on this because I wasn’t too well. Regardless of everything that happened, I enjoyed making this and I can’t wait to see it on baby Abena. Thank you for your time.

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So beautiful 😍

Thank you

Manually curated by ewkaw from the @qurator Team. Keep up the good work!

Thank you for the support.

Now I feel like having a baby too but let me finish my school first. 🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️

This is so beautiful and totally on point! Now I’m wondering how little Abena will look in this dress. 🥹

Well done baby girl and congratulations to mummy Abenad junior. 🤭

Ey Please finish school first o🤭🤭🤭
She will definitely look so pretty.

Thank youuuuuu🤭🤭🤭🥰

This baby outfit is so cute!!

Thank you so much☺️

This is so beautiful❤️
You will have to make one for me😘

Thank you.
Ey😂😂😂
Don’t worry, I’ll show you how to make it.

Ok abena gangs, who is the gang leader? 😂

This is so cute, the colour is cute, the style is cute, the buttons are cute, the lil bow is cute, and the designer is cute as well. Very cutesy, very beautiful 😍

I am the leader definitely 🤣🤣

Okayyyyyy, my queen has spoken 🤭🤭 and it’s final!!’ Periodddtt!!!🤭
Thank you so much ☺️

Wow, this is so lovely

Thank you

This baby outfit is so cute and beautiful God job.

Thank you so much

Congratulations to your neighbour on her baby's arrival.

That dress is so lovely. I'm sure baby Abena will still the spotlight.

Thank you, Becky.

I don’t doubt that at all.

This is so so pretty and I hope that the there is you soon become a band or crocheter and feeding our eyes with beautiful things congratulations to you all on the arrival of a new life, May God bless, preserve and keep the baby.

Thank you so much☺️.
Amen to those prayers as well

Abe don't tempt me to have a baby Abe, because this dress is too cute, the chosen colour, button details etc well done Aunty Abe

Please I’m tempting you😂😂😂
Thank youuuu☺️

This dress is really really lovely!

Thank you.

Aww the dress is so cute 🥹, I love the color and the little bow tie in front . You're such a good crocheter Abenad 👏

I know right, that little bow tieeee🤭
Thank you, Meya. This means a lot.

You're welcome 🤗

This is so beautiful ❤️😍

Thank you☺️

This is wow, what a beautiful baby dress, the color and the style look fabulous, I love it so much @abenad this is a wonderful work, well-done

Thank you so much

Congratulations to your neighbor the clothes is so nice

Thank youu

So beautiful with its lovely colour.

Thank you

Congratulations to your neighbour for arrival of baby girl..

Babygirl will looks more pretty in this pink dress, she is so lucky to have aunt like you..

Lovely dress and color combo. Most beautiful is the emotion with that you made it
Well done

Thank you

The baby's dress is so beautiful

Thank you