Beaded Baby Dresses

I have never used beads in my crocheting until now.  I thought these dresses would be pretty with beads and decided to give it a try.  The first one I did was the white one.  I only put around 30 beads on my yarn and worked them in accross the front just below the chest and then a few in the body.  I loved how it looked, but realized that I needed a ton more, but wasn't willing to cut the yarn and add more.  I don't like having ends in the middle of things.

The second one I made with beads is the pink dress and I used the white as a template and counted out where I wanted them in the stitches...this time I ended up with 201 beads.  It is hard to see in the pictures because I used clear beads on both of thes dresses, but  I used 18 beads around each arm hole and the remaining  I scattered throughout the body. 

More dresses for sale

I was finally able to get the ribbon on these dresses.  I have 2 others that are complete, but I'm out of the white ribbon, so I will post those next week.  I decided I wanted to try and make something for a boy.  I purchased a pattern book from the store a week or so ago and finally opened it today to start working on a jacket.  To my disappointment, this pattern was for knitting...I guess I will have to keep searching for the right one.  If any of you know a good pattern for baby boys, please let me know.

#9 Plum Purple and Vanilla

#10 Light Yellow and White

#11 Light Pink

#12 Light Yellow

Baby Dress Pattern

I was able to type up the pattern for the Diamond Baby Dress last night.  It is available to purchase for $1 on the right  side of the blog.  This is in html format as my pdf program is having issues right now.  The file will be emailed to you within 24 hrs of receipt of payment.