I continue with your favorite topic. You all love crochet barbie clothes, here is a mermaid barbie dress for you. This crochet barbie dress consists of two pieces with a mermaid tail and bikini top. Your Barbie doll will be ready for summer when she wears this very stylish bikini top. It is an ideal crochet pattern for beginners as it is quite easy and takes a short time. While dressing your Barbie dolls, you will also learn how to crochet. Now let’s learn how to make a mermaid barbie dress step by step.

Mermaid Crochet Barbie Dress And Bikini Top Pattern

Designer: blueyarncrochet

Materials

• 2,5 mm crochet hook
• yarn: Schachenmayr Catania Originals, 100% Cotton, 50 gr/125 m (Aqua, Mint, Cherry)
• needle with wide eye
• appr. 2×10 cm pieces of narrow ribbon
• a pair of scissors and pins

Abbreviations

St- Stitch
Ch- Chain
Sc- Single crochet
Hdc- Half double crochet
Dc- Double crochet
Tr- Treble crochet
Tr-inc- 2 tr in 1 stitch
Crab stitch- Reverse single crochet
Inc- Increase
Dec- Invisible decrease
FO- Fasten off

Work in spiral, except the bikini top.

Mermaid Tail

Start with Aqua yarn.
Rnd 1: magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (1sc, inc) 3x (9)
Rnd 3: 1 sc in each st around (9)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) 3x (12)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) 3x (15)
Rnd 6: 1 sc in each st around (15)
Rnd 7: (4 sc, inc) 3x (18)
Rnd 8-10: 1 sc in each st around (18)
Rnd 11: (5 sc, inc) 3x (21)
Rnd 12-20: 1 sc in each st around (21)
Rnd 21: (6 sc, inc) 3x (24)
Rnd 22-28: 1 sc in each st around (24)
Rnd 29: (5 sc, inc) 4x (28)
Rnd 30-38: 1 sc in each st around (28)
Rnd 39: (6 sc, inc) 4x (32)
Rnd 40-50: 1 sc in each st around (32)
Rnd 51: (7 sc, inc) 4x (36)

Crocheting the next rounds, try the tail on your Barbie’s feet. If you put it close to the waist, then skip to Rnd 65. (My Barbie has long legs, so I made a long tail for her.)
Rnd 52-64: 1 sc in each st around (36)
Rnd 65 (4sc, dec) 6x (30)
Change color, and continue with the Mint yarn.
Rnd 66: 2 sc, 3 hdc, 20 dc, 3 hdc, 2 sc (30)
Rnd 67: crab stitch (30)
FO and hide the yarn tails on the reverse side of the mermaid tail.

Flippers – 2 pcs

Use mint yarn.
Rnd 1: magic ring (4)
Rnd 2: (1sc, inc) 2x (6)
Rnd 3: 1 sc in each st around (6)
Rnd 4: (1 sc, inc) 3x (9)
Rnd 5: 1 sc in each st around (9)
Rnd 6: (2 sc, inc) 3x (12)
Rnd 7: (1 sc, inc) 6x (18)
Rnd 8: 1 sc in each st around (18)
Rnd 9: (2 sc, inc) 6x (24)
Rnd 10: 1 sc in each st around (24)
Rnd 11: (3 sc, inc) 6x (30)
Rnd 12-17: 1 sc in each st around (30)
Rnd 18: (3 sc, dec) 6x (24)
Rnd 19: 1 sc in each st around (24)
Rnd 20: (2 sc, dec) 6x (18)
Rnd 21: 1 sc in each st around (18)
Rnd 22: (1 sc, dec) 6x (12)
Rnd 23: 1 sc in each st around (12)

FO and close the hole. Sew on the flippers on both side on the top of the tail.

Bikini Top

Use Cherry yarn and work in a back and forth direction.

Row 1: magic ring (3 ch, 6 tr)
Leave long tail in the beginning!
Row 2: turn, 3 ch, (1 tr, tr-inc) 3x (9 tr)
Row 3: turn, 1 ch, (1 sc, dec) 3x (6 sc)
FO and crochet another one.

Sew together the 2 parts in the middle, then sew the ribbon on both side of the top.
Put the top on the Barbie, and tie a knot on her back, then tie a knot with the yarn tails from the magic rings around her neck too.

You’ve completed your crochet mermaid barbie dress!