Does this dress look ok?

[Haley Wolff]

Ok so it's my first time crocheting and I wanted to make my daughter a dress, I found a free pattern on YouTube and this is what I've made so far but it doesn't look right to me. Can anyone give me their opinion and will it look ok if I keep going the way I am? The skirt does not look the same as the pic in the video in my opinion. Any help would be great Thanks!

[magiccrochetfan]

the skirt looks really full .  are you sure you have the right number of stitches?  

[Haley Wolff]

I can't remember, maybe I screwed up, do you think I should stop and try a new dress?

[nancybanta]

are you supposed to be using worsted weight yarn?  it looks like that's what you're using and that can make a huge difference.

[Haley Wolff]

Ya it is worsted, I'm going to get new yarn today and try a new one, what type of yarn do I use for making a dress?

[FrLopLady]

whatever the pattern calls for

[Haley Wolff]

It's a YouTube video and she only mentions she uses Caron simply soft

[sarisue]

It's a YouTube video and she only mentions she uses Caron simply soft

Can you link to the video that might help to see what you did?

[nancybanta]

Caron Simply Soft is worsted weight but it's so thin - if you're using another brand (Red Heart, Bernat, Patons) the guage is going to be way off.  

 

Simply Soft is more like a sport weight the way they're making it now.

[Haley Wolff]

This is the video :

 

I bought different yarn this time it's called patrons Astra and it's a lot lighter , I was using red heart

[Gingerbread Girl]

Have you checked your stitch count? I've not watched the video (do not have time at the moment) but did let it load just enough to see the dress shown at the beginning and paused it to take a look in comparison to yours, and it seems like you've got too many stitches. 

[Granny Square]

2 things: (1) the skirt is too full, and (2) the armholes are too small in proportion to the view of the dress, which could be the cause of (1).  Bigger armholes = fewer skirt stitches. 

 

I didn't watch the whole video either, just the first couple of minutes. I think videos are great for showing a stitch technique but not the best way to present a whole pattern.  It's harder to figure out where you might have gone wrong, as in your case (in my opinion).

 

Also, she doesn't give a size (at least at the beginning), so you don't know what you're going to end up with.

[Granny Square]

Here are some free patterns, the search is on 'baby dress' since I didn't know what size you needed.  The yoke style of your video pattern is very common, you will see a lot of similar ones here - maybe one of them will work for you.

 

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/search#query=baby%20dress&craft=crochet&view=captioned_thumbs&availability=free&sort=best

[Haley Wolff]

Ok I will check that out and Thank you everyone for your help