At least it won't make noise. I hope.

Okay, aside from the fact that it seems to be an embryonic Susan Dey in this picture, I'm not sure this two-piece dress has all that much redeeming value. I mean, doesn't this it look like something that keeps you safe during shipping? It's called a bubble stitch but I believe they left out the word "wrap."

I'm not a huge fan of crocheted dresses (or knitted ones, either, for that matter, remember the Technofur dress?) but this one seems more egregious than the usual run. You'd be so ... bumpy. I'd be worried about people trying compulsively to POP you. Not for the ticklish or those with a strong sense of personal space.

If you want to make this, though, and can fit in to a 1970s size 12 (or can scale it up, I know there are a lot of crocheters that read this) click on the picture to visit the pattern instructions.

Comments

[Rose]

You might enjoy the blog You Knit What? for the shock/horror/wonder value. The stuff that's up right this minute isn't particularly gasp-inducing, but there have been some astonishing things featured there. This crocheted dress is a travesty. Only a pre-teen could wear it without looking as though she'd gained fifty pounds. It would be bumpy to sit on. And it is UGLY! Just because you *can* make something doesn't mean you *should*.

[Ellen]

When my grandmother (Nana) died in 2000, we found a gorgeous hand-crocheted navy blue dress among her things. Unfortunately, Nana was about 4'10" and 95 pounds, so even though my sister and I are small we're not THAT small and the dress had no prayer of fitting. We gave it to charity with a pile of other stuff. I hope a child somewhere is wearing it.

[enc]

Okay, I have to ask: doesn't the word "dress" imply one piece, thereby precluding the use of the words "two-piece?" I mean, why break up a perfectly good dress into two pieces? Call me crazy, but I always made the one-piece assumption. Please correct me if I'm wrong, Erin.

[Erin]

I think that you can have two-piece dresses if it is painfully obvious that neither piece can be worn with anything else. I don't know why people make two-piece dresses; I think they only make sense with peplums, or for people who are radically different sizes on the top and bottom but still want something that looks like a dress ...

[vintagecrochetgirl]

It might not be as bad to sit on as you think...before I would make it though, I'd make a test swatch and sit on it before I'd do a whole dress! LOL

[enc]

Thanks for the perspective, Erin. I love your blog.

[Erin]

Thank you!