ROW 17-20: Rep Row 2. At end of Row 20 fasten off.
SKIRT:
ROW 1: With red thread and 7 hook join to bottom rt side of bodice, ch-3 (1st dc), dc ea st across, ch-3, turn. (31 sts)
ROW 2: (2 dc next st, dc next 2 sts) across, ch-3, turn. (41 sts)
ROW 3: Dc ea st across, ch-3, turn.
ROW 4: (Dc next 4 sts, 2 dc next st) across, ch-3, turn. (49 sts)
ROW 5-6: Rep row 3. At end of row 6 DO NOT ch-3, turn.
RND 7: Overlap first 2 sts of row 6 with the last 2 sts of the sa row, working through both thickness, ch-3, dc sa st as ch-3, dc ea st around, sl st top of beg ch-3, turn. (47 sts)
RND 8: Dc next 7 sts, 2 dc next, dc next 29, 2 dc next, dc last 8, fasten off. (49 sts)
ROW 9: Count over 20 sts from join, join, ch-3, dc next 2 sts, * 2 dc next, dc next 4, rep from * around--DO NOT JOIN-- ch-3, turn. (59 sts)
ROW 10: Dc dec next 2 sts, dc across to last 2 sts, dc dec, ch-3, turn. (57 sts)
ROW 11: Dc dec next 2 sts, dc next 2, *2 dc next, dc next 4, rep from * across to last 2 sts, dc dec, ch-3, turn. (65 sts)