Perfect for the new cook! Stumbled upon the Good Knits blog and saw this cute apron. Made my own and added the top to complete the get up. :-)
For the apron skirt, I followed the pattern from the blog and stitched until row 18 to get the desired width and length. I used 5mm crochet needle with a size 4 medium sungold yarn. For the shell edging, I used brown. The apron skirt is wide enough to wrap around my waist with the corners meeting at the back.
Waistband (in brown) is the same as in the pattern but I only made 3 rows and extended the last row for the tie. On the last row, I chained 90, then hhdc on each stitch starting from the second stitch from the hook and then made 90 more foundation hhdc to complete the tie on the other side.
Here's the outline I made for my size:
Apron skirt height (including the belt) = 13 in.
Apron skirt width (including the shell edging) = 28 in.
Apron top width = 14 in.
Apron top height = 9.5 in.
Apron Top
From the middle of the last row of the waistband (aligned with the center of the skirt), count 18 st to the right and attach sungold yarn.
R1. ch2. dc on each st. (37)
R2. ch1. dc2tog. dc on each st. dc2og. Turn. (35)
R3. ch1. dc2tog. dc on each st. dc2tog. Turn (33)
R4-11. ch2. dc on each st. Turn. (31)
R12. ch1. dc2tog. dc on each st. dc2tog. Turn. (31)
R13. ch2. dc2tog. dc on each st. dc2tog. Turn. (29)
R14-15. ch2. dc on each st. Turn. (27)
Cut and sew in ends.
Neck Band
Attach brown yarn on top left corner of apron top.
R1. sl st on next st and do foundation hhdc until long enough. sl st to upper right corner of apron top. sl st to base of second to the last hhdc. hhdc on each st across the apron top. Merge with the neck band to complete first row.
R2. sl st on previous st to start hhdc around on the neck band from left to right corner.
Cut and sew in ends.
Reference:
http://goodknits.com/blog/tessa/