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{'title': 'Plus Size Maxi Dress with Back Detail Crochet Pattern', 'skill_level': 'Intermediate', 'materials': {'yarn': {'brand': 'Soft Touch Yarns', 'weight': '4', 'color': 'Navy Blue', 'yardage': '1800 yards (1646 meters)'}, 'hook': {'us': 'G/6 (4.0mm)', 'uk': '8', 'metric': '4.0'}}, 'size': 'Plus Size', 'gauge': '4" x 4" = 16 stitches x 18 rows in double crochet', 'finished_measurements': {'bust': '44 inches', 'waist': '38 inches', 'hip': '48 inches', 'length': '58 inches'}, 'notes': 'This pattern is worked from the top down in separate panels and then seamed together. The back detail is created with textured stitches in the yoke.', 'abbreviations': {'ch': 'chain', 'dc': 'double crochet', 'hdc': 'half double crochet', 'st': 'stitch', 'sts': 'stitches'}, 'instructions': [{'section_title': 'Back Panel', 'content': ['Chain 60 stitches.', 'Row 1: 1 dc in 4th chain from hook and each ch across, turn. (57 sts)', 'Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc here and throughout), skip first st, *1 hdc in next st, 1 dc in next st; repeat from * across to last 2 sts, 1 hdc in next st, 1 dc in last st, turn.', 'Rows 3-20: Repeat Row 2.', 'Fasten off.']}, {'section_title': 'Assembly', 'content': ['Join shoulder seams.', 'Seam side edges together leaving openings for armholes.', 'Sew back panel to lower edge of yoke, leaving an opening for the back detail.']}]}

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