This simple crochet dress is designed as part of a candy corn costume. It's definitely perfect for baby's first Halloween or even Thanksgiving. However, you can also change up the colors to create a newborn crochet dress for any season of the year.

This is one of those staple pieces for a wardrobe: comfortable, cute, easy to wear. You'll even want one as an adult! Although there isn't an adult size for you, there are six dress sizes from preemie through age 3. Your newborn will wear this easily all summer long.

Lovable Loops, a crochet designer with patterns available through Ravelry, has a great collection of themed crochet newborn patterns. You'll find a crochet unicorn dress, a crochet cupcake dress, and others including this crochet watermelon dress. This is the perfect newborn dress for summer, and it comes along with a matching crochet headband pattern.

This crochet dress is a top choice for baby's first Christmas or Valentine's Day. Of course, that bright red color is also going to be the star of the show anytime that baby wears this dress. The pattern uses basic crochet stitches in combination with the crochet v-stitch for some extra detail.

This is another really smart crochet pattern design. It can be made into a baby romper, with closed legs, or left open as a dress. As a dress, it can be made to be worn alone or as more of a tunic top with leggings. The instructions for the romper pattern start at age 0 and go up to age 2, with additional tunic instructions for ages up to 8. This is definitely a crochet pattern to bookmark and use more than once.

There are many different ways to construct a crochet dress. This one uses a ruffled halter at the top, which is a really unique design, and it is beautifully complemented by the ruffle at the bottom. It comes in two versions - short and long - and is sized for ages 0-5, so it's a very versatile crochet dress pattern that can be used again and again.

This is a very easy crochet newborn dress pattern worked from the top down. Instructions are provided in both Spanish and English and the pattern includes a free video tutorial to assist you in making it. This crochet pattern is designed in multiple sizes for ages 0-2 years. Beginners will find this to be a suitable crochet dress pattern to give a try.

This is another dress that has similar strap details, designed to look a bit like overalls. The top of the dress has a unique graphic design filled with daisy flowers. This crochet pattern comes in three sizes from newborn through one year.

This dress has thick straps that give it a charming suspenders-inspired look. The crochet newborn dress pattern uses basic crochet stitches combined with working in the back loop only for added texture. It comes in two sizes to fit newborn babies up to age one.