Elegant Crochet Top
€8,25 EUR
I designed this top with a crochet shell stitch. It’s a very easy two piece construction that’s sewn together after.
It’s beginner friendly, super stylish and simple to make.
Yarn
DROPS LOVES YOU 7; yarn group A; 100% cotton;
- XS – 1480 yd / 1360 m — 14 oz / 400 g
- S – 1480 yd / 1360 m — 14 oz / 400 g
- M – 1665 yd / 1530 m — 16 oz / 450 g
- L – 1665 yd / 1530 m — 16 oz / 450 g
- XL – 1850 yd / 1700 m — 18 oz / 500 g
- 2XL – 1850 yd / 1700 m — 18 oz / 500 g
Hook(s)
Other
Yarn needle, scissors, measuring tape, and stitch markers
Gauge
- 24 sts x 12 rows = 11 x 10 cm (4,3 x 4”)
Sample (with a 4 mm hook ch32)
- Row 1: Starting in the 2nd chain from the hook, work 1sc. *Skip two chains, work 5dc into the next chain space. Skip two chains, 1sc into the next chain. Repeat from * across the row ending with 1sc into the final chain. Ch2 and turn.
- Row 2: Starting in the first stitch, work 3dc. *Skip 2 stitches, work 1sc in the next stitch. Skip the next 2dc, 5dc in the next sc stitch. Repeat from * across the row, ending with 3dc in the final stitch. Ch1 and turn.
- Panel Width: 72.5, 75, 80, 85, 89, 91 cm / 28.5, 29.5, 31.5, 33.5, 35, 35.75 in
- Panel Length: 42, 43, 43.5, 44.5, 45, 45.5 cm / 16.5, 17, 17.25, 17.5, 17.75, 18 in
- ch = chain
- sc = single crochet
- hdc = half double crochet
- dc = double crochet
- 5dc = 5 double crochets in the same stitch
- sk = skip
- st = stitch
- sts = stitches
- slst = slip stitch
- slsts = slip stitches
Chain multiple of 6, plus 2
- Row 1: Starting in the 2nd chain from the hook, work 1sc. *Skip two chains, work 5dc into the next chain space. Skip two chains, 1sc into the next chain. Repeat from * across the row ending with 1sc into the final chain. Ch2 and turn.
- Row 2: Starting in the first stitch, work 3dc. *Skip 2 stitches, work 1sc in the next stitch. Skip the next 2dc, 5dc in the next sc stitch.
Repeat from * across the row, ending with 3dc in the final stitch. Ch1 and turn.
- Row 3: Starting in the first stitch, work 1sc. *Skip 2 stitches, work 5dc into the sc, skip 2 stitches, work 1sc into the next stitch.
Repeat from * across ending with 1sc into the top of the turning chain, ch2 and turn.
REPEAT ROWS 2 and 3.
- The top is made of two panels (front and back).
- Ch2 never counts as a stitch.
- Crochet from bottom to top.
