Beautiful Women’s You Can Knit Or Crochet Tops Tonight

Beautiful Women’s You Can Knit Or Crochet Tops Tonight:

MATERIALS Crochet Tops:

Yarn A: 2 (2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3) skeins of Acacia
Print color Fruit Punch, 04
Yarn B: 2 (2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3) skeins of Acacia
color Double Cream, 03

SIZE:

XS (S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL)

MEASUREMENTS:

Bust: up to 76 (86, 97, 107, 117, 127, 137) cm /
30” (34”, 38”, 42”, 46”, 50”, 54”)
Length (not including strap): 45 (45, 48, 48, 51,
53, 56) cm / 1

GAUGE
10 cm x 10 cm (4” x 4”)
= 15 dc in shell st x 10 rows

ABBREVIATIONS:

ch = chain
sp = space
SK = skip
SL st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
dc = double crochet
shell = 5 dc in same st/sp

PATTERN INFORMATION:

This is a fun summer tank Top that uses the shell stitch and the moss/linen stitch. Clarice Sleeveless Crochet Top Sweaters And Tops You Can Knit Or Crochet Tonight. Knitting and crocheting are wonderful pastimes.

INFO AND TIPS:

The top half is worked bottom up and the lower half is worked top down.
For the top half, alternate using 2 different skeins of A every other round to avoid color
pooling.
This tank top has up to 4 inches of negative ease.
The top half body section is worked in multiples of 6.
When joining in the round, join with a slip stitch.
Ch 2 does not count as a stitch.
The lower half is worked in a continuous spiral without joining.

BODY TOP HALF:

With A, ch 114, (126, 138, 156, 168, 186, 204), join to first ch
Round 1: Ch 1, sc in each ch around, join – 114, (126, 138, 156, 168, 186, 204) sc
Round 2: Ch 1, sc in first, SK 2, shell in next, SK 2, *sc in next, skip 2, shell in next, SK 2; repeat
from * around, join – 19 (21, 23, 26, 28, 31, 34) shells
Round 3: Ch 2, shell in same st as join, SK 2, sc in next, SK 2, *shell in next, skip 2, sc in next, SK
2; repeat from * around, join to the first dc of shell – 19 (21, 23, 26, 28, 31, 34) shells
Round 4: Sl st in next 2, ch 1, sc in same st as ch 1, skip 2, shell in next, SK 2, *sc in next, SK 2,
shell in next, SK 2; repeat from * around, join to first st – 19 (21, 23, 26, 28, 31, 34) shells
Rounds 5-22 (22, 24, 24, 26, 26, 28): Repeat Rounds 3-4.
Round 23 (23, 25, 25, 27, 27, 29): Ch 1, *sc in next 5, SK 1; repeat from * around, join to first
st – 95 (105, 115, 130, 140, 155, 170) sc
Fasten off A.
BODY LOWER HALF
Attach B to any st of the chain row from Round 1 of the top half.
Round 1: Ch 1, (sc, ch 1) in each st around, do not join – 114, (126, 138, 156, 168, 186, 204)
sc, ch sps
Round 2: Sk first st, (sc, ch 1) in ch 1 sp, *sk 1, (sc, ch 1) in next ch-1 sp; repeat from *
around – 114, (126, 138, 156, 168, 186, 204) sc, ch sps.

                                                     Row 1:

Working in the back bar/ridge sc in 2nd ch from hook, *skip 2, shell in next, SK 2, sc in
next; repeat from * across. Rotate your work so that you are now working on the other side
of the ch sts – 8 (8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11) shells
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in 1st st, *SK 2, shell in next, SK 2, sc in next; repeat from * across, ch 1 sl st
to first st – 8 (8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11) shells
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.
Measure across your chest from 1 shoulder to the other to find where you want your straps
to be. Measure that same length along the top edge of your top. Place a stitch marker where
the measurement starts and ends. Repeat the measurement on the back. Securely sew each
end of the straps in place where you placed the stitch markers.
Weave in the remaining ends.

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