Spring Fever Crochet Top
Lacy, bright and perfect for layering this Spring Fever Crochet Top is one you'll want to add to your wardrobe this season. Not only is it a fun crochet top pattern, but it gives the look of sophistication, too. You can easily wear this top to the office or you can dress it up with a necklace and some heels for a great night out. Sizes are provided for small, medium, large and 1x allowing just about anyone to work this up. It would make a great homemade birthday gift for a friend!
Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Materials:
- Willow Yarns™ Field (53% cotton/47% linen; 100g/170yd) - 732088-0007 Lobster [3 (4, 5, 5) balls]
- US size H-8 (5mm) hook or size needed to obtain gauge
- Stitch markers
- Yarn needle
- Construction Diagram
- Stitch Chart
Gauge:
2 pat rep = 4½" (11.4cm) wide. Save time, check your gauge.
Stitch Guide:
calado st: (multiple of 8 sc + 1)
Row 1 (RS): Ch 1, sc in next 2 sc, (ch 5, sk 5 sc, sc in next 3 sc) across, ending with sc in last 2 sc, turn.
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in first sc, (ch 3, sc in ch-5 sp, ch 3, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc) across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 5 (counts as dc, ch 2), (sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next sc, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5) across to last ch-3 sp, end ch 2, dc in last sc, turn.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in dc, (ch 3, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, sc in ch-5 sp) across, end with last sc in third ch of beg ch 5, turn.
Row 5: Ch 1, sc in first sc, (sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next sc) across, turn.
Rep Rows 2-5 for pat.
Finished Size
Small (Medium, Large, 1X)
Bust: 41 (50, 59, 68)" [104 (127, 150, 173)cm]
Length: 21 (21, 23, 25)" [53 (53, 58, 64)cm]
Instructions:
Front and Back (make 2)
Ch 74 (90, 106, 122).
Row 1 (WS): Sc in second ch from hook, sc in each ch across, turn—73 (89, 105, 121) sc.
Beg working in calado st.
Cont in calado st until piece measures 11 (11, 13, 15)" [28 (28, 33, 38)cm], ending with Row 4 of pat.
Pm on both edges of work for underarm.
Right Side
Row 1 (RS): Note: corresponds to Row 5 of calado st. Ch 1, sc in first sc, (sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next sc) 4 (5, 6, 7) times, turn.
Row 2: Work in pat.
Row 3: Ch 5 (counts as dc, ch 2), (sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next sc, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5) 3 (4, 5, 6) times, sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next sc, turn. Beginning with Row 3, cont to work even in calado st until piece measures 21 (21, 23, 25)" [53 (53, 58, 64)cm], ending with Row 4 of pat.
Fasten off.
Left Side
Row 1 (RS): Sk 2 ch-3 sps and join yarn in next sc, ch 1, sc in same sc, (sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next sc) across, turn— 4 (5, 6, 7) ch-5 sps.
Row 2: Work in pat.
Row 3: Sl st to next sc, ch 1, (sc in next sc, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-3 sp) across, end ch-2, dc in last sc. Beginning with Row 3, cont to work even in calado st until piece measures 21 (21, 23, 25)" [53 (53, 58, 64)cm], ending with Row 4 of pat.
Fasten off.
Finishing
Sew shoulder seams tog, tacking tog at every other sc, starting with armhole edge. Sew side seams from bottom edge to underarm m.
Neck Edging: With RS facing, attach yarn at shoulder, work 1 rnd of sc evenly around neck opening, working 1 sc in each sc, and 3 sc in each dc post and ch-3 sp, sl st in first sc to join. Fasten off.
Sleeve Edging: With RS facing, a ttach yarn at underarm, work 1 rnd of sc even around sleeve opening, working 1 sc in each sc, and 3 sc in each dc post and ch-3 sp, sl st in first sc to join. Fasten off.
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