Two Tone Crochet Top
Add this Two Tone Crochet Top to your wardrobe for something fun you can wear every season. Create your own color combination or use this bright blue seen here for a crochet top you can wear to the office or lounge around in at home. Stop worrying about navigating mall traffic or sifting through catalogs and web pages when you can work up your own handmade clothes for something creative and fashionable!
Crochet HookG/6 or 4 mm hook
Yarn Weight(2) Fine (23-26 stitches to 4 inches)
Crochet Gauge20 dc x 10 rows = 4”
Finished SizeSmall (Medium, Large, XL, 2X)
Materials List
- Premier Yarns Cotton Fair (50% acrylic, 50% cotton; 100g/317 yds): 27-04 Turquoise (A) – 2 (2, 3, 3, 3) balls, 27-01 White (B) – 2 (2, 2, 2, 3) balls
- Hook: US Size G/6 (4 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge
- Notions: Yarn needle
SIZE:
Small (Medium, Large, XL, 2X)
Bust: 34 (38, 42, 46, 50)”
Length: 22 (22½, 23½, 24, 25)”
STITCH GUIDE:
Row 1: Dc in 5th ch from hook, [ch 1, dc] in same ch, {sk 2 chs, [dc, ch 1, dc] in next ch} across, end sk 1 ch, dc in last ch, turn.
Row 2:Ch 3, sk 1st dc, {[dc, ch 1, dc] in next ch 1 sp} across, end with dc in top of turning ch, turn.
BACK
Lower Back
With A, ch 87 (97, 107, 117, 127).
Row 1: Dc in 4th ch from hook, dc in each ch across, turn – 85 (95, 105, 115, 125) dc.
Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in next st and each st across.
Rep Row 2 until Back measures 14 (14, 14½, 14½, 15)”. Fasten off.
Yoke
With B, ch 109 (118, 127, 136, 145). Work in V-Clusters pattern until Yoke measures 8 (8½, 9, 9½, 10)”.
Fasten off.
Sew bottom of Yoke to Top of Lower Back, leaving 2” free on either side of Yoke.
FRONT
Work as for Back.
FINISHING
Sew Shoulders together, leaving 11” unsewn for neck. Sew Yoke together at underarms. Sew Side seams.
Weave in ends.