​Blue Crop Top

You’ll need:

200 (250)g of blue-white Lana Grossa Denim Yarn (88% mercerized cotton, 12% polyamide; 125m/50g);

Straight knitting needles 6;

Crochet hook 3,5.

Size: S (M).

Used Patterns

Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit sts, in WS row – purls;

Placket with arches: make 3 rounds due to the scheme. Numbers from the right side state for crossings between rounds. Start every round with sts before the 1^st arrow, pattern repeat between arrows, finish with sts after the 2^nd arrow. 4 pattern repeats are shown on the scheme. Replace the 1^st single crochet of every row to 2 chain sts and finish every row with 1 slip st in the 2^nd chain st increase. Make 1^st-3^rd rounds x once.

Stitches control: 21 sts x 28,5 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 86 (94) sts and work with stockinette stitch. In 18 (20) cm = 52 (58) rows from the beginning of work, bind off 5 sts from both sides for arm-holes, then, bind off 1 x 3 sts and 2 (4) x 1 st in every 2^nd row = 66 (70) sts. Then, crochet straight. At 15 (16) cm = 44 (46) rows height, bind off the central 30 sts for neck-hole and finish both sides separately. Bind off 1 x 5 sts and 1 x 3 sts in every 2^nd row from inwards for smooth rounding. At 3 cm = 8 rows height of neck-hole, bind off 10 (12) sts of shoulder from each side.

Front

Make in the same way, as back, but with cut and deeper neck-hole. For cut, divide your work in half at 3 (4) cm = 10 (12) rows height of arm-holes and finish both sides separately. At 9 cm = 26 rows height of cut, bind off 12 sts from the side of neck-hole, then, bind off 2 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts and 3 x 1 st in every 2^nd row for smooth rounding. Bind off the rest 10 (12) sts of shoulder at the same height, as back.


Assembly

Make all the seams. Fasten the edges of arm-holes and neck-hole with 1 row of “shrimp stitch” with crochet hook 3,5.

Fasten the set-up row of back and front with fringe of arches with crochet hook 3,5, for this, join working yarn at side seam with slip st and pay attention in the 1^st row, that 36 (40) single crochets + 1 single crochet for transfer should be for each quarter of length = totally, 145 (161) single crochets.

Totally, you should get 18 (20) arches. Finish your work after the 3^rd row.