​Bright Crochet Blouse with Zipper

You’ll need:

300g of white yarn (50% viscose, 50% polyacryl; 106m/50g);

50g of the same yarn, but in light-green, blue, orange, yellow, pink, bright-pink and emerald colors;

Crochet hook 4;

Circular knitting needles 5;

Zipper 30 cm long in white color.

Size: S/M.

Used Patterns

Main pattern: double crochets. Start every row with 3 chain sts increase instead of the 1^st double crochet and finish with 1 double crochet in the 3^rd chain st increase of the previous row.

Flower pattern: the quantity of sts is multiple 11 + 1. Work due to the scheme. Start with sts before pattern repeat, pattern repeat, finish with sts after pattern repeat. Make 1^st-12^th rows x once, then, repeat 7^th-12^th rows. Work due to the colors order, start with new color with 1 RS row due to the scheme.

Colors order: 3 light-green rows, 3 blue rows, 3 orange rows, 3 yellow rows, 3 bright-pink rows, 3 emerald rows, 3 light-green rows, 3 orange rows, 3 pink rows, 3 blue rows, 3 yellow rows, 3 bright-pink rows, 3 orange rows, 3 emerald rows = 45 rows.

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

Stitches control: single crochets: 18 sts x 10,5 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Flower pattern: 23,5 sts x 10 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Make 82 chain sts + 3 chain sts increase and work with the main pattern. For long shoulders, increase 8 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from both sides in 33 cm from the set-up row = 98 sts. In 51 cm from the set-up row, skip the central 28 sts for neck-hole and at first, make right side. For smooth rounding, bind off 1 st in the next row from inwards = 34 sts. In 53 cm from the set-up row, the shoulder line is reached (mark it). Then, make 9 rows with main pattern through shoulder line for yoke, bind off 1 st from right side in the 6^th and 8^th rows from shoulder line = 32 sts. In 8,5 cm = 9 rows from shoulder line, finish your work. Finish left half in reflection.

Left Front

Make 56 chain sts with light-green yarn and work with flower pattern due to colors order. In 33 cm = 33 rows from the set-up row, bind off 2 pattern repeats along left side on the following 12 rows for neck-hole chamfer. For this, bind off the last half of flower x 4 times after the 9^th-12^th rows. At the same time, increase 1 pattern repeat from right side on the following 12 rows in 33 cm from the set-up row for long shoulder. In 45 cm = 45 rows from the set-up row, finish your work.

Right Front

Make in reflection to left front.

Assembly

Sew yokes. Make side seams, leave the upper 21 cm open for arm-holes. For sleeve plackets, cast on 80 sts with white yarn form each side and make 10 rows of stockinette stitch, then, bind off sts loosely. Sew the set-up row to arm-hole. Make placket seams. For front and back neck-hole plackets, cast on 260 sts with white yarn and make plackets in the same way, as for sleeves and sew them. Sew up zipper.