​Crochet Summer Tunic

You'll need:

400g of YarnArt «Violet» yarn (100 % cotton; 282m/50g);

Crochet hook 0,95.

Instructions

Prepare the dress-pattern with your measurements. For M size you'll need 8 lacing stripes. Make them a little bit shorter, than the length of your dress. For bigger size you'll need 10 lacing stripes.

1st row: 22 chain st, leave 5 chain st, 17 double crochets due to the ornament scheme.

2nd row: 3 chain sts increase, (crochet 2 chain sts, 1 double crochet) 7 times, 1 double crochet. Make 11 treble crochets in the ring of chain sts.

Continue crocheting of lacing stripe due to the scheme.

It's necessary to make 4 stripes of same length, coming from the shoulder. Make 2 stripes for back 5-10 cm shorter, depending on the desired neck-hole. And 2 stripes for front 15-17 cm shorter, matching with the dress-pattern, but don't forget, that your tunic will stretch and the neck-hole will be deeper.

Sew the shoulder seams of ready-made lacing stripes.

Match the edges of lacing stripes by means of crochet hook: 2 chain sts and single crochet, catching the edge of one and second stripes in turn. Connect all the stripes in such a way, don't forget to leave open 18-19 cm from shoulder to arm-hole along side seams.

Fasten the neck-hole: 1 row of single crochets and 1 row with "shrimp stitch".

Fasten the bottom weaving edge with 1 row of single crochets.