​Melange Blue Crochet Top

You’ll need:

350 (400)g of mélange blue Lucai yarn (27% bamboo, 28% viscose, 19% cotton, 24% polyamide, 2% polyester; 90m/50g);

Crochet hook 5.

Note: make pattern design in natural size. Make increases and decrease, matching with pattern design.

Size: S (M).

Used Patterns

Relief pattern: due to the scheme. Start with sts before pattern repeat, pattern repeat, finish with sts after pattern repeat. Make 1^st-9^th rows x once, then, repeat 2^nd-9^th rows.

Stitches control: 15,5 sts x 19 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Make 71 (81) chain sts + 1 chain st increase and work with relief pattern. Decrease 8 cm for better shaping during the next 25 cm, for this, don’t make chain sts. Increase these 8 cm during the next 25 cm, for this, make chain sts. In 50 cm from the set-up row, decrease 8 (10) cm from both sides for arm-holes due to the pattern design. In 4 cm from the beginning of arm-hole, bind off the central 30 (32) cm for neck-hole due to the pattern design. In 10 cm from the beginning of arm-hole, finish your work.

Front

Make in the same way, as back, but with deeper neck-hole. For this, in 46 cm from the set-up row, bind off the central 30 (32) cm due to the pattern design.

Assembly

Make side seams; for straps, connect front and back with chains of 20 cm long. Fasten all the edges with 1 row of single crochets and 1 row of “shrimp stitch”, fasten the straps from both sides.