Simple Tunic for Girl
You’ll need:
4 (5) 7 balls of Safari yarn of dark-green color (78% linen, 22% polyamide; 140m/50g);
1 (1) 2 balls of the same yarn, but light-green;
Crochet hook 3;
3 buttons.
Size: 92/98 (116/122) 140/146.
Used Patterns
Single crochets: start every row/circle row with 1 chain st increase instead of the 1st single crochet, finish every circle row with slip st in the chain st increase.
“Shrimp stitch”: single crochets from left to right.
Relief pattern 1 on 10 sts: due to the scheme 1. Start with sts before pattern repeat, pattern repeat, finish with sts after pattern repeat. Make 1st-3rd rows once, then repeat 2nd-3rd rows.
Relief pattern 2 on 2 sts: due to the scheme 2. Start with sts before pattern repeat, pattern repeat, finish with sts after pattern repeat. Make 1st-3rd rows once, then repeat 2nd-3rd rows.
Stitches control:
26 sts х 11 rows = 10 х 10 cm with pattern 1;
19 sts х 12 rows = 10 х 10 cm with pattern 2.
Instructions
Back
Make 111 (131) 151 chain sts + 1 chain st increase with dark-green yarn and work with relief pattern 1, finish at 22 (30) 38 cm.
Make 50 (62) 74 single crochets in upper edge with light-green yarn and continue work due to the relief pattern 2.
In 3 (5) 7 cm from patterns changing, leave 3 sts from both sides for arm-holes and 1 x 2 sts, 2 (3) 4 x 1 st in every row.
In 11 (17) 23 cm from changing patterns, leave the central 12 (18) 22 sts and finish each part separately, leaving 1 x 3 sts in the 2nd row from the neck-hole line. Finish work in 13 (19) 25 cm from the patterns changing.
Right Front
Make 51 (61) 71 chain sts + 1 chain st increase with relief pattern 1 to 22 (30) 38 cm height.
Make 22 (28) 34 single crochets in upper edge with light-green yarn and continue work due to the relief pattern 2.
Make arm-hole from the left-side in the same way, as you made for back. At the same time, leave 1 st from the beginning of arm-hole for the neck-hole and 0 (2) 0 x 1 st in every row, 5 (6) 10 x 1 st in every 2nd row. Finish your work at the height of back.
Left Front
Make in symmetry to the right front.
Assembly
Sew the shoulders and sides, fasten all the open edges with 3 circle rows of single crochets and 1 circle row of “shrimp stitch” with dark-green yarn, make 3 single crochets in 1 st in the lower edges of front.
Make 3 plackets for buttons in the 3rd circle row on the right front (= 3 chain sts under 2 single crochets). Crochet the 1st st at the height of neck-hole line and make the rest sts with 3 cm interval. Sew the buttons.