How to Crochet a Stylish Top Using Blue Mélange Lucia Yarn

You’ll Need:

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

Crochet hook 5.

Size: S (M).

Used Patterns

Relief pattern: due to the scheme. Start with stitches before pattern repeat, pattern repeat, finish with stitches after pattern repeat. Make 1^st -9^th rows 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 stitches + 1 chain stitch increase and work with relief pattern. Decrease 8 cm for better shaping during the next 25 cm; for this, do not make chain stitches. Increase these 8 cm during the next 25 cm; for this, make chain stitches again. In 50 cm from the set-up row, decrease 8 (10) cm from both sides for arm-holes. In 4 cm from the beginning of the arm-hole, decrease the central 30 (32) cm for the neck-hole. In 10 cm from the beginning of the arm-hole, finish your work.

Front

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

Assembly

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