Complete Crochet Guide for Cotton Essentials

You'll Need:

Cotton Mix yarn (60% cotton, 40% polyacrylic, 55m/50g) of green color;

Crochet hooks 5 and 6.

Size:

92/98 (104/110) 116/122.

Instructions:

Single Crochet:

Start every circle row with 1 chain stitch instead of the 1st chain crochet and finish with 1 slip stitch in the chain stitch.

Double Crochet:

Start every row with 3 chain stitches instead of the 1st double crochet.

Ornament of 6 Stitches:

This is made according to the scheme. Start with the stitches before the pattern repeat, then the pattern repeat, and finish with the stitches after the pattern repeat. Crochet the 1st to 3rd rows once, then repeat the 2nd and 3rd rows.

Picot:

* 1 slip stitch, 3 chain stitches, 1 slip stitch in the 1st chain stitch, skip 1 stitch of the lower row; repeat from * to the end.

Flower:

Make 7 chain stitches and circle them in a ring using 1 slip stitch in the ring.

1st row: 10 single crochets in the ring, slip stitch;

2nd row: * 1 single crochet, 3 chain stitches, 1 half-crochet, 2 double crochets, 1 half-crochet in the 1st of the lower row, 3 chain stitches, 1 single stitch in the next stitch; repeat from * to end.

Stitches Control:

9.5 stitches x 4 rows = 10 x 10 cm with the ornament of 6 stitches.

11 stitches x 6.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm with double crochet.

Back:

Make 34 (40) 46 chain stitches + 3 chain stitches increase instead of the 1st double crochet using crochet hook 6 and green yarn. Then crochet with the ornament of 6 stitches using crochet hook 5 to achieve 22 (25) 28 cm in height. Start with slip stitches, decreasing the quantity of stitches in the 1st row to 31 (35) 39 double crochets.

In 4 (5) 6 cm from changing patterns, leave 2 stitches from both sides and 2 x 1 stitch in every row.

In 14 (17) 20 cm from changing patterns, leave central 13 (15) 17 stitches for the neck-hole and finish both sides separately.

Finish work at 16 (19) 22 cm from changing patterns.

Front:

Crochet similarly to the back, but make a deeper neck-hole. After 9 (12) 15 cm from changing patterns, bind off 5 (7) 9 stitches and finish both sides separately, binding off 1 x 2 and 2 x 1 stitches in every row from the neck-hole edge. Finish when the height of the front matches the height of the back.

Assembly:

Make shoulder and side seams. Fasten all open edges with green yarn using 1 row of circle stitches with single crochets and picot using crochet hook 5. Make 6 (8) 8 white flowers and sew them around the neck-hole.