How to Create a Stylish Crochet Top with a Belt

You’ll Need

300g of light-gray 100% cotton yarn (250m/100g);

100g of the same yarn, but in dark-gray color;

100g of lurex yarn (96.5% acryl, 3.5% lurex; 230m/100g);

Crochet hook 7;

Belt-buckle.

Size

M.

Stitches Control

16 sts x 10 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Make 73 chain sts + 3 chain sts increase with light-gray yarn and work according to the scheme.

Make 1^st-3^rd rows with light-gray yarn, the 4^th row – dark-gray, the 5^th row – lurex, and the 6^th and 7^th rows – light-gray. After making 40 rows from the beginning of work, finish it. Make the upper detail of the back in the same way as the lower detail. While making the 5^th row, join the upper detail to the lower in 6 places.

Front

Make in the same way as the back.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams. Make side seams, leaving 28 cm open from the bottom. Fasten the upper part, armholes, bottom, and cuts with 1 row of single crochets using light-gray yarn.

Belt

Make 200 chain sts with light-gray yarn and create 13 rows of single crochets. Sew the belt-buckle to one end.