Create a Stunning One-Piece Crochet Design

You’ll Need:

350 (400) 400g of mélange violet Secondo print yarn (55% cotton, 25% polyamide, 20% silk; 125m/50g);

50g of the same yarn, but in beige color;

50g of the same yarn, but in mélange olive color;

Crochet hooks 3 and 3.5;

2 buttons 26 mm diameter.

Size:

S (M) L.

Note:

Make as a one-piece cloth.

Used Patterns:

Filet Pattern:

The quantity of stitches is multiple of 3 + 1 + 3 chain stitches increase. Work according to scheme 1. Start with stitches before pattern repeat, pattern repeat, and finish with stitches after pattern repeat. Make 1^st-3^rd rows once, then repeat 2^nd and 3^rd rows.

Flower:

Make 8 chain stitches with violet yarn and circle them with 1 slip stitch in the ring. Then, work according to scheme 2. Make 1^st-4^th rows once, then repeat 3^rd-4^th rows with olive or beige yarn.

Fringe:

* 6 double crochets in 1 base stitch, skip 1 cm from edge *; repeat from * to *.

Stitches Control:

• Filet pattern: 28.5 stitches x 10 rows = 10 x 10 cm;
• Double crochets: 22 stitches x 10 rows = 10 x 10 cm;
• Flower: diameter = 9 cm.

Instructions:

Make 292 (316) 340 chain stitches + 3 chain stitches increase with violet yarn and crochet hook 3.5, and work with the filet pattern. In 30 cm from the setup row, decrease 1 stitch in every 2^nd pattern repeat = 244 (264) 284 stitches. In 42 cm from the setup row, decrease 1 stitch in the rest pattern repeats = 195 (211) 227 stitches. Then, make 1 row of single crochets, decreasing 24 (23) 22 stitches = 171 (188) 205 stitches.

Then, make a yoke with double crochets, dividing the stitches in the 1^st row in the following way: 42 (46) 50 stitches for the right front, mark the next double crochet for the right side seam, 85 (94) 103 stitches for back, mark the next double crochet for the left side seam, and 42 (46) 50 stitches for the left front. Start every row with 3 chain stitches increase instead of the 1^st double crochet and finish with 1 double crochet in chain stitch increase. Increase 6 x 1 stitch in every row from both sides of the marked stitch = 195 (212) 229 stitches.

In 7 cm from the beginning of the yoke, leave marked stitches for armholes and 3 stitches from both sides and finish every detail separately. At first, make the back on the central 91 (100) 109 stitches, bind off 3 x 2 stitches, 4 x 1 stitch in every row from both sides and 1 x 1 stitch in every 2^nd row = 69 (78) 87 stitches. In 26 cm from the beginning of the yoke, leave the central 47 (48) 47 stitches for neck-hole and finish both sides separately. For smooth rounding, bind off 2 x 2 stitches in every row from inward. In 29 cm from the beginning of yoke, finish your work.

Then, make the left front on the last 45 (49) 53 stitches. Make the armhole from the right side in the same way as for the back = 34 (38) 42 stitches. In 11 cm from the beginning of yoke, leave 11 (11) 10 stitches from the left side for neck-hole, then bind off 2 x 3 stitches, 2 x 2 stitches, 4 x 1 stitch in every row and 2 x 1 stitch in every 2^nd row. Finish your work at the height of back.

Make right front in symmetry. Make all these seams. Fasten all the edges with 1 row of fringe with violet yarn and crochet hook 3.5. Make 4 beige and 5 olive flowers with crochet hook 3 and decorate the fronts with them. Sew buttons.