Complete Guide to Crocheting a Flower Motif Top
You’ll Need
600g of purple Clou yarn (75% sheep wool, 25% polyacryl; 85m/50g);
Crochet hooks 5 and 6;
Decorative fastener.
Size: M.
Note
Make back and front with flower motifs due to the pattern design.
Used Patterns
Flower Motif
Make 6 chain sts and circle them in the ring. After that, work with circle rows due to the scheme 1.
Make 1st-2nd rows x once. Connect motifs with one another with single crochets in the last row.Relief Pattern
The quantity of sts is multiple 4 + 2 + 3 chain sts increase. Work according to scheme 2. Start with sts before pattern repeat, pattern repeat, finish with sts after pattern repeat.
Make 1st-3rd rows x once, then, repeat 2nd-3rd rows.
Stitches Control
Flower motif = 11 x 11 cm;
Relief pattern: 10.5 sts x 5.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Back and Front
Make 30 flower motifs with crochet hook 6 and connect them in a rectangle of 10 motifs wide and 3 motifs high. Then, make 10 motifs with crochet hook 6 for the upper parts of front and back and attach them to the pattern design.
Sleeves
Make 42 chain sts + 3 chain sts increase and work with relief pattern. In 43.5 cm = 24 rows from the set-up row, finish your work.
Collar
Make 18 chain sts + 3 chain sts increase and work with relief pattern. In 131 cm = 72 rows from the set-up row, finish your work.
Assembly
Make sleeve seams; connect the upper edges of sleeve with flower motifs of arm-holes in 11 cm from seam, the central 18 cm from upper edges of sleeve, leave open. Sew the central 41 cm from the right long edge of collar to the upper edge of back. Sew the next 18 cm from both sides of the long edge of collar to the open edges of sleeves. Sew the outer 27 cm from both sides of long edges of collar to the upper edges of front. Fasten all the edges with 1 row of single crochets and 1 row of “shrimp stitch” with crochet hook 5. Make 1 x 1 single crochet and 1 x 2 single crochets by turn in edge double crochet of relief pattern in the edge of every flower motif of 13 single crochets, making 2 single crochets in 1 base st in the corners of front and collar.