Hi everyone! Today we will crochet this beautiful halter top. Take a quick look at the pattern and you’ll see small dragonflies. I think it’s a perfect pattern for the summer. I unraveled the top twice to achieve the best result and to feel comfortable in it. Hope you’ll like the design. So let’s get started!
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MATERIALS:
Yarn: Drops Loves You 8/8 – 120 grams, 2 1/2 skeins
Weight: Aran
Yardage: 93 yards(85 meters)
Unit weight: 50 grams (1.76 ounces)
Hook size: 5.0 mm (G)
Fibers: 100% Cotton
Texture: plied
Size: S-M, size of cup: height – 18 cm, bottom -20 cm
height of dragonflies pattern – 12 cm, length of the back tie – 43 cm, length of the neck tie – 35 cm
Stitches Used: ch-chain, sl st-slip stitch, sc- single crochet, dc-double crochet, dc5tog-5 dc crochet together
PATTERN:
CUPS
Row 1; crochet 15 chains, sc in the 2nd ch from the hook, sc in next 13 chs, 3 sc in the last ch, ch-1, 3 sc in the same ch, sc in the bottom of next 14 sc
Row 2: ch-1, turn, sc in next 16 sc, 2 sc in next ch-1 space, ch-1, 2 sc in the same space, skip 1 sc, sc in next 16 sc
Row 3: ch-1, turn, sc in next 17 sc, 2 sc in next ch-1 space, ch-1, 2 sc in the same space, skip 1 sc, sc in next 17 sc
Row 4 (18 sc), Row 5 (19 sc), Row 6 (20 sc), Row 7 (21 sc), Row 8 (22 sc), Row 9 (23 sc), Row 10 (24 sc), Row 11 (25 sc), Row 12 (26 sc)
Rep Row 3 until you’ll reach 26 sc on both sides of the cup.
Size of cup: 10 rows – A,B, 12 rows – C,D, 14 rows – DD
The last two rows work are sc rows
Make the second cup and please don’t forget to count the stitches every row it will help you to avoid mistakes :)
DRAGONFLIES PATTERN
Row 1: connect the thread to the bottom of the cup and make sc across the bottom of 2 cups. (the number of stitches a multiply of 14)
Row 2: ch-3, turn, dc in next 2 sts, ch-3, skip next 3 sts, dc in next st, ch-3, * skip next 3 sts dc in next 7 dc, ch-3, skip next 3 sts, dc in next st, ch-3, **, rep from * to ** once, skip next 3 sts, dc in the last 3 sts
Row 3: ch-3, turn, dc in next 2 dc, *ch-2, sc in next ch-3 space, sc in next dc, sc in next ch-3 space, dc in next 7 dc **, rep from * to ** to the end of the row, dc in the last 3 dc
Row 4: ch-3, turn, dc in next 2 dc, *ch-3, dc in the 2nd sc, ch-3, dc in next 7 dc **, rep from * to ** to the end of the row, dc in the last 3 dc
Row 5: ch-6, turn, * 3 dc in next ch-3 space, dc in next dc, 3 dc in next ch-3 space, ch-3, skip next 3 dc, dc in next dc, ch-3, ** rep from * to ** to the end of the row, at the end of the row ch-3, dc in the last st
Row 6: ch-1, turn, sc in the 1st dc, sc in next ch-3 space, ch-2, * dc in next 7 dc, ch-2, sc in next ch-3 space, sc in next dc, sc in next ch-3 space, ch-2 **, rep from * to ** to the end of the row, at the end of the row ch-2, 2 sc in the last ch space
Row 7: ch-6, turn, * dc in next 7 dc, ch-3, dc in the 2nd sc, ch-3 **, rep from * to ** to the end of the row, at the end of the row ch-3, dc in the last sc
Row 8: ch-3, turn, 2 dc in next ch-3 space, * ch-3, skip next 3 dc, dc in next dc, ch-3, 3 dc in next ch-3 space, dc in next dc, 3 dc in next ch-3 space **, rep from * to ** to the end of the row, at the end of the row 3 dc in the last ch-3 space
Rep Rows 3-4, don’t cut the thread
BACK TIES
Row 1: ch-3, turn, make a row of dc across the 1st side of the top. Crochet 21 dc for sizes 32, 34 A,B,C,D and 25 dc for sizes 36-38 A,B,C,D
I will show how to decrease the tie for sizes 36-38 ABCD
Row 2: ch-3, turn, dc in next 24 dc
Row 3: ch-3, turn, dc in next 9 dc, dc5tog in next 5 dc, dc in the last 10 dc (21 dc)
Row 4-6: ch-3, turn, dc in next 20 dc
Row 7: ch-3, turn, dc in next 7 dc, dc5tog in next 5 dc, dc in the last 8 dc (17 dc)
Row 8-10: ch-3, turn, dc in next 16 dc
Decrease in this way until you’ll get 5 dc and then crochet 14 rows of 5 dc
Row 11: ch-3, turn, dc in next 5 dc, dc5tog in next 5 dc, dc in the last 6 dc (13 dc)
Row 12-14: ch-3, turn, dc in next 12 dc
Row 15: ch-3, turn, dc in next 3 dc, dc5tog in next 5 dc, dc in the last 4 dc (9 dc)
Row 16-18: ch-3, turn, dc in next 8 dc
Row 19: ch-3, turn, dc in next dc, dc5tog in next 5 dc, dc in the last 2 dc (5 dc)
Row 20-33: ch-3, turn, dc in next 4 dc
The second tie make in the same way.
BORDER
connect the thread to the upper part of the top to the row of the last decrease, crochet a row of sc across the ties and cups then make a row of reverse sc
repeat the same steps on the bottom: a row of sc + row of reverse sc
NECK TIES
ch-66, sl st in the 2nd ch from the hook, sl st in each ch to the end of the row. Make the second tie and sew them to the cups
