Bright and Beautiful Crochet Tunic

Work up this Bright and Beautiful Crochet Tunic for a stylish piece of spring or summer clothing. The beautiful design on this crochet shirt is light and airy so that you can keep cool on even the warmest of days.

I also just can't get enough of this bold blue color that makes it seem like a bright and happy crochet tunic pattern. Feel just as bold as the color by wearing this fun crochet pattern all summer long!

Pair it with a nice sweater for the office chills so that you can still be fashionable. What a fantastic and versatile pattern. Get started with the full pattern right below.

Intermediate

Crochet HookG/6 or 4 mm hook

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Crochet Gauge1 repeat = 3" (7.5 cm); 8 rows = 4" (10 cm)

Finished SizeFinished Bust Measurement: S 36" (91 cm); M 42" (106.5 cm); L 48" (117 cm); XL 54" (137 cm); 2/3XL 60" (152 cm); 4/5XL 66" (167.5 cm) -- Finished Length Measurement: S 26" (66 cm); M 27" (68.5 cm); L 27" (68.5 cm); XL 28" (71 cm); 2/3XL 28" (71 cm); 4/5XL

Materials List

Caron Simply Soft Light - Capri (0007) 4 (5, 5, 6, 7, 7) balls
Crochet Hook: G/6 (4 mm)
Yarn Needle
Stitch Markers

Pattern

Box Stitch Pattern

Ch multiple of 10 + 2
Set-up row Sc in 2nd ch from hook, *skip 4 ch, ch 3, (dc, ch 3, dc) in next ch, skip 4 ch, ch 3, sc in next ch; repeat from * across, turn.
Row 1 Ch 1, sc in each st and 3 sc in each ch-3 sp across, turn.
Row 2 Ch 3, skip 4 sc, *(dc, ch 1) in each of next 4 sc, dc in next sc, skip 3 sc, dc in sc from 2 rows below, skip 3 sc; repeat from * across, ending last dc in last sc of row, turn.
Row 3 Ch 3 (counts as dc), *ch 3, sc in 2nd ch-1 sp, ch 3, sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 3, skip ch-1 sp, dc in next dc; repeat from * across working last dc in top of ch-3 turning ch, turn.
Row 4 Ch 1, sc in dc, *ch 3, (dc, ch 3, dc) in 2nd ch-3 sp, ch 3, sc in dc; repeat from * across working last sc in top of ch-3 turning ch, turn. Repeat Rows 1-4 for Boxed Waves pattern.

Back

Ch 62 (72, 82, 92, 102, 112).
Work set-up row—6 (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) repeats.
Work in Boxed Waves pattern until piece measures 18 (19, 18, 19, 18, 19)" [45.5 (48, 45.5, 48, 45.5, 48) cm].
Place markers at each edge for underarm. Continue in pattern until piece measures 26 (27, 27, 28, 28, 29)" [66 (68.5, 68.5, 71, 71, 73.5) cm] from beginning, ending with Row 1.
Fasten off, leaving long tail for shoulder seam.

Front

Work the same as Back.

Finishing

Sew shoulder seams, leaving 9 (9, 10, 10, 11, 11)" [23 (23, 25.5, 25.5, 28, 28) cm] open for neck. Adjust neck width as desired.
Sew side seams leaving open above markers for armholes. Block gently by dampening and laying flat to dry.
Using yarn needle, weave in ends.

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Hippie Chick

Mar 02, 2018

This is a very beautiful and elegant looking tunic top. The fit for this model is near perfect and it flatters her figure so nicely. I hope, if I decide to make it, that it fits me this nicely. The open-weave stitching does require an undergarment but the stitching is exquisite. This project is for an intermediate skill.

mulberrygalprinces s

Feb 23, 2018

This is beyond pretty. The color alone is enough. But the design is even prettier. It's one of the easiest stitches I have ever seen. It should be a quick project. I want to make it in this color for my friends daughters birthday. Thank you for sharing such a great project.

Morehouse17

Jan 30, 2018

Tunics are some of my favorite pieces to purchase in the store. Just the right ones can help cover or accutuate certain areas. The color you select also plays into how well a tunic will appear on you. The technique used to achieve this design can be accomplished in only 6 rows. Once you have it down, this pattern will work up really quick. Make two of each and sew together.

Zeemer

Oct 21, 2017

This Bright and Beautiful Crochet tunic is very sexy when worn by a lady who is slim and curvy. Look at the lady in the picture. She looks so sexy. Her shoulders are slightly broad which makes her a perfect model, like a human hanger. Her arms are just right, they are not too huge and she has the curves that give shape to the tunic that hang down to her mid thigh. So stunningly sexy. And the color of yarn is just perfect. You can use other colors of your choice. Black, white, deep blue, I guess any color will look great.

Daughter of Light

Sep 18, 2017

WOW! This is absolutely stunning! Thanks you soooo much for including the larger sizes on this pattern! We love beautiful things too! I've never worked an intermediate pattern but this one has captured my imagination and I think I'll give it a go. The tunic shape is sure to lengthen anyone's body shape. Oh my golly I'll have to choose a color...that could be really difficult. I'm just afraid this could become my favorite piece!

debmken 6447536

Sep 06, 2017

I agree with another person....row 2 of the wave...dc in sc from 2 rows down...

Delphine Bryant

Aug 21, 2017

Reading over the directions here it states that this top will fit most women, HA!

Delphine Bryant

Aug 21, 2017

OOPS! Looking at the wrong directions, Thank you! Even though the skill level may be over my head at this time, it is nice to know I can attempt the pattern and create something in MY size! Thank you for the larger size pattern instructions, for free.

achumley0003 31706 34

Jul 01, 2017

This is a beautiful and lacy summer tunic top. I love the color that was chose also.Reading the directions over I would say this an intermediate level project, although, I think new crocheters still could probably figure it out, but some of the stitches and the pattern are a little advanced.

Zeemer

Oct 27, 2016

Wow. This Bright and Beautiful Tunic is so lovely. The length of the tunic is the selling part here. It is just the right length for a tunic top which will fit a lady who has the appropriate body for this kind of top design. The color used here is just the perfect color for a top that can be stylish in all seasons of the year.

terraks12 3661896

Aug 01, 2016

I'm getting confused at the end of the set up row. I chained 62 and did school in second chain from hook and basically worked in every fifth stitch along and I end up with three chains at the end. Should I single crochet in the second chain and the double crochet into the last chain which would basically match where I began? Or what stitch should I be ending on?

terraks12 3661896

Aug 01, 2016

Oops, I did single crochet in second chain from hook, not school, lol

achumley0003 31706 34

Oct 20, 2016

You should have enough chains to end with a sc. You shouldn't end with only three chains left. I would go back and check your original chain count or see if you accidentally put the stitches in the wrong chain. I started this top but do not like the yarn I am using, so I decided to wait until I can order some caron simply soft light to restart it.

beckyc1952 1381363

Jun 01, 2016

I don't understand how to start it.

AFC Editor Julia

Jun 03, 2016

Hi Becky, If you scroll down to under the Pattern Stitch Section, you'll see the directions for the back that mention chaining stitches to form your foundation row: Ch 62 (72, 82, 92, 102, 112). Work set-up row6 (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) repeats. That's where you begin. Thanks, hope that helps! Julia, editor for AllFreeCrochet

carolwynne 2662656

Mar 31, 2016

I love the pattern,but don't understand doc in sc from 2 rows below. It says skip 3 sc, so how do you keep track if you don't insert your hook into the row you are working on?

mulberrygalprinces s

Mar 30, 2016

I think this is gorgeous. But I won't make it as a shirt. I am going to make it in black as a swim suit cover up. I think the open work will be great and I will make it a couple sizes bigger so it sort of floats over the suit and isn't tight. Thanks for a great idea and inspiration!

hummeretc 7032284

Oct 07, 2015

Beautiful! I'm working on it for my daughter. I love the Caron yarn. I found the set up row a bit confusing because the skip 4 came before the ch 3, but finally the penny dropped as they say.

dianekangodia 6112 447

Jul 21, 2015

bueatiful patterns

mail4egb 5590119

Jul 16, 2015

That means--10 2 ?

bonstu2012 6861983

Jul 13, 2015

What does it mean multiple of 10 2?

debivc78 6270881

Jul 16, 2015

Measure how big you want the bust to be then make your start chain in multiples of 10 2. They already give you starting chains for most bust sizes, 36" = 62 etc. But if you need another measurement be sure you do your start chain as a multiple of 10 2

siouxzan1 8434588

Mar 07, 2016

It means that the pattern (the wave part) works out in 10 stitches so to add a wave you have to add 10, if you want two more waves you add 2x10 (or twenty stitches), 3 waves = 30 stitches, etc. I think the 2 is for the whole row because if it were 102 for every wave combo wouldn't it have been easier to say 12 stitches for every wave? Not having started this myself I'm not exactly sure. Maybe I'll give it a go though...