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Spring Fever Crochet Top

Spring Fever Crochet Top

Lacy, bright and perfect for layering this Spring Fever Crochet Top is one you'll want to add to your wardrobe this season. Not only is it a fun crochet top pattern, but it gives the look of sophistication, too. You can easily wear this top to the office or you can dress it up with a necklace and some heels for a great night out. Sizes are provided for small, medium, large and 1x allowing just about anyone to work this up. It would make a great homemade birthday gift for a friend!

Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook

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

Materials:

  • Willow Yarns™ Field (53% cotton/47% linen; 100g/170yd) - 732088-0007 Lobster [3 (4, 5, 5) balls]
  • US size H-8 (5mm) hook or size needed to obtain gauge
  • Stitch markers
  • Yarn needle
  • Construction Diagram
  • Stitch Chart

Gauge:
2 pat rep = 4½" (11.4cm) wide. Save time, check your gauge.

Stitch Guide:
calado st: (multiple of 8 sc + 1)
Row 1 (RS): Ch 1, sc in next 2 sc, (ch 5, sk 5 sc, sc in next 3 sc) across, ending with sc in last 2 sc, turn.
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in first sc, (ch 3, sc in ch-5 sp, ch 3, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc) across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 5 (counts as dc, ch 2), (sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next sc, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5) across to last ch-3 sp, end ch 2, dc in last sc, turn.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in dc, (ch 3, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, sc in ch-5 sp) across, end with last sc in third ch of beg ch 5, turn.
Row 5: Ch 1, sc in first sc, (sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next sc) across, turn.
Rep Rows 2-5 for pat.

Finished Size
Small (Medium, Large, 1X)
Bust: 41 (50, 59, 68)" [104 (127, 150, 173)cm]
Length: 21 (21, 23, 25)" [53 (53, 58, 64)cm]

Instructions:

Front and Back (make 2)
Ch 74 (90, 106, 122).
Row 1 (WS): Sc in second ch from hook, sc in each ch across, turn—73 (89, 105, 121) sc.
Beg working in calado st.
Cont in calado st until piece measures 11 (11, 13, 15)" [28 (28, 33, 38)cm], ending with Row 4 of pat.
Pm on both edges of work for underarm.
Right Side
Row 1 (RS): Note: corresponds to Row 5 of calado st. Ch 1, sc in first sc, (sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next sc) 4 (5, 6, 7) times, turn.
Row 2: Work in pat.
Row 3: Ch 5 (counts as dc, ch 2), (sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next sc, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5) 3 (4, 5, 6) times, sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next sc, turn. Beginning with Row 3, cont to work even in calado st until piece measures 21 (21, 23, 25)" [53 (53, 58, 64)cm], ending with Row 4 of pat.
Fasten off.
Left Side
Row 1 (RS): Sk 2 ch-3 sps and join yarn in next sc, ch 1, sc in same sc, (sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next sc) across, turn— 4 (5, 6, 7) ch-5 sps.
Row 2: Work in pat.
Row 3: Sl st to next sc, ch 1, (sc in next sc, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-3 sp) across, end ch-2, dc in last sc. Beginning with Row 3, cont to work even in calado st until piece measures 21 (21, 23, 25)" [53 (53, 58, 64)cm], ending with Row 4 of pat.
Fasten off.
Finishing
Sew shoulder seams tog, tacking tog at every other sc, starting with armhole edge. Sew side seams from bottom edge to underarm m.
Neck Edging: With RS facing, attach yarn at shoulder, work 1 rnd of sc evenly around neck opening, working 1 sc in each sc, and 3 sc in each dc post and ch-3 sp, sl st in first sc to join. Fasten off.
Sleeve Edging: With RS facing, a ttach yarn at underarm, work 1 rnd of sc even around sleeve opening, working 1 sc in each sc, and 3 sc in each dc post and ch-3 sp, sl st in first sc to join. Fasten off.


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