STRIPED SLEEVELESS TOP FREE CROCHET PATTERN

Girl size 1-2 years

Girl's Striped Sleeveless Top is made from two single parts. Both parts are crocheted from bottom to top and are absolutely the same. Sew needle is used to make side seams. Ribbed texture of the top highlight the stripes.

MEASUREMENTS:                                       
weight: 20" (52 cm)
length: 10"  (26 cm)

MATERIALS:

yarn: 2 colors Fingering, #2; 4 ply (100% cotton or 100% acrylic)
hook size: 4 mm (G)
sew needle

GAUGE: 6 sts & 4 rows = 1"

ABBREVIATION:

Rnd - round
ch - chain
st - stitch
sk - skip
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
FPdc - front post double crochet
BPdc - back post double crochet
MC - main color
CC - contrasting color

SPECIAL STITCHES:

HOW TO MAKE FPdc:

Yarn over and insert your hook from front to back between the posts of the first and second stitches of the row below then finish your double crochet as you normally would.

HOW TO MAKE BPdc:  

Yarn over, insert your hook through the back of your work, across the front of the indicated stitch, then through your work again, such that the hook is at the back of your work again and then finish your double crochet as you normally would.

Start with 63 ch foundation and MC,

Rnd 1: 1 dc in 4th ch from hook, 1 dc in next 59 chs (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 2: 1 FPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 3: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 4: 1 dc in each st  (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 5: 1 BPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), attach CC (don't fasten off MC), ch 3, turn
Rnd 6: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 7: 1 BPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), attach MC (don't fasten off CC), ch 3, turn
Rnd 8: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 9: 1 BPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 10: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 11: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 12: 1 FPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), attach CC (don't fasten off MC), ch 3, turn
Rnd 13: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 14: 1 FPdc in each st(total: 60 sts), attach MC (don't fasten off CC), ch 3, turn
Rnd 15: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 16: 1 FPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3 turn
Rnd 17: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 18: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 19: 1 BPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), attach CC (don't fasten off MC), ch 3, turn
Rnd 20: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 21: 1 BPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), attach MC (don't fasten off CC), ch 3, turn
Rnd 22: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 23: 1 BPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 24: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 25: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 26:  1 FPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), attach CC (don't fasten off MC), ch 3, turn
Rnd 27: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 28: 1 FPdc in each st(total: 60 sts), attach MC (don't fasten off CC), ch 3, turn
Rnd 29: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 30: 1 BPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 31: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 32: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn

Rnd 33: 1 BPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), attach CC (don't fasten off MC), ch 3, turn
Rnd 34: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 35: 1 BPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), attach MC (don't fasten off CC), ch 3, turn
Rnd 36: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 37: 1 BPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 38: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 39: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 40: 1 FPdc in each st (total: 60 sts), attach CC (don't fasten off MC), ch 3, turn
Rnd 41: 1 dc in each st (total: 60 sts), ch 3, turn
Rnd 42: 1 FPdc in each st(total: 60 sts).

Fasten off. Make another one part.
HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE TOP:  
Make side seams from wrong to wrong side. For shoulders leave 4.5" (12 cm) long not sewn parts from left and right (9"/ 24 cm in circle). For neck leave 7" (18 cm).   

EDGE OF THE SHOULDER: Rnd 1: attach MC from right side, ch 1 and work 1 sc around whole shoulder hole, sl st in ch-1
Rnd 2: ch 1, 1 sc in same st, *ch 3, sk 1 st, 1 sc in next st*, repeat from* to* around, sl st in ch-1
Rnd 3: *ch 3, sk 1 st, 1 sc in next ch-3 space*, repeat from* to* around, sl st in ch -1.
Fasten off.

You can easily make the top in other sizes as well. Just measure the chest circumference and divide by 2 then make ch foundation with that length and continue alternate rows from instructions until you reach the length of the back.

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