Crochet Elegant Colorful Striped Halter Crop Top Free Pattern

Crochet Elegant Colorful Striped Halter Crop Top Free Pattern

Materials Needed:

• #2 Sport weight cotton yarn in cream, dusty pink, and olive green
• 4mm crochet hook
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors

Gauge: 20 stitches and 10 rows = 4 inches in double crochet

Sizes: Instructions provided for sizes XS to XXL

Instructions:

Body:

1. With cream yarn, ch 96 (104, 112, 120, 128, 136) and join with a sl st to form a ring.
2. Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in each ch around. Join with sl st to top of ch-3. (96, 104, 112, 120, 128, 136 dc)
3. Fasten off cream. Join dusty pink, ch 3, *dc in next st, skip next st, (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next st, skip next st, rep from * around. Join with sl st.
4. Repeat the last step with olive green.
5. Repeat the color pattern until you have 6 rows of stripes, alternating colors.

Top Portion:

1. Join cream yarn, ch 3, dc in each st around for 1 row.
2. Divide stitches in half for cups; mark the beginning and center with stitch markers.
3. Begin Decrease Rows for Cups: Ch 3, dc2tog at the start, dc in each st to last 2 sts before the center marker, dc3tog over next 3 sts, dc to last 2 sts, dc2tog, turn.
4. Repeat decrease row until you have 10 sts remaining at the widest point of the cups.
5. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Straps:

1. Attach cream yarn to the top of each cup tip and ch 60 (or desired length for straps).
2. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Edging:

1. Join cream yarn along the bottom edge. Ch 1, sc in same st, *skip 2 sts, 5 dc in next st (shell), skip 2 sts, sc in next st. Repeat from * across.
2. Fasten off and weave in all ends.

Your crochet crop top is now complete and ready to wear!