Hello Everyone!
It’s the beginning of PRIDE month and I am so excited to bring you this pattern. I absolutely love this top, it’s super easy to fit it to your individual body and could easily be modified to include the colors of any of the pride flags.
This pattern is also made with beginner friendly stitches and the body is done in half double crochet. All you need to know is how to carry a color and switch which I will be explaining below.
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This pattern will be available as a PDF on my Patreon by the end of the month!
Let’s get hooking.
Supplies
1 weight 2 50 gram ball of each of your pride colors. I used denim from iceyarns its a cotton acrylic blend great for summer.
For my size which is about a large to a 1X I used about 5 50 gram balls of black.
3.5mm crochet hook.
Darning needle for weaving in ends.
Scissors.
A fabric measuring tape for measuring yourself.
Abbreviations
Ch- Chain
HDC- Half double crochet
DC- Double crochet
For switching colors you will carry the not working color under your working color, once it comes times to switch you finish your last stitch with the next color.
Notes
This will be a recipe type pattern meant for adjusting it to your body type.
Gauge= 10 HDC stitches=2.5 inches. (10 stitches is the size of each square.)
I’ll include a size table below for those who may be making this for someone else.
This top laces shut in the back so do the lower amount of squares if you want a more open back and the higher amount of squares if you want a more closed back.
Crochet Top Pattern
This pattern will be available on my Patreon by the end of the month as a PDF.
If you’re working a row with 2 colors you will always be carrying your not working yarn under your stitches.
Row 1- Work foundation HDC stitches = to the number of squares that fits your size above. for example if you wanted to do a size small with a more open back you would work 110 foundation HDC.
Rows 2-3- Ch 1, turn, work 1 HDC in each stitch across.
Row 4- Ch 1, turn, work 1 HDC in the first 9 stitches. HDC in the 10th stitch but close the stitch off with red. *HDC with color 2 in the next 10 stitches but close the 10th stitch off with black. HDC with black in the next 10 stitches and close the tenth stitch off with red.* Repeat * across.
Row 5- Ch 1, carry up your not working color, *HDC in the next 10 stitches with black, close the tenth stitch off with red. Work 1 HDC in the next 10 stitches, close the tenth stitch off with black.* Repeat * across.
Rows 6-10- Repeat row 5.
Row 11- Ch 1, carry up your not working color, *HDC in the next 10 stitches with black, close the tenth stitch off with red. Work 1 HDC in the next 10 stitches, close the tenth stitch off with black.* Repeat * across. On your last stitch finish it off with your next color which should be orange.
Cut your red yarn.
Rows 12-19- Repeat rows 4-11 with orange being the color you work your first and last squares with.
Cut your orange yarn.
Rows 20-27- Repeat rows 4-11 with black being the color you start and end your rows with. Yellow should be your other color.
Cut your yellow yarn.
Rows 28-35- Repeat rows 4-11 with green being the color you start and end your rows with.
Cut your green yarn.
Rows 36-43- Repeat rows 4-11 with black being the color you start and end your rows with. Blue should be your other color.
Cut your blue yarn.
Rows 44-51- Repeat rows 4-11 with purple being the color you start and end your rows with.
Cut your purple yarn,
Rows 52-54- Ch 1, work 1 HDC across with black.
At the end of row 54 do not tie off ch 2, and turn your work so your going up the side of your project. Work 1 DC into the side of your next HDC row. *Ch 2, skip the side of the next HDC row, DC into the side of the next HDC row* Repeat all the way up the side of your top.
Once you reach the top ch 1, and work 1 HDC in each stitch across the top. At the end of your top row ch 2 and work 1 DC in the side of the next HDC row.
*Ch 2, skip the side of the next HDC row DC into the side of the next HDC row.* Repeat * across.
Once you reach the bottom of this side tie off and weave in your ends.
For the straps put your top on and place a stitch marker where you would like your straps to be in the front and the back. Measure how long you want your straps to be. Tie on in your marker, Ch 2, and DC in the next 3 stitches. Ch 2, turn, and DC across. Repeat until your straps are the desired length.
For the lace make a chain long enough to lace up your back.
Tie off, weave in all your ends.
Before we go…
As always I hope you all enjoyed today’s pattern it was a lot of fun to make and I’m super excited to be beginning my summer clothing for the year. If you need a larger size than I had listed just measure your bust and divide that number by 2.5 that will tell you how many squares you should have.
This pattern will be available on my patreon by the end of the month as a PDF.
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That’s all I got for today once again I hope you all enjoyed today’s pattern, and happy hooking!