Free Crochet Lace Halter Top Pattern With Shimmery Yarn

This beautiful crochet lace halter top is a must-have addition to your summer wardrobe. Using soft and sparkly Mohair Kim Sa yarn with delicate sequins, this pattern blends elegance with a handmade charm that’s hard to resist. The project is designed with step-by-step instructions, including adjustable sizing for S, M, and L. From a chic bow-style necktie to the flowy lace body and decorative bottom edge, every element is crafted to stand out.

Crochet Lace Halter Top

Whether you're heading to a music festival, beach getaway, or just love boho fashion, this halter top is a versatile, stylish choice. Customize the length or color to make it uniquely yours!

Materials

Two skeins of Mohair Kim Sa yarn (Color Code 17 recommended)
5.0 mm crochet hook
Yarn needle, scissors, stitch markers

Necktie (Bow) – Chained Double Strand

Use both yarn skeins together as one strand.
Create a slip knot and chain 5 loosely.
Single crochet into the 4th chain from hook, mark it, then single crochet in remaining 3 chains.
Turn without chaining up, single crochet across (4 stitches each row).

Continue until the strap is ~90–95 cm.
Chain 1 and fasten off.

Yoke – Front Panel (Single Strand)

Fold the necktie in half. Mark 5 rows from center and another mark 10 rows down.
From first mark, count 20 rows right and left and mark both.
Attach yarn at purple mark.

Row 1

Make a standing double crochet, mark it.
Skip 1 stitch, 3 double crochet in next.
Repeat (skip 1, 1 DC, skip 1, 3 DC) 5 times.
Finish with 1 DC in the last marked stitch.

Row 2

Turn, no chain. Standing double crochet, mark it.
Repeat Row 1 pattern. Finish with 1 DC.

For Row 3 (Increase)

Standing double crochet, mark it.
Skip 1, 5 double crochet in next.
Repeat (skip 1, 1 DC, skip 1, 5 DC) 5 times.
Finish with 1 DC.

Row 4

Standing double crochet, mark it.
Skip 1, 1 DC, 3 DC, 1 DC.
Repeat sequence 5 times. End with 1 DC.

Row 5

Standing double crochet, mark it.
Skip 1, 1 DC, 5 DC, 1 DC.
Repeat sequence 5 times. End with 1 DC.

For Row 6

Standing double crochet, mark it.
Skip 1, 1 DC in next 2, 3 DC, 1 DC in next 2.
Repeat sequence 5 times. End with 1 DC.

Row 7 (Lace Pattern)

Chain 1, half double crochet in first stitch, mark it.
Chain 5, skip 3, slip stitch.
Chain 5, skip 3, half double crochet.
Repeat until end. Before last stitch, join second yarn for back.
End with half double crochet.

Row 8

Standing double crochet.
In chain space, 5 double crochet.
In slip stitch, 1 double crochet.
In next chain space, 5 double crochet.
In HDC, 1 double crochet.
Repeat pattern. (61 DCs total)

For Row 9

1 double crochet in each stitch across. (61 DCs)

Row 10 (Increase)

Work 6 DC, then 3 DC in one stitch.
11 DC, 3 DC in one stitch (repeat 4 times), 6 DC.

Row 11

1 DC in each stitch across.

For Row 12 (Increase)

7 DC, 3 DC in one stitch.
13 DC, 3 DC in one stitch (repeat 4 times), 7 DC.

For Row 13

1 DC in each stitch across.

Row 14 (Increase)

8 DC, 3 DC in one stitch.
15 DC, 3 DC in one stitch (repeat 4 times), 8 DC.

Row 15 (Size L only)

1 DC in each stitch across.

Chain 1 and cut yarn to finish front panel.

Yoke – Back Panel

Repeat all front panel steps.
Do not cut the yarn at the end.

Joining Front and Back Panels + Body

Join final stitch of back to first of front with double crochet join.
Work DC across front.
Join final stitch of front to first of back.
Work DC across back.
Slip stitch to join round.

Next Row (Increase)

Standing DC, 7 DC, 3 DC in one.
17 DC, 3 DC in one (repeat 9 times), 9 DC.
Slip stitch to join.

Rows 17–25 (Size M) / 18–26 (Size L)

Alternate normal and increase rows.
In increase rows, 3 DC always go in center DC from previous 3-DC cluster.
Use stitch markers to keep track.
Slip stitch to join rounds.

Bottom Lace Border

Row 26 (Size M) / 27 (Size L)

Chain 1, HDC in first stitch, mark it.
Chain 4, skip 4 stitches, HDC in 5th.
Repeat pattern, slip stitch to join.

Row 27 (Size M) / 28 (Size L)

Standing DC, chain 2, create picot (slip stitch into base of DC).
In chain space: 4 DC.
In HDC: 1 DC, chain 2, picot.
Repeat across row.

Finishing

Weave in all loose ends securely.