This crochet flower top is a fun and vibrant project perfect for both beginners and experienced crocheters. Featuring a series of beautiful flower squares, this top allows for personalization, as you can adjust the number of squares to fit your size.
Crochet Flower Top
The pattern includes detailed instructions on how to make the individual flower squares, join them together, and create a stylish shrug-like top. With simple yet elegant borders around the neckline and optional cuffed sleeves, this top can be tailored to your style. It’s versatile, comfortable, and ideal for showcasing your crochet skills in a fashionable way.
Materials Needed:
- Friends Cotton 8 yarn (super fine, 100% cotton)
- 5 mm hook
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Tape measure
- Stitch markers
Making the Flower Squares
Round 1:
- Start with a magic circle.
- Make 12 single crochets inside the circle.
- Slip stitch into the first single crochet to join.
- Chain one, then cut the yarn.
Round 2:
- Insert white yarn into any single crochet.
- Chain 11, then slip stitch into the next stitch.
- Repeat chain 11 and slip stitch in each stitch around, creating 12 petals.
- Chain one to secure, then cut the yarn and weave in the ends.
For Round 3:
- Attach the main color yarn to the middle of any petal (count six chains from the start).
- Chain two, then make a cluster of three double crochets together in the same stitch.
- Chain three, make another cluster in the same stitch.
- Chain three, single crochet in the next petal.
- Repeat chain three, single crochet in the next petal, chain three, and then work a corner (cluster, chain three, cluster) in the next petal.
- Continue this pattern around.
- Slip stitch to join.
Round 4:
- Chain two, make two double crochets together.
- Chain three, make a corner (three double crochets together, chain three, three double crochets together).
- Chain three, single crochet in the next chain-three space.
- Chain three, three double crochets together in the next chain-three space.
- Repeat around, slip stitch to join, chain one, and cut the yarn.
Joining the Squares
- For subsequent squares, complete only the first three rounds.
- During the fourth round, attach the new square to the existing ones by chaining two, removing the hook, inserting it into the corresponding corner of the attached square, grabbing the yarn, and chaining one before completing the corner.
- Attach in the middle by inserting the hook in the top of the three double crochets of the first square.
- Continue this method to join all squares.
Creating the Top
Panel Assembly:
- Make two panels, each with the desired number of squares (e.g., 15 squares per panel for a total of 30).
- Arrange the panels and use stitch markers to determine the neckline and armhole openings.
Sewing Panels Together:
- With the wrong sides facing out, sew the shoulder seams and the sides together, leaving the marked areas open for the neckline and armholes.
Making the Sleeves:
- Attach yarn at the armpit area.
Round 1:
- Triple crochet, chain one, skip one stitch, repeat around.
Round 2:
- Chain one, turn, single crochet, chain one, skip one, repeat around.
- Repeat rounds 1 and 2 until the sleeve reaches the desired length.
- Add two rows of half double crochet for the cuff, if desired.
Neckline Border:
- Add a border of single crochet stitches around the neckline for a cleaner finish.
Bottom Border (Optional):
- Add a border of single crochet stitches around the bottom edge of the top.
Finishing:
- Weave in all loose ends to secure them.
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