The Daisy Crochet Top

Airy and light crochet top

During the spring and summer months I love to have flowy, light tops that I can wear with shorts or even jeans. As soon as I felt Lion Brands Coboo yarn I instantly imagined this airy crochet top with some wide sleeves. It gives me those beachy, summery vibes. This has easily become one of my favorite pieces I’ve designed.

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Making A Crochet Garment

I don’t know about you but when I started crocheting I used to see people making garments and I thought I could NEVER design something like that. Well, here I am a few years later and making crochet tops is one of my favorite projects. It’s so satisfying to wear something that you made yourself. This pattern is great for beginners because it’s made with just one stitch, double crochet.

the yarn

I used Lion Brand Coboo yarn for this top. This yarn is SO SOFT, its a 50/50 cotton and bamboo fiber blend. This makes it drape perfectly for tops and light enough to make summer garments. I’m hooked and I can’t wait to design more pieces with this yarn. For this top I used the color Tan.

notes

• The Daisy Top is made by crocheting the front and back panels, seaming them together then crocheting each sleeve in the round.
• The ch3 in this pattern counts as a st.
• You may purchase the printable PDF of this pattern on Etsy and

  abbreviations

  • Ch: Chain
  • Ch sp: Chain Space
  • St, Sts: Stitch, stitches
  • Sl St: Slip Stitch
  • Rnd: round
  • Dc: Double Crochet
  • Dc2tog: Double crochet two stitches together
  • inc: Increase
  • Dec: Decrease
  • WS: Wrong Side

  Materials

  • Lion Brand Coboo or similar category 3 yarn. Approximately 1253-2500 yards
  • 5mm crochet hook, I used these
  • Stitch markers
  • Scissors
  • Measuring tape

  gauge

  Gauge: 8 sts x 5 rows = 2″x2″ square (not blocked)

  Sizing

  • XS,S,M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL: Extra Small, Small, Medium, Large, Extra large, 2 Extra Large, 3 Extra Large, 4 Extra Large, 5 Extra Large
  • The Daisy Top has approximately 2” of positive ease
  • Sizes will be shown in parenthesis in the following order (XS,S,L,XL,2XL,3XL,4XL,5XL)
  • The sizes of the sweater corresponds to the approximate body width measurements when the sweater is laid flat:
    • Width (chest):15.5″, 17.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″, 23.5″, 25.5″, 27.5″, 29.5″, 31.5″
    • Length: 19.5″,20″, 21″, 21″, 21″, 21″, 22″, 22″
  • The finished garment will fit bust sizes: 29″,33″, 37″, 41″,45″, 49, 53″, 57″, 61″

  

  pattern

  Front and back back panels

  • Ch (65, 73, 81, 89, 97, 105, 113, 121, 129)
  • Dc in 3^rd ch from hook, and the remaining (63, 71, 79, 87, 93, 101, 109, 117, 125) sts, Ch 3, turn
  • Dc for (49, 50, 51, 52, 52, 53, 53, 54, 54) rows Ch 3, turn at the end of each row
  • Bind off leaving a long tail to use for seaming.
  • Repeat to make the front and back panels.

  Seaming

  • Place front and back panels together, with right side facing each other. I recommend using stitch markers to attach them together temporarily.
  • Using your preferred method of seaming (whip st, mattress st, etc) Begin by seaming together the Shoulders of your sweater one at a time (4″, 4.5″,4.5″, 5″,5″, 5.5″,5.5″, 6″,6″) on each side, leaving the middle open for the neck hole.
  • Seam the sides from the bottom up, leaving (13, 14, 15, 15, 17, 20, 22, 23,23) rows open on each side towards the top for the sleeves.
  • Flip inside out.

  

  Sleeves

  • Rnd 1: Attach yarn to sweater around the arm pit area, ch3 and begin to dc around, making sure the right side of your sts is facing out, dc evenly around for a total of (50, 52, 52, 60, 60, 64, 80, 84, 84) sts, sl st to top of ch-sp, ch 3
  • You will be dec 1 st in each rnd for rnds 2-7 by dc2tog. Cont. to ch3 and sl st to top of ch-sp at the end of each rnd, st counts will be as follows:
    • Rnd 2: (49, 51, 51, 59, 59, 63, 79, 83, 83)
    • Rnd 3: (48, 50, 50, 58, 58, 62, 78, 82, 82)
    • Rnd 4: (47, 49, 49, 57, 57, 61, 77, 81, 81)
    • Rnd 5: (46, 48, 48, 56, 56, 60, 76, 80, 80)
    • Rnd 6: (45, 47, 47, 55, 55, 59, 75, 79, 79)
    • Rnd 7: (44, 46, 46, 54, 54, 58, 74, 78, 78)
  • Cont. to dc with no dec for rnds 7- (25, 26, 26, 27, 27, 28, 28, 29,29)
  • Rnd (26, 27, 27, 28, 28, 29, 29, 30, 30) inc by 1
  • Rnd (27, 28, 28, 29, 29, 30, 30, 31, 31) inc by 1
    • St count (46, 48, 48, 56, 56, 60, 76, 80, 80)
  • Rnds (28-31, 29-32, 29-32, 30-33, 30-33, 31-34, 31-34, 32-35, 32-35) inc each rnd by 3sts.
    • For these rnds just spread out the inc evenly throughout the rnd
    • St count (58, 60, 60, 68, 68, 72, 88, 92, 92)
  • Rnd (32, 33, 33, 34, 34, 35, 35, 36, 36) inc by 4sts.
    • For these rnds just spread out the inc evenly throughout the rnd
    • St count (62, 64, 64, 72, 72, 76, 92, 96, 96)
  • Rnds (33-43, 34-44, 34-44, 35-45, 35-45, 36-46, 36-46, 37-47, 37-47) dc each rnd with no inc.
    • Final st count (62, 64, 64, 72, 72, 76, 92, 96, 96)

  Weave in ends, you’re done!

  

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