
Everyday crochet top
I’m a stay at home mom and my daily outfits consist of leggings and a t-shirt or a v-neck and jeans, but honestly, I feel a little frumpy at times and I want to dress up without actually “dressing up”. I wanted to make a crochet top that was not only beginner friendly but comfortable enough that you could wear it casually with some jeans and with the scalloped edge detail you feel a little more put together than just throwing on a plain v-neck.
Customize it
This pattern is easy to customize. Add some stripes, use fancy yarn, color block (and now I need to make all of those đ)
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Materials
- About 800-1600 yards of Lion Brand Basic Stitch (4), Caron Simply soft (4) or similar yarn that meets gauge, a good soft cotton yarn would work great!
- 5mm/ H-8 Crochet Hook I use these.
- Yarn Needle
- Stitch Marker
crochet Abbreviations
- ch: chain
- st, sts: stitch or stitches
- sc: single crochet
- hdc: half double crochet
- dc: double crochet
- dec: decrease
- ws: wrong side
- XS,S,M,L,XL, 2XL: Extra Small, Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large, 2 Extra Large
- * or **: repeat what follows the * or **
Gauge
- 8 sts x 6 rows = 2″ all hdc
Notes
- The Laurel top is made by crocheting the front and back panels, seaming them together the crocheting the scalloped edge around the sleeves and hem.
- The Laurel top has approximately 2″ of positive ease.
- The sizes of the Laurel top corresponds to the approximate body width measurements when the shirt is laid flat. 15″, 17″, 19″, 21″, 23″, 25″
- The finished garment will fit bust sizes: XS 30″, S 34″, M 38″, L 42″, XL 46″, 2XL 50″
- Pattern is written for a size S other sizes will be shown in parenthesis S(XS, M, L, XL, 2XL)
Back Panel
- Ch 70 (62, 78, 86, 94, 102)
- HDC in 3rd ch from hook, and the remaining 68 sts (60, 76, 84, 92,100) ch1, turn
- HDC all sts for 62 Rows (59, 64, 65, 67, 68) Ch1, turn at the end of each row
- Final Row count 63 (60, 65, 66, 68, 69)

Front Panel
- Ch 70 (62, 78, 86, 94, 102)
- HDC in 3rd ch from hook, and the remaining 68 sts (60, 76, 84, 92,100) Ch 1, turn
- HDC for 38 rows (35, 38, 39, 39, 39) Ch1, turn at the end of each row
- Find the center stitch and mark with stitch marker 34 (30, 38, 42, 46, 50)
- At this point you will begin the decreases for the V-neck. Working one side at a time.
- First side, working towards your midpoint, HDC 34 (30, 38, 42, 46, 50)
- *Turn, Do not Ch 1, skip the first stitch and HDC remaining 33 (29,37, 41, 45, 49) Ch 1, turn
- HDC 32sts (28, 36, 40, 44, 48), turn, Do not Ch 1
- Skip the first stitch and HDC remaining 31 sts (27, 35, 39, 43, 47) Ch 1, turn*
- Repeat Steps 6-7 to decrease for 10 rows (10, 12, 12, 14, 15)
- Final Dec St count 24 (20, 28, 32, 36, 40) Ch 1, turn
- *HDC all 24sts (20, 28, 32,36, 40) Ch 1, turn* Repeat for 15rows (15, 15, 15, 15, 15)
- Bind off and cut yarn leaving tail for seaming later.
- For opposite side of V-neck Attach yarn to arm pit side of panel and repeat steps 5-12.
Seaming
- Place front and back panels together, with ârightâ side facing each other. I recommend using stitch markers to attach them together temporarily.
- Using your preferred method of seaming (sl st, mattress stitch, whip stitch etc) Begin by seaming together the Shoulders of your shirt one at a time.
- Seam the sides from the bottom up, leaving 7in (6.5in, 7.5in, 8in, 8.5in, 9in) open on each side for the sleeves.
- Flip shirt inside out.

Scalloped Sleeves
- Attach yarn to the armpit area of the arm holes.
- Sc in each st all the way around
- *Skip one stitch, in the next st HDC, DC, HDC all the same st.
- Skip next st and sc in the following st. *
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you go all the way around the sleeve.
- Repeat for other sleeve.

Scalloped Hem
- For the hem attach yarn to one side
- *Skip one st, in the next st HDC, DC, HDC all in the same st.
- Skip next st and sc in the following st. *
- Repeat until you go all the way around the hem.
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