Here is a collection of simple, feminine, romantic and timeless crochet outfits to try out this spring/summer – get inspired by the many different looks and buy a pattern to create your own version in your favourite colors!
You will need to follow Zoey top in order to make this version, but you don’t need to subtract from your measurements. We need the extra fabric. I used the same yarn and hook as the pattern, but I also used some baby blue ribbon yarn and some white bouclé yarn for the edge – simply because I only had secondhand yarn. The bouclé added another shade of white and also a different texture, I liked that. For the top I even used two different shades of white – it’s okay – an imperfect top is just as beautiful.
The following is the process I made the top.
Now to make the ruffles & add the elastic:
Take 2 pieces of children’s elastic (0,5 cm wide), wrap it around your under bust and over bust, tie a knot – you want it to fit tightly, but comfortably – you can always tie another knot later on if needed (after the elastic is added).
Crochet a hdc edge around the top (top and bottom) by making approc 2 hdc per row (1 per row + 1 between each row) while crocheting around the elastic – see my video tutorials for reference.
The bows:
Find some ribbon yarn (or literal ribbon) then make two bows and sew them onto the front (the points of the top) Take 4 long strands – the longer the better – and sew them each to the inside of the top – on the front and back.
The straps:
Crochet a long straps using sc chainless foundation from each of the points of the top (in front of the ribbon/behind the bow) until you have enough length to tie the strap on the shoulder.
The front scrunch:
Take a long piece of ribbon and weave it through the front of the top – through two rows – parallel to each other (from the bottom and up) and tie them to a bow on the front of the top so you can scrunch the top together.
And you’re done!
(Bonus: embrace the imperfection of loose ends, and leave the ends of yarn from where you crocheted the straps).
I wanted to make a crochet version of one my favourite bags which is a 70s style straw bag with a leather strap. You could also make this version with a leather strap or even just make the strap longer so you can wear it on your shoulder. If you know how to sew I would recommend adding a zipper in or even just use a magnet inside it, so you can close it up. Another trick is to sew the top of a bucket bag inside the opening so you can close it with a drawstring inside the bag, and therefore the fabric and drawstring won’t be visible from the outside. But you can also leave it as it is and use it as a handbag, beach bag or grocery bag. This bag reminds me a lot of a Jeanne Damas (Rouje founder) bag, I could totally see her with this bag. I like that it’s simple and casual, and you can use it with a causal outfit too but it also works with a more dressed up look, cause then it will just tone down the outfit a bit.
The bag is increased intuitively, so make sure to just spread out the increases (making 2 stitches in one stitch) and don’t make an increase directly on top of the last increase on the round before (this is only ok in the beginning, cause later it will prevent the bag from being round). Crochet in the same direction – no end or beginning (but you can mark your beginning of the row so you know where and when to increase) and you crochet from the bottom and up.
How I change yarn color: at the end of your round (where you marked your round), while making the last sc in the round, before pulling the yarn through the last time, grab the color you want to change to and pull it through – leaving the main color on the back of the round. When I return to the beginning I switch by doing the exact same thing, before pulling through the yarn on my last sc in the round I pull in the main color. Here I break off the brown because I have a bigger space between the brown colors, but if you change color often, you can just leave it on the inside of the bag and bring them up to you, when you switch color.
Make 5 chains (in brown) make 1 hdc un the 2nd ch from the hook, 1 hdc in the next three chains, chain 1 and turn. Crochet 1 hdc in every stitch for approx 36 rows, break off but leave a yarn end. Make one more strap, sew them on approx 7 stitches frrom the edge of the bag with approx 20 stitches between each strap and approx 2-3 rows of the strap attached onto the front of the bag. Sew up and down through the edge of the strap (you can imagine that you sew the strap edge like a square – top, bottom and the two sides. Do the same with the other strap on the opposite side and weave in all the ends.
If you want to make sure it holds its shape you can block it using universal glue and water and leave it to dry overnight. You can also try and make it even bigger and then felt it by washing it on high and drying it flat.
Ever since I noticed how well boat necks fit me, I have been paying attention to boat neck tops in tv and film, and when I was rewatching Legally Blonde for the 20th time the other day, I fell in love with a striped blue-greenish top that Elle Woods is wearing while studying for the LSATS. She sits on the floor reading a book and wears jeans and a belt and has loose hair. sYou can check out the scene here.
What I love so much about this top is that you can’t really crochet anything wrong per say – just follow the pattern for Helena top, make the foundation in dc and then start switching between hdc and dc. When you get to the next row either make hdc into hdc (look at the row below you whether it’s a small or big stitch), dc into dc OR do the opposite and make hdc into dc and dc into hdc. One will make the row look kinda crooked and the other make it look wavy – I did a bit of both and even just switched it up on one row – this means that you don’t have to think much, you can just kinda crohet whatever – make 10 hdc after each other then make 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 hdc, 1 dc – like just do it completely random if you want.
The same goes for the stripes, yarn weights and colors – I chose beige, two shades of green, silver (that looks blue when paired with these colors!) and some sparkly yarn that I only crocheted in hdc (simply because I didn’t have a lot of it and wanted to save some). You can go for fine/sport like I did but with the hook size you can also use worsted or even bulky yarn – it’ll work great as well and give even more unique texture and enhance the wavy look even more. Especially if you use some sparkly bouclé yarn as I did, it makes if look really unique.
Again, you can just mix the stripes at random and even just leave the yarn end at the beginning of the row and pick it up later, as you work in the round. I like to generally always add a neutral color between each color change, but sometimes I have switched it up and made two shades of green after each other – this works best with similar colors, if I was using contrast colors I would have definitely seperated them with a beige or silver color.
Play around and have fun, this is the most unique top made from such a simple pattern. The pattern comes in three sizes but you can easily size it up, by just adding more stitches and rows – and try it on as you go. I made it in size S, the sizes are made to be on the bigger side, or at least make the top fit more loosely, which I like with this one, because the stitches are see-through.
You can wear a top under, or even just sew a piece of fabric on the inside to cover the breast area if you want (or wear a neutral colored bra).
I think this top will look so good with jeans but also a midi skirt.
Udforsk feminine og simple hækleopskrifter til kvinder og piger. Her finder du smukt sommertøj, hæklede accessories og sødt hæklet tøj til foråret. Giv dig selv god tid og start i dag, sådan at du har et eller to stykker tøj når varmen og solen vender tilbage. Disse stykker tøj fremhæver din figur, tidløse og mange af dem er i romantisk og feminin sommerhusstil, med fokus på naturmaterialer, komfort, luftighed, bar hud og tætsiddende snit. Gå efter neutrale nuancer for tøj der passer med alt eller gå efter varme eller kolde, støvede pastelfarver som repræsenterer blidheden ved din kvindelighed og forårets kommen, hvor farverne omkring os står tydeligere frem i takt med at lyset kommer tilbage.
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free crochet stitch tutorial on how to crochet polka dots. You can use this stitch tutorial to make a crochet polka top, a crochet polka dot dress, polka dot crochet pants, crochet polka dot shorts or acrochet polka dot accessory like a bag or a socks. Go to Mati Denmarks Youtube channel for the video tutorial. You can also use this to make faux buttons as seen onOfeila top (free)
Make sure to only make the dots on every other row and also make sure to add them with spacing between. You can crochet them intuitively and just look at your row where you want them to be.
You need: 3 mm hook & super fine cotton yarn ¤ double crochet.
When you’re ready to make your polka dot, make a slip stitch into the stitch you want it to be and change colour.
Chain 4, turn over, 1 slip stitch into the same stitch, chain 1, turn over, 7 single crochet into the hole. 1 slip stitch into the same stitch and change yarn. 1 slip stitch into the next stitch, chain 2, make 1 double crochet into the same stitch and continue the row until your next dot.
When you reach the next row and you reach the polka dot, make 1 single crochet into the 4th single crochet – so into the middle of the dot – only crocheting into the front loop. Continue with double crochet into the next stitches.
Push the polka dot so it pops out on the other side.
How to crochet small polka dots with angles:
Use hdc. When you’re ready to make your polka dot, change yarn by making 1 chain in the new colour – then make a slip stitch in the next stitch, chain 3 loosely, 1e slip stitch in the same stitch – then change yarn by making one chain in the new yarn. Continue wit hdc until your next dot. On the next row make 1 sc in the 2nd of the 3 chains or into the hole of the 3 chains, every time you reach the polka dot.
Use this crochet flower as it is – or add it to crochet clothes or sew together to a bag, blanket etc..
Hook: 3 mm
Yarn: Superfine/lace wool, approx. size: 50 g = 200 m
Stitches: double crochet (dc), single crochet (sc), chains (ch), slip stitch (ss)
Cotton vs wool (using same pattern and same hook):
Video guide:
Use superfine wool, 4,5 mm hook. Start with chainless foundation in treble crochet. Stretch and measure on your body. I made 74 stitches, connect in a round, ch 3 everytime you turn and make 1 treble in each stitch. At the end (when you have the length you want – I used 1 yarn ball of 50 g) you break off and tightly chain from about 1/4 of the way into the top, until it can get over your shoulder, slip stitch to the back.
When you attach the flowers you can sew or crochet, I sewed them on. Place them where you want with pins while you wear the top. You then sew only the back of the flowers onto the top. So this would be either into the back loop of the stitches or into the middle of the dc/sc stitch. Only crochet on the back, not all the way through to the front.
I made sure to not sew all the way around each flower but instead only sew on half and then continue to the next flower and so on, because then when I reached the end I could do the other half of all the flowers.
If you want to make the leaves use same yarn and hook: chain 11. make in the following stitches: 1 sc, 1 hdc, ,1 dc, 4 tr, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc. 1 ss in the 1st sc. Chain 11 tightly. Now you can make one more leaf. If you want 2 leaves next to each other just chain immediately after making a leaf, then make 1 ss in the 1st sc on the first leaf to connect them.
Sew them by sewing into the edge all the way up on both sides of the leaf and down and by sewing stitches around the 11 chains you make – the chains are so small it’s hard to sew through them (and not necessary).
Yarn: Superfine cotton. 50 g = 160 m
Hook: 3 mm
Stitch: Shell stich (3 dc, 1 sc), dc + dc in chainless foundation, sc, slip stitch, chains.
Video on how to crochet the body of the top:
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Yarn: Wool & cotton mix. 200 g. Size: Superfine, 50 g = 212 m
Hook: 4,5 mm
Stitch: Ternion stitch (made in 1 loop (front/back) of the chain from the row before) 1 ternion = *1 dc, 1 sc, 1 ch*
Tension: 10 cm = 8 ternion stitches x 8 rows
(crochet relatively loosely for a beautiful and soft drape)
Size: One size. 194 cm x 33 cm (non-stretched)
Use as crochet scarf, head scarf, shawl or wrap.
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Garn: Uld & bomulds mix. 200 g. Str: Superfine, 50 g = 212 m
Hæklenål: 4,5 mm
Stitch: Ternion masker (laves i 1 maskeled/bagerste) af luftmasken fra rækken forinden, undtagen sidste lm, her hækles gennem begge maskeled). 1 ternion = *stgm, fm, lm*
Hæklefasthed: 10 cm = 8 ternion masker x 8 rækker
(Hækl løst for et smukt og blødt fald)
Størrelse: One size. 194 cm x 33 cm (uden stræk)
Brug som hæklet halstørklæde, hovedtørklæde, sjal eller wrap.