Hannah Crochet Festival Bikini Top FREE Pattern

Hannah Crochet Festival Bikini Top FREE Pattern
by Kristin Omdahl

A fellow tennis athlete and friend of my son’s asked me if I could crochet her a festival/bikini top. I said sure, but I bartered with her for photography in exchange for the top. I bartered with her because I wanted to be able to share the pattern with you!

This ADORABLE top begins with a delicate floral modified into a 5-pointed motif. The top grows from there. A tied top is flexible in sizing but I think this will fit anyone from 32″ – 36″ bust, with a smaller cup size (A/B).

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Materials:
(1) hank Be So Sporty Yarn; 100% bamboo, sport weight yarn; 325 yards per 4oz hank; color shown Chantilly Lace
D/3 (3.25mm) crochet hook
Yarn needle

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#2 Sport Weight Yarn

Be So Sporty Yarn

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Gauge: 6 sts/2 rows = 1” in double crochet

Finished sizes: This top fits a small/medium (32 – 36” bust). 12” long

Special stitch instructions:

3tr-cluster: *yo twice, insert hook in next st or sp, (yo, pull through 2 loops)x2. Rep from * two more times (4 loops on hook), yo, pull through all loops.

Foundation single crochet (FSC): Ch 2, insert hook in 2nd ch from hook, yarn over hook and draw up a loop (2 loops on hook), yarn over hook, draw yarn through first loop on hook, yarn over hook and draw through 2 loops on hook—1 fsc made.
*Insert hook under 2 loops of ch made at base of previous stitch, yarn over hook and draw up a loop (2 loops on hook), yarn over hook and draw through first loop on hook, yarn over hook and draw through 2 loops on hook. Rep from * for length of foundation.

Instructions:
Round 1: ch4, slst to 4th ch from hook to form ring. Ch3 (counts as dc), 9dc in ring, slst to top of ch3 at beg of round to join. — 10 dcs

Round 2: ch3 (counts as dc), 2dc in same st, ch1, skip 1 st, 3dc in next st. Rep from * around. — 15 dcs

Round 3: ch1, sc in same st, ch7, skip 1 st, *1sc in ea of next (st, ch1sp, st), ch7, skip 1 st. Rep from * 3 more times, ch7, skip 1 st, slst to first st at beg of round to join. — 5 ch7 sps

Round 4: *in next ch7 sp work (sc, hdc, 2dc, 5tr, 2dc, hdc, sc). Rep from * around.

Round 5: slst in ea of next 6 sts, ch3 (counts as dc), dc in same st, in next st work (2dc, ch3, 2dc), 2dc in next st, *ch3, skip next 10 st,s 2dc in next st, (2dc, ch3, 2dc) in next st, 2dc in next st. Rep from * around.

Round 6: slst in ea st across to next ch3 sp, slst into ch3 sp, ch3 (counts as dc),  ch6 (counts as dc, ch3), dc in same sp, *(ch3, tr, ch3,tr) in next ch3 sp, (ch3, dc, ch3, dc) in next ch3 sp. Rep from * around to last ch3 sp: (ch3, tr, ch3, tr) in last ch3 sp, ch3, slst to top of ch3 at beg of round to join.

Round 7: ch3 (counts as dc), *(2dc, ch3, 2dc) in next ch3 sp, 1dc in ea of next 13 sts and chs. Rep from * around, omit last dc on last repeat, slst to top of ch3 at beg of round to join

Row 8: slst into last ch3 sp, ch3 (counts as dc), 1dc in ea st across to next ch3 sp, (2dc, ch3, 2dc), 1dc in ea st across to next ch3 sp, 1dc.

Row 9: ch3 (counts as dc), 1dc in ea st across to ch3 sp, (2dc, ch3, 2dc), 1dc in ea st across. — 19 dcs, ch3 sp, 19 dcs

Rows 10 – 17: rep row 9. — 35 dcs, ch3, 35 dcs

NOTE: for the remainder of rows, we only work one side of the top at a time.

Left:
Row 18: Ch3 (counts as dc), 1dc in ea st across to last 4 sts before ch3 sp: dc4tog. Leave rem sts unworked, turn. — 32 sts
Row 19: ch3 (counts as dc), 1dc in ea st across.
Rows 20 – 39: rep rows 18 – 19 ten more times.
Row 40: decrease all rem sts.

Left Tie:
Row 1: ch4, 3tr in same st.
Row 2: turn, slst into sp between 2nd and 3rd st, ch4, 3tr in same st.
Rep row 2 until tie measures 30” long. Fasten off.

Right:
Row 18: join yarn in first skipped st along row 18 (next st after ch3 sp, ch3 (counts as dc), 1dc in ea st across.
Row 19: ch3 (counts as dc), 1dc in ea st across to last 4 sts: dc4tog. — 32 sts
Rows 20 – 39: rep rows 18 – 19 ten more times. Row 40: decrease all rem sts.

Right Tie: Row 1: ch4, 3tr in same st.
Row 2: turn, slst into sp between 2nd and 3rd st, ch4, 3tr in same st.
Rep row 2 until tie measures 30” long. Fasten off.

Upper Edging:
Starting at right tie and working up and around top and over to left tie, join yarn at last st of right side, *ch4, 3tr-cluster in same st, sc in the end of rows 1” further along edge. Rep from * across, except work one more repeat in ea of the 2 ch3 sps. Fasten off.

Lower Edging:
Starting at left tie and working across to right tie, join yarn at last st of left side, *ch4, 3tr-cluster in same st, sc in the end of rows 1” further along edge. Rep from * across. Fasten off.

Neck ties: Join yarn in top right corner of top with a slst, FSC until tie measures 18”. Fasten off.
Rep for left tie, working in top left corner of top.

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