Basic Crochet Top

It’s made with rib stitch and single crochet—the rib stitch here is the stretchy part, this here is half double crochet, and the back looks like this.

Check out this cute top! It’s super easy and really pretty, and honestly, it catches a lot of attention. So, I want to show you the step-by-step. Let’s start with the list of materials. Alright friends, to get started with the step-by-step, here are the main materials we’ll be using to make this crochet top. We have this 4.0 mm hook, we’ll be using this yarn from Silvia, Silvia Cotoni, and about 150 grams of it. Okay friends, let’s begin the step-by-step!

We’re going to start by making the elastic part—the little band that fits snugly around the chest or waist. So, let’s make about 21 chains: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9… up to 20, 21 chains. If you want, you can make fewer; it really depends on your preference. In my case, this chain of 20 stitches—because the 21st doesn’t count—is about 14 cm long. Okay, now I’m going back to the previous chain and I’m going to crochet a single crochet in the next stitch, then another single crochet in the following one, and I’ll keep going like that.

Single crochet in each space until you reach the last stitch. Okay friends, we’ve finished this round, look, this is how it looks. Now, we’re going to chain one, turn, and grab the back loop to single crochet in each space all the way around. That’s how we’re going to make the band for the top. So, let’s keep going and I’ll see you at the end. Okay friends, to finish this round, we’re going to do a single crochet here, and also in the last stitch. This is how round two looks.

We’re gonna make a chain, turn it around, and then do the same thing again—single crochet, grabbing the back loop all the way to the end. When you get to the end, you’ll repeat what you just did here. So, let’s keep going, friends, until it measures about 70 cm long or wide. Yeah, that’s the total circumference. We’ll keep going until we have 70 cm, which is about 88 rounds. Okay, guys and gals, look—we’ve got the 88 rounds here, measuring 70 cm around. This is for a size M.

It might fit a size small. look iamge 3 So now what we’re going to do is close this little round. We’ll do it like this: bring these two parts together like this, and right where I have my two strands, I’ll position myself there. We join the two ends, and then we’ll go ahead and do it like this—see? I position myself here, then here, and slide. So I position myself here, then here, pull through, and slide. That’s what I’ll do all around this round or this whole section. Okay, friends, as you can see already…

Alright, we’re closing up now, so I’m gonna move over to this side. I’m going to start making half double crochet stitches in each space all the way around. I’ll keep doing these half double crochets all around the round, and I’ll see you back here once we’ve finished this round, okay? Now, look what we’re gonna do. We have four markers, and right where the first one is, I’m going to place a marker on the first stitch. Then I’ll put another marker here, and another one here.