White granny tank top

This is something I did a few years ago, while I was looking for the perfect crocheted summer top.

It's a pattern from Phildar Spécial Crochet printemps-été 1999 “aux couleurs de l’été", which is a very good pattern catalogue, loaded with elegant and colourful little things, mainly tops and shirts.

Yarn : I think it's a bland of cotton and acrylic, it's softly shiny; 6 skeins says the pattern, I don't remember how much of it I used either. I would say 250g.
Crochet hook crochet n°3, back in those days I would use those with a plastic handle, I broke most of them because I used to crochet too tight.
Design : simple but effective.

Follow up:

48 squares and 4 half squares. Each square is 6cm wide, they are joined while crocheting (not afterwards). The back has 4 squares less than the front, the half squares go under the arms, straps and border are made of single crochet.

I sometimes wear it as a vest over a pale shirt, here I wear a tiny bra under it, so tiny it's not even my size, but it's the only one I have with straps thin enough not to get noticed (I swear you, all the fuss about being big breasted, it's all overrated... really.).

Classé dans me did it!, Cet article écrit le 09/06/06 à 01:33:00 pm par Pyo

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Comment from: Pam - Knotty Generation [Visitor] · http://knottygeneration.blogspot.com/

I commented on Cville, but I just had to let you know again that this summer top is awesome!!! -Pam

09/06/06 @ 06:22

Comment from: Pyo [Member]

Why, thank you :o)

09/06/06 @ 06:23

Comment from: iida [Visitor] · http://virkkausjuttuja.blogspot.com/

I've used all sorts of yarn on that, mainly I've bought second-hand sweaters and ripped them to get the yarn, so the ghan is quite a mess. There's anything from wool to cotton

That is so very very nice of you to offer, but I'm sure I'll come up with some yarn eventually (I really should be studying and not crocheting anyway). Yeah, and I think that top looks amazing on you!