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Crochet blouse

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Yarn - Bernat Cotton-ish (color: Cotton Field) / light 3 / 2.4 oz (70 g) / 282 yards (258 m) / about 4.5 balls needed
Hooks - E/4 – 3.50 mm, F/5 – 3.75 mm, and G/6 4.25 mm or other size hooks needed for the gauge
Gauge - 2 repeats go into about 5 inches (12.7 cm)
Blouse Size - XS/S
Complexity - Advanced beginner

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Blouse crochet pattern

Row-by-row crochet instructions

Begin crocheting the blouse from the top to bottom.
Make a foundation chain of 127 chs. Join it into a ring with the slip stitch.

Increase

Add 18 chs to have 144 chs or multiples of 16 chs.
1st round – ch2, sc5, inc1, [sc6, inc1] to end + sl.st.1 into 2nd ch
2nd round – ch3, dc2, ch1, sk1, [dc3, ch1, sk1] to end + sl.st.1 into 3rd ch
3rd round – ch5, sk2, [dc3 under 1ch, ch2, sk3] to last 1ch; dc2 under 1ch + sl.st.1 into 3rd ch
4th round – ch3, dc2 under arch of 2chs, ch2, [dc3 under arch of 2chs, ch2] to end + sl.st.1 into 3rd ch
5th round – ch6, [dc3 under arch of 2chs, ch3] to last arch of 2chs; dc2 under arch of 2chs + sl.st.1 into 3rd ch

Pattern

6th round – sl.st.1, [sc1 under arch of 3chs, ch4, (dc3, ch1, dc3) under arch of 3chs, ch4] to end + sl.st.1 into 2nd ch
7th round – [ch3, sk4, dc3, (dc2, ch1, dc2) under 1ch, dc3, ch3, sk4, sl.st.1] to end
8th round – sl.st.4, ch3, dc4, (dc2, ch1, dc2) under 1ch, dc5, [sk7, dc5, (dc2, ch1, dc2) under 1ch, dc5] to end + sl.st.1 into 3rd ch
9th round – ch5, (dc3, ch1, dc3) under 1ch, ch4, [sc1 under chs between 2 repeats, ch4, (dc3, ch1, dc3) under 1ch, ch4] to end + sl.st.1 into 1st ch

Repeat the pattern starting from the 7th round.

To widen the garment, work 12th, 13th, and 14th rounds using a larger size crochet hook.

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Join back and front parts together

15th round – ch1, (ch4, (dc3, ch1, dc3) under 1ch, ch4, sc1 under chs between 2 repeats) x 6, ch18, sk three repeats, sc1 under chs between 2 repeats, (ch4, (dc3, ch1, dc3) under 1ch, ch4, sc1 under chs between 2 repeats) x 6, ch18, sk 3 repeats + sl.st.1 into 1st ch
16th round – [(ch3, sk4, dc3, (dc2, ch1, dc2) under 1ch, dc3, ch3, sk4, sl.st.1) x 6, ch3, sk4, dc5, ch1, dc5, ch3, sk4, sl.st.1] x 2
17th round = 8th round
18th round = 9th round
19th round = 7th round
Repeat the 3 rounds of the pattern until you crochet to about your waistline, then continue crocheting with a larger size crochet hook to widen the garment from the bottom.

Edges

sc to end

Decorate it with a ribbon.

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Abbreviations
[ ] – repeat
ch – chain
dc – double crochet
inc – increase – work 2 single crochets into one chain to increase 1 ch
sc – single crochet
sk – skip a chain
sl.st. – slip stitch

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Comments

Hi,

Hi,
I made this top following your instructions, you are a great teacher and thanks for sharing

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