Are you a summer lover? I personally love summertime. It is such a lovely time of the year! The sun is shining and there are flowers everywhere. 

I’m so happy to be enjoying some sunshine here and I hope you are too.
Today’s crochet tunic project will be just in time for the coming summer heat.

This lovely summer tunic has a beautiful flower pattern. It makes it a fun and flirty crochet summer top for beach days. The thinner crocheted strings also make it perfect for layering and wearing.

Wear it on beaches or for a casual evening dinner.  Make it in your favorite cotton and see how quickly it becomes your fave go to top for summer days. I couldn’t be more pleased with how it turned out!

This Crochet Summer Tunic is absolutely fabulous and outstanding and will complete your summer outfits. 

So, expand your summer wardrobe with beautiful and stunning handmade crochet tunic that will hit this summer.

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This pattern is made for very beginners - only a basic skill level is required to make it. If you don't understand any of my instructions, don't worry I am here for you - enter the comments at the end of this post.

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So let me now get started and tell you what you will need in order to crochet this amazing Summer Tunic with Flowers Pattern.

Lovely Summer Tunic with Flowers Pattern instructions
The top is crochet as a one part. 
The pattern uses only basic crochet stitches - chains and double crochets and single crochets.
This top is crochet from the bottom up and you just need to measure the hips circumference and crochet the body part accordingly.
The direction shown are for women XS size but can be easily converted into bigger size or smaller size – just by making the starting part (foundation chain) - the bottom part according to the circumference of your body.

For this XS size you will need: 1 Ball Etrofil Puzzle Cake Yarn, 55% Organic Cotton 45% Anti Pilling Acrylic, 250 g (8.8 Oz) 1000 m (1093 yds), Fuchsia-Pink-Cream

For this pattern you will need 4.00 mm and 3.00 mm crochet hooks.

Pattern Notes

1) Before you start take a measurement of height of your body and a body measurement (please see the final measurement of the summer tunic below).

2) This pattern is for XS women size, but you can easily adapt to a smaller size or bigger size just by reducing or increasing the number of ch and rows. Remember that when making your tank top bigger you will need more yarn.

3) A Ch 3 at beg of the row counts as dc throughout and each rounds ends with slip stitch placed in 3rd chain from beg

4) The tank top is made as a one part with 4 strings on the top of shoulders

You can customize your fit based on how oversized you would like the garment to be. The top is worked from bottom to top, so additional rows in the panel give you additional length and extra stitches give you additional width.

Difficulty Level: Level 1 – Easy, for beginners

US crochet term:

SlSt – slip stitch
CH/s – chain/s
DC - double crochet
SC - single crochet
SK - skip
T - turn
ST/s - stitch(es)
REP - repeat
YO – yarn over

WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR LOVELY SUMMER TUNIC WITH FLOWER PATTERN

Crochet hook 4.00 mm

foundation chain

162 chains, join and the round

work in round

R1: ch3(1dc), *ch2, sk 2st, 1dc in next st* repeat from * to * till end of round, sl st in 3rd ch from beg. Make 54 dc and 54 ch2 sp (54 squares)

R2: ch3(1dc), (ch2, sk ch2sp, 1dc in next st) repeat 3 times, 2dc in ch2sp, *(1dc in next st, ch2, sk ch2s) repeat 5 times, 2dc in ch2 sp*  repeat from * to * 8 times,
(1dc in next st, ch2, sk ch2sp) repeat 2 times, sl st in 3rd ch from beg

R3: ch3(1dc), (ch2, sk ch2sp, 1dc in next st) repeat 2 times, 2dc in ch2sp, 1dc in next st, ch5, skip 2st, 1dc in next st, 2dc in ch2sp,
*(1dc in next st, ch2, sk ch2sp) repeat 3 times, 1dc in next st, 2dc in ch2sp, ch5, sk 2st, 1dc in next st, 2dc in ch2sp)*, repeat from * to * 8 times
1dc in next st, ch2, sk ch2sp,  sl st in 3rd ch from beg

R4: ch3(1dc), ch2, sk ch2sp, 1dc in next 4st, ch5, 1sc in ch5sp, ch5, sk 2st, 1dc in next 4st, ch2, sk ch2sp,
*1dc in next 4st, ch5, 1sc in ch5sp, ch5, sk 2st, 1dc in next 4st, ch2, sk ch2sp* repeat from * to * 8 times
1dc in next st, 2dc in ch2sp, sl st in 3rd ch from beg

R5: ch3(1dc), 2dc in ch2sp, 1dc in next st, ch6, 1sc in ch5sp, 1sc in 1sc from previous round, 1sc in ch5sp, ch6, sk 3st,

*1dc in next st, 2dc in ch2sp, 1dc in next st, ch6, 1sc in ch5sp, 1sc in 1sc from previous round, 1sc in ch5sp, ch6, sk 1st* repeat from * to * 8 times

sl st in 3rd ch from beg

R6: ch3(1dc) ch2, sk 2st, 1dc in next st, 3dc in ch6sp,

*ch5, sk 1sc, 1sc in 1sc from previous round, sk 1sc, ch5, 3dc in ch6sp, 1dc in next st, ch2, sk 2st, 1dc in next st, 3dc in ch6sp* repeat from * to * 8 times

sl st in 3rd ch from beg

R7: ch3(1dc), ch2, sk ch2sp, 1dc in next st, ch2 sk 2st, 1dc in next st, 3dc in ch5sp, ch2, 3dc in ch5sp, 1dc in next st, ch2, sk 2st,

*1dc in next st, ch2, sk ch2sp, 1dc in next st, ch2, sk 2st, 1dc in next st, 3dc in ch5sp, ch2, 3dc in ch5sp, 1dc in next st, ch2 * repeat from * to * 8 times

sl st in 3rd ch from beg

R8 = ch3(1dc), ch2, sk ch2sp, 1dc in next st, ch2, sk ch2sp, 1dc in next st, ch2, sk 2st, 1dc in next st, 2dc in ch2sp

*1dc in next st, ch2, sk 2st, (1dc in next st, ch2, sk ch2sp) repeat 3 times, 1dc in next st, sk 2st, 1dc in next st, 2dc in ch2sp* repeat from * to * 8 times

1dc in next st, ch2, sk 2st, 1dc in next st, ch2, sk ch2sp, sl st in 3rd ch from beg

Repeat 4 times: R3 - R8

R9 = R3

R10 = R4

R11 = R5

R12 = R6

R13 = R7

R14 = R8

Crochet hook 3.0mm

R15 - R20: repeat R3 - R8

R21 - R26: repeat R3 - R8

R27 - R32: repeat R3 - R8

R33: ch3(1dc), *(2dc in ch2sp, 1dc in next st) repeat 3times, 1dc in next 3st, (2dc in ch2sp, 1dc in next st) repeat 2 times * repeat from * to * 8 times, sk ch2sp, sl st in 3rd ch from beg  (162 dc)

R33 - R49: repeat round R28 (162dc in each round)

Lay your work down. Center your work, find the middle point - between 2 flowers. 

Wrap the topper part (R33 - R49) several times with a piece of yarn. Make a knot on wrong side (inside).

Make 4 strings - chain foundation chain, use 3 yarns together - please see instructions bellow.
Make string about 39 inch / 100 cm long.

Pull string 18st left from the wrap, from the middle part of front side, then skip 2st and pull the string inside, skip 2st and pull the string outside and repeat these instructions 2 times or as many times as you wish to have the space between the string long. 

Pull string also 18st right from the wrap and repeat the instructions above.

Join 2 strings on the back part of your tunic as well. 

HOW TO MAKE A BULKY YARN STRING
Lay the yarn down and make an "S" with your yarn, so there are 3 rows: you will have a loop on 2 sides and the beginning of the yarn and the yarn ball opposite from each other, push them together, combine start of the yarn with one loop – creating 3 strands and make a slip knot to hold these 3 strands together and start crocheting.

Make a chain till you reach the second loop, you will pull the yarn from the yarn ball through to create another loop. And keep crocheting, you will not need to cut your yarn or create knots. simply use that one skein of Etrofil yarn and create a bulky yarn from it while you crochet

FINISHING
Let's decorate the ends of the strings with some beads. Also feel free to add some beads on the wrap in the middle of the topper part. 
 

FINAL SIZE:

Measurement: bottom width= 19 inch / 48 cm  
Measurement: topper width = 15 inch / 38 cm 

Measurement: topper part length: 4.7 inch / 12 cm
Measurement: part with flowers: 15.75 inch / 40 cm
Measurement: total length = 20.5 inch / 52 cm  
Measurement: string = 39 inch / 100 cm long

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