Crochet Navy Summer Star stitch Top with Cups
Hello my dear friends! Hope you have a nice summer day!
This article follows on from the article about crocheting classic shaped cups for a summer top or tank top.
Navy style belongs to summer and that is why I chose colors in combination with blue and white. I chose a beautiful romantic star stitch for the light blue stripes, which softened the top beautifully.
In the instructions, I will show you how to crochet the cups, finish the bottom part and crochet the stripes. The stripes are classic, not for tying. It is of course up to you whether you sew the stripes or perhaps tie them around the neck, as suits you. And so that the top sits nicely on the body, it has a button fastening at the back. You can crochet the top longer or shorter, or just as a bikini top.
The top is great for summer days, vacations by the water, or holiday festivals! I hope the tutorial is here in time for you to enjoy your summer in nautical style.
Of course, you can make the top in many other color variants or even in one color, according to your taste!
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How to CROCHET NAVY SUMMER STAR STITCH TOP WITH CUPS
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CROCHET NAVY SUMMER STAR STITCH TOP WITH CUPS
So let me now get started and tell you what you will need in order to crochet this NAVY SUMMER STAR STITCH TOP WITH CUPS
These bikini cups for a summer beach top or halter top are crocheted with single crochets only.
The CROCHET NAVY SUMMER STAR STITCH TOP WITH CUPS has a simple construction, where we crochet both cups and then we join them together and crochet the border around as one piece all the way around. Then we will make a bottom part of the top, working in rows, using a beautiful star stitch.
The CROCHET NAVY SUMMER STAR STITCH TOP WITH CUPS is crocheted with premium yarn Papatya Supreme Cotton.
https://www.vlnika.cz/z22838-prize-papatya-supreme-cotton
Papatya Supreme Cotton: 50g / 105m, 100 % cotton
For cups XS size: 1 ball dark blue and 1 ball white
For halter top XS size: 2 balls dark blue, 2 balls light blue and 1 ball white.
This is a beautifully soft and pleasant yarn made of 100% Mercerized Egyptian cotton.
Recommended Hook: 3 mm
Colors:
Color A - dark blue
Color B - white
Color C - light blue
Stitch markers
Scissors and tapestry needle
Difficulty Level: Level 2 – Easy, for advanced beginners
US crochet terms:
SlSt – slip stitch
CH/s – chain/s
SC - single crochet
HDC - half double crochet
DC - double crochet
TR - treble
SK - skip
T - turn
ST/s - stitch(es)
REP - repeat
YO – yarn over
How to Star Stitch Crochet
The secret to star stitch is just to learn where to insert your hook each time.
Otherwise, you are just simply wrapping your yarn over and pulling through, plus a bit of half double crochet!
Each row of ‘stars’ is separated by a row of half double crochets.
It has a right side and a wrong side, so is not really ideal for things that need a reversible pattern.
Crochet star stitch has an attractive and beautiful texture suitable for projects where you need a dense stitch.
Step 1: Foundation For Star Stitch Pattern
Make your foundation chain. You will need an odd number of stitches.
Insert your hook into the 2nd chain from the hook.
Yo, and pull up as though you are going to make a sc. (2 loops on hook.)
Leave that loop on the hook. (Do not finish the stitch.)
Step 2: First Stitch
Insert hook into next ch, yo, pull up a loop. (3 loops on hook.)
Keep doing this, into a subsequent ch each time, until you have 6 loops on your hook.
Keep your tension loose for this step!
Step 3:
When you have the 6 loops on the hook, yo again and pull through all 6 loops.
These loops make the points of the star.
Step 4:
Ch 2.
You created a little hole in the center of your star. This hole is called the ‘eye’ of the stitch. You will continue working into this eye.
Step 5:
Insert your hook into the eye that you have just made.
YO, pull up a loop. (2 loops on hook.)
Step 6:
Insert the hook into the last loop of your first star.
Yo, and pull through. (3 loops on hook.)
Step 7:
Insert your hook into the next ch on your foundation ch. Yo, pull through. (4 loops.)
Now insert hook into next ch along, yo, pull through.
Repeat again so that you have 6 loops on the hook.
Step 8:
Yo and pull through all 6 loops on hook.
Ch2 to close this star.
Crocheting Star Stitch
Step 7 and 8 - Crocheting Star Stitch
Continue following these steps all the way across your foundation ch. When you reach the last st, make 1 hdc. This finishes the row off neatly. Remember to keep working loosely!
Step 9:
Turn your work, ch2, and work 3hdc into the eye of the star directly below your hook.
You will need to work 3hdc into the eye of each star along the row.
Make 1hdc in the last st and turn.
STEP 10: NEXT STAR ROW
Turn and ch 3.
Insert your hook into the second ch from the hook.
Yo, and pull through. (2loops.)
Insert into next st, yo, pull through. (3 loops.)
Insert hook into each of next 3 st, yo and pull through each time. (6 loops.)
Yo, pull through all 6 loops
Ch2 to close star.
You can see that are repeating exactly the same steps as in your first row of stars, but working into hdc this time, instead of ch sts.
Continue working stars in this way, all across your piece, then hdc into last st.
Turn and ch2
Repeat row of hdc.
Your star sts will be on the odd rows, the hdc on the even rows.
The odd rows are the ‘right’ side of your work.
CROCHET NAVY SUMMER STAR STITCH TOP WITH CUPS
PATTERN NOTES
1) Before you start take a measurement, I would recommend to determine the width of your top. If you want to have your top wider, make a longer foundation chain on sides. If you want to have your top narrower, make a shorter foundation chain on sides.
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 chains and rows for the top and as well as making less or more chains in the basic chain.
3) A ch1 at beg of the row DOESN'T COUNT as a stitch.
4) A ch2 at beg of the row/round DOESN'T COUNT as a stitch.
5) The TOP measures:
Stripe length: 33 cm / 13 inch
Stripe width: 2.5 cm / 1 inch
Height of shoulder Stripe on the front: 9 cm / 3.5 inch
Height of the cup with the stripe on the front: 24 cm / 9.4 inch
Width of the cup with the star st border: 17 cm / 6.5 inch
Bottom part height: 15 cm / 6 inch
Bottom part width: 36.5 cm / 14 inch
Back part:
Width from side to stripe: 8 cm / 3 inch
Width between stripes (when top is buttoned up): 13 cm / 5 inches
*Measurements are taken from the garment lying flat, before the yarn has stretched out/dropped.
5) The TOP is worked in 3 basic pieces:
C) Stripes
CROCHET NAVY SUMMER STAR STITCH TOP WITH CUPS
THE WRITTEN PATTERN
Work in rows, turn your work when your finish row.
CROCHET NAVY SUMMER STAR STITCH TOP WITH CUPS
WRITTEN PATTERN
Crochet Hook 3.00 mm
STAR STITCH BORDER
Color C
Foundation Chain: Ch45 (21 cm / 8 inch)
Work in rows.
Turn your work when you finish row.
Ch1 at the beg or row doesn’t count as a sc.
Ch2 at beg of row doesn’t count as a hdc.
R1: we continue crocheting along the cups, we crochet the star stitch border.
We start crocheting in the lower right corner, we crochet on the right side.
Crochet Star stitch to the top of the cup.
Work 1dc in the st before the middle st.
In the middle st work: 1dc, ch1, 1dc, 1dc in next st.
Then crochet along the side of the cup up to the join between the cups.
Skip 1 st before the join, crochet a star stitch in the middle st of the join (there are 3 chains between cups)
Skip the next st, crochet star stitch along the side of the cup to the top of the cup.
Work 1dc in the st before the middle st.
In the middle st work: 1dc, ch1, 1dc, 1dc in next st.
Crochet along the side of the cup till you reach the left corner.
We finish the row with a chain of 45 chains.
R2: We crochet on the wrong side.
ch1, turn your work, 1sc in the 2nd ch from hook, 1sc till end of row (45 sc)
Crochet the 2nd row of the star stitch: a row of hdc.
Recommendation: instead of 3 hdc, I crocheted 4 hdc in the eye of the star, then the pattern is looser, fluffier.
Crochet into the top of the cup: 1hdc in dc, 1dc in the next dc, (1dc, ch2, 1dc) in ch1space, 1dc in next dc, hdc in next dc.
When you reach the middle between the cups, skip the middle star.
When you reach the chain, work 1sc in each chain. (45 sc)
Cut the yarn and fasten off.
BOTTOM PART OF NAVY SUMMER STAR STITCH TOP WITH CUPS
Crochet on the right side.
Work in rows.
Turn your work when you finish row.
Ch1 at the beg or row doesn’t count as a sc.
Ch2 at beg of row doesn’t count as a hdc.
Turn your work "upside down".
Crochet in rows downwards.
Start in the right corner, re-join the yarn.
Color C
R1: star st row (odd row) on the right side, turn
R2: star st row (even row with hdc st) on the wrong side, turn
Color A
R3: hdc row, 1hdc in each st, turn
R4: hdc row in 3rd loop, turn
Color B
R5: hdc row, 1hdc in each st, turn
R6: hdc row in 3rd loop, turn
Color A
R7: hdc row, 1hdc in each st, turn
R8: hdc row in 3rd loop, turn
Color C
R9: star st row (odd row) on the right side, turn
R10: star st row (even row with hdc st) on the wrong side, turn
R11 - R18: repeat row R3 - R10
Sc row along the shorter side.
Work sc evenly from corner to corner, turn.
I worked 2 sc in each hdc at the end of row till the corner.
Place a stitch marker on the stitch where is the buttonhole.
Work 1sc in each sc till you reach the stitch marker. Then ch2 and skip 1 st.
I made the buttonholes on each star stitch row, I crocheted buttonholes as follows: 1sc in 1sc, ch 2, skip 1sc, 1sc in next 1sc. If you need a bigger buttonhole, crochet more ch.
I made 3 buttonholes in total (I have 3 rows of star stitch).
R12: work 3 sc in corner st and then 1sc in each st. 3 sc in corner st, and then a row of sc along the shorter / vertical side, crochet from the bottom up evenly.
I worked 2 sc in each hdc at the end of row till the corner.
BUTTON FASTENING
Sew buttons on the wrong side. The buttons are sewn on at the level of the crocheted buttonholes on the opposite side of the top.
STRIPES
Work in rows.
Turn your work when you finish row., Ch1 at the beg or row doesn’t count as a sc. Ch2 at beg of row doesn’t count as a hdc.
Make 2 stripes.
Color C
Foundation Chain: 62ch (33 cm / 13 inch) to have 20 stars in row
R1: sc row, 1sc in each ch. Turn.
R2: star st row (odd row) on the right side, turn
R3: star st row (even row with hdc st) on the wrong side, turn
R4: 1sc in each hdc in 3rd loop.
Cut the yarn and leave a longer tail for sewing the stripe on the top.
Sew the stripe on the wrong side of the top.
One end of the stripe to the top of the cup.
The other end of the stripe to the center of the back of the top.
Cut the yarn and fasten off.
Fasten off your work and hide all loose tails and you are all done with your AMAZING TOP.
You just created a beautiful cheerful CROCHET NAVY SUMMER STAR STITCH TOP WITH CUPS and I hope you enjoy this pattern!
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