Instructions for the Chart: “Crochet Tunic with Motif Inserts”
Sizes
34 (36/38) 40/42
You Will Need
- Yarn (55% silk, 45% cotton, 120 m/25 g) – 175 (200) 200 g white plus 25 g each of yellow, turquoise, raspberry, and pink
- 2.5 mm crochet hook
Stitch Patterns and Charts
Main pattern = double crochet (dc). Begin each row with 3 chain (ch) as the turning chain instead of the 1st dc, and end with 1 dc in the last turning chain of the previous row.
On right-side rows, insert the hook only through the back loop; on wrong-side rows, insert the hook only through the front loop of the stitches of the previous row.
Square
(Make 6 pieces.)
With white yarn, chain 10 and join into a ring with 1 slip stitch.
Work in rounds following Chart 1.
Begin each round with the turning chain as shown on the chart and end with 1 slip stitch or 1 half double crochet.
Work rounds 1–7 once, following Color Sequence 1, joining a new yarn with 1 slip stitch for each new color.
Diamond
(Make 2 pieces.)
With white yarn, chain 10 and join into a ring with 1 slip stitch.
Work as for the square, but following Chart 2.
Work rounds 1–6 once, following Color Sequence 2.
Color Sequence 1
1 round each in white and yellow yarn,
2 rounds in raspberry,
1 round in pink,
2 rounds in turquoise yarn.
Color Sequence 2
1 round each in white and yellow yarn,
2 rounds each in raspberry and turquoise yarn.
Border
Starting stitch count is a multiple of 15 + 2
Work following the chart. Begin with the stitches before the repeat, repeat the pattern repeat continuously, and end with the stitches after the repeat.
Work rows 1–6 once.
Symbol Key
Gauge
- 24.5 sts x 13 rows = 10 x 10 cm, worked in main pattern,
- square = 14 x 14 cm,
- diamond = 16 x 6 cm,
- border: height 4 cm.
Schematic
Instructions
Back
Begin working in 3 sections: for the side pieces, with white yarn chain 31 (34) 37 sts + 3 turning ch; for the middle piece, chain 37 (40) 43 sts + 3 turning ch, and work in main pattern.
After 14 cm from the starting row, work all 3 pieces as one piece = 99 (108) 117 sts.
After 49 (49) 47 cm from the starting row, leave 11 sts on each side for the armholes.
On the remaining 77 (86) 95 sts, finish the work after 54 cm from the starting row.
Front
Work as for the back.
Finishing
Sew the side seams, leaving the lower 14 cm open for slits.
Edge the lower hem and the slit edges with 1 round of single crochet (sc) in white yarn; edge the top of the back and the armholes with 1 row of sc in pink yarn.
Sew the squares into the slits, attaching them along the chain arches at the corners and between the two middle sc sts on each side of the square.
Edge the top edge of the front on the wrong side with 1 row of front post double crochet (FPdc) in white yarn (= dc, inserting the hook from behind around the dc of the previous row), then work the border in pink yarn, evenly skipping 0 (9) 3 sts in row 1 = 77 (86) 92 sts.
Sew the diamond-shaped straps to the outer 2 cm of the top edges of the front and back.
