Instructions for the White Crochet Bikini Chart
Sizes
34 (36) 38
You Will Need
- Yarn (100% cotton; 565 m/100 g) – 100 (100) 200 g white
- 2 mm crochet hook
- Elastic thread for the bottoms
Patterns and Charts
Shell Stitch Pattern
The number of chain stitches for the foundation chain must be a multiple of 8, plus 1, plus 2 turning ch instead of the 1st dc. Continue working according to Chart A.
Start with the ch instead of the 1st stitch and with the stitches before the repeat; repeat the pattern repeat continuously, and end with the stitches after the repeat. The stitches before and after the repeat count as 1 repeat.
Work rows 1–4 once, then repeat rows 3 and 4.
Increases of ½ repeat
Work according to Chart B.
Increases of 1 repeat
Work again on both sides according to Chart C: in the row before the increase row, make a chain of 8 ch, which is worked into with an extra repeat in the following row. To do this, after the turning ch instead of the 1st stitch, make an extra chain of 8 ch, then turn the work and work 8 sl st along the chain, work the row according to the pattern, and at the end make another chain of 8 ch.
Basic Pattern in Rounds
Work in hdc, starting each round with 2 ch instead of the 1st hdc, and ending with 1 sl st into the 2nd turning ch.
Gauge
6 repeats x 13 rows = 10 x 10 cm, worked in shell stitch pattern.
Charts
Schematic
Instructions
Bottoms
Start with the back piece: make a chain of 33 (41) 41 ch and work in shell stitch pattern (= 4 (5) 5 repeats in row 1). For the side curve, increase on both sides, starting from row 2, 6 (8) 10 times by ½ repeat in every row, 5 times by ½ repeat in every 3rd row, and 2 times by ½ repeat in every row; then in the following row increase on both sides by 1 full repeat. After 25 (27) 29 rows from the foundation row, there will be 19 (22) 24 repeats in the work. Now work the front piece directly along the foundation row of the back piece, starting the shell stitch pattern from row 2. For the side curve, decrease on both sides in row 3 by ½ repeat: to do this, skip the first 3 stitches at the beginning of the row with sl st, and leave the last 3 stitches unworked at the end of the row. Then work 6 rows straight. In the following row, increase on both sides by ½ repeat, and in every 3rd row 3 times by ½ repeat, then in every row 3 (5) 7 times by ½ repeat and 3 times by 1 full repeat. At the same time, in row 25 (27) 29 (= the last increase row), join the front and back pieces of the bottoms at the beginning of the row after the turning ch for the 1st stitch with 1 sl st; then work the row, and at the end, before the last stitch, attach the yarn with 1 sl st to the back piece so that the front and back pieces join into a round.
Then work 1 wrong-side round over the 16 (19) 21 repeats of the front piece and 19 (22) 24 repeats of the back piece in shell stitch pattern; finish the round with 1 sl st into the 4th turning ch. Finally, work 2 more rounds in the basic pattern.
Finishing
Along the leg openings, work 1 round in the basic pattern and 1 round in shell stitch pattern. If needed, thread elastic through the top round of hdc.
Bikini Top
Work the cups diagonally downward from the top edge.
For one cup, make a chain of 7 (8) 9 ch + 4 ch (= 1st tr), then work as follows:
Row 1: 1 tr into the 5th ch from the hook, 2 tr into each of the next 6 (7) 8 ch = 14 (16) 18 tr.
Row 2: 4 ch (= 1 tr), 1 tr into the 2nd stitch of the previous row, 2 tr into each of the next 12 (14) 16 sts = 26 (30) 34 tr.
Rows 3 and 4: 4 ch (= 1st tr), * 1 ch, 1 tr into the next tr, repeat from * = 26 (30) 34 tr.
Row 5: 4 ch (= 1st tr), work into the 1st ch-sp: 1 tr, 3 ch, and 2 dc, 2 ch, * skip 2 sts, 5 tr into the next st, skip 3 sts, 1 hdc into the next st, repeat from * 4 times, skip 3 sts, 5 tr into the next st, 2 ch, skip 3 sts, work into the next ch: 2 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr = 6 (7) 8 groups of tr.
Row 6: sl st to the 1st ch-arch, 4 ch (1st tr), work into the 3-ch arch: 1 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr, 2 ch, 5 tr into the next 2-ch arch, * 1 hdc into the center tr of the next tr-group, 5 tr into the next hdc, repeat from *, 1 hdc into the center tr of the last tr-group, 5 tr into the next 2-ch arch, 2 ch, work into the last 3-ch arch: 2 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr = 7 (8) 9 groups of tr.
Row 7: work as row 6 = 8 (9) 10 groups of tr.
Row 8: sl st to the 1st ch-arch, 4 ch (= 1st tr), work into the 3-ch arch: 1 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr, 2 ch, * 1 hdc into the center tr of the next tr-group, 5 tr into the next hdc, repeat from *, 1 hdc into the center tr of the last tr-group, 2 ch, work into the last 3-ch arch: 2 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr = 7 (8) 9 groups of tr.
Row 9: work as row 8 = 6 (7) 8 groups of tr.
Row 10: work as row 8 = 5 (6) 7 groups of tr.
Row 11: sl st to the 1st ch-arch, 4 ch (= 1st tr), work into the same ch-arch: 1 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr, 3 ch, * 1 hdc into the center tr of the next tr-group, 5 tr into the next hdc, repeat from *, 1 hdc into the center tr of the last tr-group, 3 ch, work into the last ch-arch: 2 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr = 4 (5) 6 groups of tr.
Row 12: work as row 11 = 3 (4) 5 groups of tr.
Row 13: sl st to the 1st ch-arch, 4 ch (= 1st tr), work into the next ch-arch: 1 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr, 4 ch, * 1 hdc into the center tr of the next tr-group, 5 tr into the next hdc, repeat from *, 1 hdc into the center tr of the last tr-group, 4 ch, work into the last ch-arch: 2 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr = 2 (3) 4 groups of tr; 14 (14–15)
Rows 14–16: work as row 13 = 1 group of tr. 15 (16)
Row 17: sl st to the 1st ch-arch, 4 ch (= 1st tr), work into the same ch-arch: 1 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr, 4 ch, 1 hdc into the center tr of the middle tr-group, 4 ch, work into the last ch-arch: 2 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr.
Row 16 (17) 18: sl st to the 1st ch-arch, 4 ch (= 1st tr), work into the same ch-arch: 1 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr, work into the last ch-arch: 2 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr.
Row 17 (18) 19: sl st to the 1st ch-arch, 4 ch (= 1st tr), work into the same ch-arch: 1 tr, 3 ch, work into the last ch-arch: 2 tr. 18 (19)
Row 20: sl st to the ch-arch, 4 ch (= 1st tr), 1 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr into the ch-arch.
For the back tie, repeat the last row continuously until it reaches a length of 46 (48) 50 cm, then finish off.
Work the 2nd cup the same way.
Finishing
Sew both cups together at the center front at the height of row 6.
Then work the foundation row (= edge of the neckline) as follows:
Row 1: attach yarn with 1 sl st to row 5 of the 1st cup, work along the main side by rows 5–1: 4 hdc per row, work 1 hdc into each stitch of the foundation row, and by rows 1–5: 4 hdc per row.
Work along the second cup the same way and finish at row 5.
Row 2: 1 hdc into each stitch.
Now work the 1st neck tie here as follows:
Row 3: 4 ch (= 1st tr), work into the 1st hdc of row 1: 1 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr, 4 ch, work 1 hdc along row 6 of the cup, 4 ch, along row 7 of the cup work 2 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr.
Row 4: sl st to the 1st ch-arch, 4 ch (= 1st tr), work into the same ch-arch: 1 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr, work into the last ch-arch: 2 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr.
Row 5: sl st to the 1st ch-arch, 4 ch (= 1st tr), and work 1 tr into the same ch-arch, 3 ch, work into the last ch-arch: 2 tr.
Row 6: sl st to the ch-arch, 4 ch (= 1st tr), 1 tr, 3 ch, and 2 tr into the ch-arch.
For the tie, repeat the last row continuously until it reaches a length of 53 (55) 57 cm.
Then finish off.
Work the second neck tie for the other cup the same way.
