Sweet Nothings Crochet: CITROUILLE LATTICED TOP

CITROUILLE LATTICED TOP

This is not an easy top and it has been not an easy write up.

Looking at the meagre chart, I may not have chosen to make it – had it not been specifically chosen by my client.

This is a gorgeous pumpkin coloured yarn and citrouille is pumpkin in French ;)

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Materials used : Today I’ve used ~ 250 gms of 4-Seasons Flinders 8-ply knitting cotton with a 3.5 mm crochet hook

For Indians : The yarn I’ve used is similar in thickness to our Laura knitting cotton. Our lovely Indian Anchor knitting cotton , Red rose or White rose knitting cotton yarns are a good substitute. I’d also suggest Alize cotton yarn – and you can get all of this with a easy mouse click on the top right hand side of this blog (read : Click here to buy yarns Online)

For Non-Indians : This yarn is similar in thickness to Lily Sugar n Cream cotton yarn. The other international yarns I’ve used of this thickness are Milford Satin knitting cotton, DMC Petra knitting cotton & Aunt Lydia Bamboo Viscose 10 knitting cottons.

You can use any yarn with a suitable hook to make this project to any size.

Size made : 34” (M/L)

Difficulty level : Advanced Skill level.

Abbreviations used : (Using U.S terminology)

lp(s) : Loop(s) hk : Hook

dc : Double crochet sp : Space

sl-st : Slip stitch ch : Chain

st(s) : Stitch(es)

yo : Yarn Over

Stitches used :

Starting slip knot : Here’s how you start with a slip knot. https://youtu.be/lJcqsVcs8cw

Starting slip knot 1 or the Sloppy Slip knot : This is a neat new way to start your work without a slip knot. https://youtu.be/YfC7KmGpifs

What is a chain stitch ? Here is an easy video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXx5ukBjKkY

Magic circle : To refresh your skill, please view this easy video https://youtu.be/ISC39yOqWro

Foundation Single Crochet : fsc : To refresh your skill on the fsc, please view this video https://youtu.be/mcT85fwh4mA

Double Crochet : dc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk); [yo, draw through 2 lps] twice. One dc made. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/xdnjB27zpYo

Chainless start for Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 / ch – 3 start, and this is what I do to start my row of dc.

Check out the video at https://youtu.be/wskv3iTjRx0

Here is a sizing chart for general sizing. https://in.pinterest.com/pin/470063279837597366/

and https://in.pinterest.com/pin/470063279837560772/

Whipstitch to join : Here’s a quick tutorial on how to join using the whipstitch at https://youtu.be/wZ-9LNzftMA

Invisible join : Here’s a quick tutorial on how to join using the embroidery needle and whipstitch to get an invisible join at https://youtu.be/a6XZQ6VzJFM

Single crochet to join : Here’s a quick tutorial on how to join using the single crochet at https://youtu.be/6FXoW_47_dI

Instructions using U.S terminology

Please note that I start all my rows with a ch 1, turning chain for ease.

Please check the top of this blog for easy video tutorials on all stitches used in today's pattern. For your convenience there video tutorials through the blog too

Please read through all my notes before you pick up your hook, so you know just where we're heading in our pattern.

In my patterns I work with the principle of stitch count and body measurement.

This means that you need to work the stitch count in pattern, till you get the measurement (length and/or width) that you need for your project.

Before we head off to the project, let’s get an idea of what we’re creating here today.

This pattern has a raglan neckline and the lovely spider stitch around the sleeves and the base of the top.

For this pattern we will start at one of the shoulders and work a raglan pattern ; go around the back of the neck and down to the other side for the shoulder. So the one long line we work goes from the left side of the top, around the back to the right side. The stitches used are easy , but this is a pretty tough construction.

With this top, I cannot figure out a sizing that works for anyone. What I have done is work as per chart and see where that gets me. Luckily for me, it got me just where I need to be and the right size for me.

I have given you a small insight to get you started and then there are the charts

Start : with 54 fsc. Turn.

We need to place a few markers to ease our first row.

Place your first marker in the 11^th stitch and the next marker after 33 sts.

From now on, we will be using the (3 dc ; ch 1, 3 dc) all down the side, so let’s call this our “V”-st for convenience. When I say work the “V”-st in the “V”-st, I mean you will work the (to) in the ch-1 sp of the earlier stitch.

Row 1 : “V”-st in the 1^st st ;

ch 9, sk next 9 fsc, “V”-st in the next fsc ;

(ch 1, sk next 2 fsc, 3 dc in the next fsc) ;

rep (to) 9 times ;

ch 1, “V”-st in the next “V”-st ;

ch 9, sk next 9 fsc, “V”-st in the last fsc. Turn.

Row 2 : dc in the 1^st dc ; ch 1, “V”-st in the next “V”-st ;

[ch 2, 3 dc in the next ch-9 sp ; ch 7, 3 dc in the same ch-9 sp ;

ch 2, “V”-st in the next “V”-st] ;

(ch 1, 3 dc in the next ch-1 sp) ;

rep (to) 10 times ;

ch 1, “V”-st in the next “V”-st ;

rep [to] once ;

ch 1, dc in the last dc. Turn.

Row 3 : dc in the 1^st dc ;

3 dc in the next ch-1 sp ;

ch 1, “V”-st in the next “V”-st ;

ch 3, dc in the ch-2 sp ;

[ch 3, 3 dc in the next ch-7 sp ; ch 2, dc in the same ch-7 sp ;

ch 2, 3 dc in the same ch-7 sp ; ch 3, dc in the next ch-2 sp ;

ch 3, “V”-st in the next “V”-st] ;

ch 1, 3 dc in the next ch-1 sp ;

(ch 1, 3 dc in the next ch-1 sp) ;

rep (to) 10 times ;

ch 1, “V”-st in the next “V”-st

ch 3, dc in the next ch-1 sp ;

ch 3, dc in the next ch-2 sp ; ch 3, 3 dc in the next ch-7 sp ;

ch 2, dc in the same ch-7 sp ; ch 2, 3 dc in the same ch-7 sp ;

ch 3, dc in the next ch-2 sp ;

ch 3, “V”-st in the next “V”-st ; ch 1, 3 dc in the next ch-1 sp ;

dc in the last dc. Turn.

Row 4 : dc in the 1^st dc ; ch 1, 3 dc in the next ch-1 sp ;

ch 1, “V”-st in the next “V”-st ;

ch 9, sk next 7 dc , 3 dc in the next ch-3 sp ;

ch 3, sk next dc, 3 dc in the next ch-3 sp ;

ch 9, sk next dc, “V”-st in the next “V”-st ;

(ch 1, 3 dc in the next ch-1 sp) ;

rep (to) 12 times ;

ch 1, “V”-st in the next “V”-st ;

ch 9, sk next dc, 3 dc in the ch-3 sp ;

ch 3, sk next dc, 3 dc in the next ch-3 sp ;

ch 9, sk next dc, “V”-st in the next “V”-st ;

ch 1, 3 dc in the next ch-1 sp ; ch 1, 2 dc in the last dc. Turn.

Place your work down and see what we are creating. Try to follow the chart below – the spacing of the 3 dc and “V”-st will be a little simpler and you will not struggle with trying to figure out which ch-sps have to be skipped etc.

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