Sea Breeze Top
PATTERN NOTES
Motifs are made and assembled in Bottom, Top and Sleeve Stripes. Lower part of Body is worked in rows along the edge of Bottom Stripes. Upper part is worked similarly along Top Stripe. Lower and Upper parts are then stitched together. Sleeves are worked in rows along edge of Sleeve Stripes and then joined to the Body. Note that for sizes Small, Large and X-Large one or two rows are added to the edge of the original Star Motif to fit the appropriate bust measurements. Chain-3 at beginning of round and row counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated. Chain-7 at beginning of round counts as first double treble crochet and chain-3 unless otherwise stated. Chain-4 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet and chain-1 unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Beginning cluster (beg cl): Ch 3, dc in indicated st or sp.
Cluster (cl): Holding back on hook last lp of each st, 2 dc in indicated st, yo, draw through all lps on hook. Triangle stitch (triangle st): Ch 6, sk first ch (triangle point), sl st in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next ch, dc in next ch, tr in next ch,
dtr (see Stitch Guide) in last ch.
PATTERN STITCHES
Star Motif Rnd 1: Ch 5, sl st in first ch to form ring, beg cl (see Special Stitches) in ring, ch 2, [ cl (see Special Stitches) in ring, ch 2] 7 times, join in 3rd ch of beg cl, changing to next color in join. (8 cls, 8 ch-2 sps) Rnd 2: Ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), [ch 1, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next ch sp] 7 times, ch 1, (dc, ch 1) in last ch sp, join in 3rd ch of beg ch, changing to next color in join. (16 dc, 16 ch-1 sps) Rnd 3: Sl st in first ch-1 sp, [ triangle st (see Special Stitches), sk next ch-1 sp, sl st in next ch-1 sp] 8 times, changing to next color in join. (8 triangles) Rnd 4: Ch 7 (see Pattern Notes), [sl st in point of next triangle, ch 3,
3 tr in sl st at base of next triangle, ch 3] 7 times, sl st in point of last triangle, ch 3, 2 tr in next sl st, join in 4th ch of beg ch-7. (16 ch-3 sps, 8 3-tr groups)
Rnd 5: [2 sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next sl st, 2 sc in next 3-ch sp, ch 4, sk 3 tr and next ch-3 sp, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next sl st, ch 4, sk next ch-3 sp and 3 tr] 4 times, join in first sc. Fasten off. (8 ch-4 sps, 20 sc, 4 (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) corners) Star Motif With 1 Edging Row Rnds 1–5: Work as for Star Motif.
Edging Row 1: With RS facing and with same color of last rnd, join yarn at top right corner ch sp of Motif, ch 4 (see Pattern Notes), sk 1 dc, dc in next dc, ch 1, sk next dc, [dc in next ch, ch 1, sk next ch] twice, [dc in next sc, ch 1, sk next sc] twice, dc in next sc, [ch 1, sk next ch, dc in next ch] twice, ch 1, sk next dc, dc in next dc, ch 1, sk next dc, dc in next corner ch-sp. Fasten off. (11 dc)
Star Motif With 2 Edging Rows Rnds 1–5: Work as for Star Motif. Edging Row 1: Work as for Star Motif With 1 Edging Row Edging Row 2: Rep Edging row 1 on opposite side of Motif. Fasten off. Net Pattern on Odd Number of Sts
Row 1: Ch 3, [ch 1, sk next st, dc in next st] across, turn.
Row 2: Ch 3, [ch 1, sk next dc, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in sk dc] across until 2 dc rem, [ch 1, dc in next dc] twice, turn. Rows 3 & 4: Ch 3, [ch 1, sk next ch, dc in next dc] across, turn. Rep rows 2–4 for pattern.
Net Pattern on Even Number of Sts
Row 1: Ch 3, [ch 1, sk next st, dc in next st] across until 1 st rem, dc in last st, turn.
Row 2: Ch 3, dc in next dc, [ch 1, sk next dc, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in sk dc] across until less than 3 dc rem, [ch 1, sk next ch, dc in next dc] across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 3, [ch 1, sk next ch, dc in next dc] across until 1 st rem, dc in last st, turn.
Row 4: Ch 3, dc in next dc, [ch 1, sk next ch, dc in next dc] across, turn. Row 5: Ch 3, [ch 1, sk next dc, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in sk dc] across until less than 3 dc rem, [ch 1, dc in next dc] 0 [1,1, 0] time(s), dc in last dc, turn. Row 6: Rep row 4. Row 7: Rep row 3. Rep rows 2–7 for pattern.
TOP BOTTOM MOTIF STRIPE
Make 2. Using ice blue for rnds 4 and 5 and a combination of other colors for rnds 1, 2 and 3, make 2 [0,3, 3, 0] Star Motifs With 1 Edging Row (see Pattern Stitches), make 1 [0, 0, 1, 0] Star Motifs With 2 Edging Rows (see Pattern Stitches), and make 0 [4,1, 0, 5] Star Motifs (see Pattern Stitches). With RS tog, whipstitch (see
illustration) along edges of squares to assemble stripe as shown in Stripe Assembly Diagram.