Crochet Snail Summer Blouse

Crochet Snail Summer Blouse

Materials

200 grams of yarn (recommended for crochet 4mm)

Crochet hook (size 3.5mm)

Stitch Markers   

Yarn needle 

Scissors

Size: M

Part 1

Part 2

Instructions

ROW 1: Foundation chain: 140 chains.

Slip stitch in first chain (make sure chain is not twisted).

ROW 2: Go up with 4 chains, 1 treble crochet for each chain stitch. Close row with a slip stitch.

ROW 3: Go up with 4 chains, make snail stitch (take a loop and insert crochet in the following stitch, extract yarn, take another loop, insert crochet in the same stitch, extract yarn, take a loop and insert crochet in the in the same stitch and extract yarn. In the crochet there are 7. Close 2 at a time)

Make 1 separation chain, miss 1 stitch, in the following stitch repeat the snail stitch until you finish the whole row. Close the row with a slip stitch.

Repeat motif 8 times (from row 2 to row 3).

Note: Close each row with a slip stitch.

Back of the blouse

Locate the ends of the knit and mark them with stitch markers in order to divide the blouse’s front part from the back part and knit each part separately.

ROW 1: Go up with 4 chains, 1 decrease, make treble crochet and 1 decrease at the end of row.

ROW 2: Go up with 4 chains, 1 decrease, make a snail stitch (take a loop and insert crochet in the following stitch, extract yarn, take another loop, insert crochet in the same stitch, extract yarn, take a loop and insert crochet in the in the same stitch and extract yarn. In the crochet there are 7. Close 2 at a time)

Make 1 separation chain, miss 1 stitch, in the following stitch repeat the snail stitch and at the end of the row make 1 decrease.

Repeat motif 4 times (from row 1 to row 2).

Cut the yarn.

Front of the blouse

Locate the middle of the piece and mark with a stich marker.

ROW 1: Go up with 4 chains, 1 decrease (miss 1 stitch) treble crochet up to the stitch marker.

ROW 2: Go up with 4 chains, snail stitch and 1 decrease at the end of row.

ROW 3: Go up with 4 chains, 1 decrease, treble crochet and 1 decrease at the end of row.

ROW 4: Go up with 4 chains, 1 decrease, snail stitch and 1 decrease at the end of row.

Repeat motif 3 times (from row 3 to row 4).

Repeat from row 1 to row 4 on the other side of the front.

•  Locate the upper part of the shoulders, join the front with the back, and sew them.

·     Make single crochet in the same colour of the blouse all around the neck and the sleeves.

·     Make single crochet in a darker colour so that it contrasts with the colour used for the neck, the sleeves and the lower part of the blouse.