There’s so much you can create with a simple granny square! It has to be the most versatile pattern around.
This halter top is fun, flirty and I love the beachy colors. I used I Love This Cotton! Yarn from Hobby Lobby. This is going to sound cheesy… but I love this yarn! I seriously do. It’s soft, light, and easy to work with.
This pattern is available as an inexpensive, clearly formatted, PDF instant download HERE in my Etsy shop.
PATTERN
Materials
Worsted weight cotton yarn in 2 colors – I used less than 1 skein each (I used I Love This Cotton! Yarn in Aspen and Stonewash)
5.0 mm hook
Yarn needle
Scissors
Level
Easy
Pattern Notes & Stitches to Know
sl st – slip stutch
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
sc2tog – single crochet two together (or single crochet decrease)
NOTE: Ch 3 at the beginning of each round counts as a dc
GRANNY SQUARE
Ch 4, sl st to first ch to form a ring
Round 1: Working in the ring, ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc, ch 3, join to top of first ch 3 (12 dc)
Round 2: sl st to ch3 space, ch 3, (2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) all in ch 3 space, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next 3 ch 3 spaces, join to top of first ch 3 (24 dc)
Round 3 – 8: sl st to ch 3 space, (2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) all in ch 3 space, *3 dc in between 3 dc clusters from previous round, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in ch 3 space* repeat from * to * around
Each round will increase by 12 dc
Round 8 will have 72 dc
Fasten off, weave in the ends
Join yarn in 3rd space down from a corner. Work in pattern around to the opposite side.
Now you’ll be working along the side.
Row 1: Ch 3, turn, 3 dc in between 3 dc clusters from previous row (18 dc)
Row 2: Ch 3, turn, 3 dc in between 3 dc clusters from previous row, 1 dc in last ch 3 space (16 dc)
Row 3: Ch 3, turn, 3 dc in between 3 dc clusters from previous row (15 dc)
Row 4: Ch 3, turn, 3 dc in between 3 dc clusters from previous row, 1 dc in last ch 3 space (13 dc)
Row 5: Ch 3, turn, 3 dc in between 3 dc clusters from previous row (12 dc)
Row 6: Ch 3, turn, 3 dc in between 3 dc clusters from previous row, 1 dc in last ch 3 space (10 dc)
Row 7: Ch 3, turn, 3 dc in between 3 dc clusters from previous row (9 dc)
Fasten off weave in ends.
Join yarn to opposite side and repeat the pattern above.
Join yarn in bottom left corner, ch 3. Continue the granny pattern along the bottom edge.
Do not fasten off, in corner stitch, work 2 dc and a sc, continue sc in each stitch and ch all the way around the outside of the top, in last stitch work a sc and a dc, join to top of first ch 3
Do not fasten off.
Row 1: Ch 1, turn, sc2tog, sc in next 7 stitches, sc2tog
Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc2tog, sc in next sc in next 5 stitches, sc2tog
Row 3: Ch 1, turn, sc2tog, sc in next 3 stitches, sc2tog
Row 4: Ch 1, turn, sc2tog, sc in next stitch, sc2tog
Row 5: Ch 1 turn, sc the last 3 stitches together
Ch 50
Fasten off, weave in the ends
Join yarn to opposite corner and follow the pattern above.
Join yarn in a top corner, ch 50, fasten off. Join to other top corner, ch 50, fasten off.
Weave in the ends
Add fringe along the bottom. I added 5 12 inch strands to each space between the 3 dc clusters. Trim to your liking.
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What size would this make?
I think it would be about a small.