Shirl

A great spring | summer top to throw over your beach wear or tank. This mesh fabric is my “Goldilocks” amount of cover– not too much, not too little. It’s just right. Depending on your adventure, it can be worn with V in front or back.

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Upon purchase of the The Shirl top .pdf Pattern, you will receive:

• AD-FREE pdf, formatted for printing and optimized for tablet | digital use
• WRITTEN PATTERN – Fully written, line by line instruction (English, US terminology with imperial and metric measurements)
• STITCH DIAGRAMS – Complete illustration(s) of stitches │ placement
• SCHEMATIC – illustration(s) of shape │ measurements │ construction graphics“
• ILLUSTRATIONS – drawn graphics of special stitches“
• SIZING │ EASE CHARTS – tables to quickly determine sizing options
• TUTORIALS – picture │ written │ video instruction for specialty stitches | techniques“
• INTERACTIVE – document internally linked throughout as well as to additional external resource information

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Project Level
Easy +; basic stitching with seaming, easy mesh | lace

Techniques Used
foundation single crochet – chain – single – double – extended single crochet – together – slip stitch – seaming – stacked double

✨ tutorials │ written instructions │ illustrations for all special stitches
Foundation Single Crochet Video Tutorial
Foundation Single Crochet Photo Tutorial
Stacked Double Crochet Video Tutorial

Construction
Top is worked in 2 pieces, Front | Back, from bottom up, shoulders and sides are seamed, edging is then added.

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10); To fit chest | hip 32 (36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68)” {81.5 (91.5, 101.5, 112, 122, 132, 142, 152.5, 162.5, 172.5) cm}

Finished Measurements
LENGTH 19½ (20, 20½, 21½, 22, 23, 25, 25, 26, 27)” {49.5 (51, 52, 54.5, 56.5, 59, 63, 64, 66.5, 69) cm}
CIRCUMFERENCE 33½ (37½, 41½, 45½, 49½, 53½, 57½, 61½, 65½, 69½)” {85 (95.5, 105.5, 115.5, 125.5, 136, 146, 156, 166.5, 176.5) cm}; sample shown in Size 6, model is 5’ 2” with 52” {132 cm} full hip.
With instructions for shortening | lengthening included.

Materials
AMOUNT TOTALS 292-847 yds {268-775 m}
SHOWN Lion Brand Coboo, (51% cotton 49% rayon from bamboo; 233 yd {212 m} │ 3.53 oz {100 g}), 2 (2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4) cakes; Steel Blue
HOOK H {5 mm} or size to obtain correct gauge
Notions yarn needle, removable stitch markers (4)
Find a complete listing of all the tools I use here: My Amazon Storefront

Gauge
12 sts and 8 rows = 4” {10 cm} in stitch pattern, after blocking.

Sharing
See pictures from other Shirl makers and share your progress and creations on Instagram using the hashtag #ShirlTop Make sure to tag @RevelCrochet!

Support
Pattern support is only offered through the Revel in Yarn community facebook group. Connect with Rebecca and other makers of Revel Crochet patterns for help with techniques and pattern related questions.

Website
Visit RevelCrochet.com for this free top pattern, tutorials, and more.

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*** This pattern has been professionally tech-edited and tested for accuracy. However, we are all human. If you find what could be an error, please reach out through facebook group or messaging here, on Ravelry (slower to reply). ***

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