I got asked if I wear the crochet tops that I made. YES! I do! I wear it every day, especially this one Anastasia off the shoulder crop top.
Free pattern here!
I have a video tutorial for you if you interested to make one yourself. The written pattern is available on my Ravelry & Etsy shop.
3 fun ways to wear a crochet crop top.
- You can just wear on it own or with a pair of short jeans or any trousers. I love wearing mine these days over the dress just because the weather is getting cold here in Germany.
You can even wear it with a long skirt, and when it gets a bit warmer, which it does in Germany, the weather keeps changing throughout the day. I will just take the skirt and wrap around me.
2. When I was in Thailand I wear it with a sarong because it’s really warm there. Sarong is a traditional fabric wrap around the body. It’s common to wear when you live in the countryside, but you won’t see people wear it in Bangkok.
3. You can also wear this crochet crop top over your bikini top when walking on the beach or at the pool party. It looks stylish that way. I use to wear something like this in the past when I was at the pool party often, but not with a crochet top because I didn’t crochet back then. But I do wear it a lot when I’m living by the ocean.
There is no right or wrong on how to wear this top really! I made 3 of this style but I gave 2 away when I was in Indian.
I have to admit that every time I wear this simple crop top, all my girlfriends start to say, can you teach me how to crochet? Can I already crochet this one? How long does it take? Is this an easy crochet project? Can I crochet it in a day? I told them I could crochet it in a day, yes 😂 , but for you, that has no experience you may need longer. Then they got all excited, but after a row or two, it was hard for them to continue.
I think crochet is not difficult to do, but for the first hour, day, week, month, it takes patience to continue. You may give up before you can finish the scarf. I talked from my own experience though lol 😁
When I learned how to crochet, I don’t like it at all, but it is part of the school program, and all the kids have to learn. And you can imagine, I never finished my scarf.
Little did I know that crochet becomes such a big part of my life today.
About Anastasia off the shoulder crop top.
This top is so easy to make. You only need to have a beginner skill. You need to know only a simple stitches such as sc, hdc, dc and dcblo. Don’t be afriad about dcblo, you can watch the video how I do it and pretty sure you can do it too.
In this project, I work with Creative Rico Aran/worsted weight yarn. This is a very nice yarn to work with if you just start out and don’t want to spend so much money on luxury yarn. It’s pretty cheap compare to many cotton yarn out there. It’ 100% cotton and it’s a category #4 yarn. So it’s not too thin and not too bulky either. I use to work with this weight a lot when I was started. For that, I have many of them laying around the house.
The inspiration behind this piece.
When I was filming this tutorial to share on my youtube channel. It was my first year of filming a video tutorial, and I want to challenge myself by filming it without a plan. Well, I have kind of the idea in my head already but no structure whatsoever how to make it. I think I even speak it out loud in the video. 😂
I’m glad I did it, though! It turned out to be one of my favorite tops to make and wear. As you can see, the video it’s from 2017, and 3 years later, I still am wearing it. It was the best choice of yarn for this project too.
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