Knitting Pattern: Halterneck Top For Little Girls

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Great Summer Haltered Top For Little Girls
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Summer is coming for most part of the world, so as the knitting pattern of this summer cooling bareback haltered-neck top for little girl!!!!

My daughter loves it so much, she wish to wear it everyday but if only I made a few for her to interchange lol…. 6 months and it is still her foremost favorite top, this is ridiculous!!! She never likes anything for that long, you know kids….!!! I am planning to make another halterneck top for her…. a different one, so, she gets to wear it all year round in such a weather in Malaysia Sometimes it gets too hot and humid, makes me wish that I live in somewhere cold **mixed feeling….**

I finally finished writing the knitting pattern after 6 months, oh man!!! It took me so long to get every detail documented. The hard work and time spent is to assure one thing, CORRECTNESS!!!! I want to make sure that all the instructions are right and understandable…. I hope you give it a try, knit one for your daughter, nieces, friends’ daughters or neighbors as a gift. I am sure they will appreciate and like this top for the summer. I believe this summer will be warmer than before, so get ready with all your summer clothing and enjoy the sunbeam after a few months of freezing cold winter.

This pattern is meant for 4-6 years old girls or with chest measurement of 22 1/2″, but you can make it slightly bigger or smaller by using different tension.

This free pattern is designed and tested by Craft Passion and only meant for hobby/personal use,  please don’t sell it.  Convo me if you have question about the copyright.

Knitting Pattern

Material

Yarn – Adriafil Floris Classic Cotton (Color Code 74), qty=50g x 3
Knitting Needle – 4mm, 3mm and 3mm circular
Crochet hook – 3/0 for casting stitches on knitting needle
Sewing elastic thread
Dummy yarn

Finishing Size

At Underarm 33cm
Length 30cm
Halter strips 70cm
To fit chest 57cm (22 ½ in)
Suits age 4-6 girl

Tension

22 sts and 31 rows to 10cm  on 4mm needles.

Abbreviations

K – Knit
P – Purl
st(s) = stitch(es)
tog – together
dec – decrease by working 2 sts together
beg – beginning
rep – repeat
cont – continue

Back

With 3/0  crochet hook, cast on 80 sts with dummy yarn on 4mm knitting needle. Bind of.

Remark: the dummy yarn will be removed for ribbing sts.

Change to main yarn. Starting with a K row, work in stocking/stockinette st for 58 row, ending withRS for the next row.

Remark: Stocking/stockinette st means K on RS, P on WS.

Back Top Rib

Change to 3mm knitting needle for rib stitch.
Next Row – (RS) K4, K2tog ,* K5, K2tog* repeat 10 times, K4. (69 sts)
Work in rib stitch begin with P1, K1 at the WS for the next 4 rows.
Bind-off Rib stitch.

Remark: Rib st means K1,P1,K1,P1 and so on…. when turn to WS, P on the RS K st, and K on the RS P st. So it will have a vertical column of K and a vertical column of P repeatedly through out the ribbing area, just like the rib of the polo-shirt hem.

Front

With 3/0 crochet hook, cast on 80 sts with dummy yarn on 4mm knitting needle. Bind of.

Remark: the dummy yarn will be removed for ribbing sts.

Change to main yarn. Starting with a K row, work in stocking/stockinette st for 58 row, ending with RS for the next row.

Shape Armhole

Cast off 4 sts at the beg of next 2 rows. (72 sts)
Cast off 3 sts at the beg of next 2 rows. (66 sts)
Cast off 2 sts at the beg of next 2 rows. (62 sts)
Dec 1 st at the beg of next and foll 2 alt rows (altogether 6 rows, dec 6 sts). (56 sts)
Work 14 rows (56 sts), ending with RS for the next row.

Shape Neck

Work 9 sts for next 2 rows. (leave 47 sts on the left needle)
Work 5 sts for next 2 rows. (leave another 4 sts on the left needle)
Work 3 sts for next 2 rows (leave another 2 sts on the left needle)
Dec 1 st at the beg of next row and foll 1 alt row. (1 st)

Bind-off

Work to match the other side of  neck, reversing shapings.
Leave the 4mm knitting needle with the balance 50 sts on it for the collar rib stitch.

Armhole Rib

With RS facing and crochet hook 3/0, cast on 39 sts on 3mm knitting needle.
Work in rib stitch begin with P1, K1 for next 4 rows.
Bind-off Rib stitch.

Collar Rib

With RS facing and crochet hook 3/0, cast on 17 sts on 3mm knitting needle, K50, cast on 17 sts.
Next row – (WS) p26, * p3tog repeat 4 times across, p26. (56 sts)
Work in rib stitch begin with K1, P1 for next 4 rows.
Bind-off Rib stitch.

Halter Strips

With RS facing and crochet hook 3/0, cast on 5 sts on 3mm knitting needle.
Starting with a P row, work in stocking/stockinette st for 100 row.
Shaping sides by M1 at beg and end 2^nd sts  of every foll 16th row to 23 sts.
Bind-off.

Make Up

Join side seams.
Remove the bottom dummy yarn while slipping sts on 3mm circular needle. (160sts)
Place marker on the first st.
Work in rib stitch begin with K1, P1 for next 4 rows.
Bind-off Rib stitch.
Sew through 2 rows of elastic thread between ribbing stitches on the Back Top Rib to desire width.

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