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Media Press Knitting Pattern: Halterneck Top For Little Girls
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 yarnFinishing Size
At Underarm 33cm
Length 30cm
Halter strips 70cm
To fit chest 57cm (22 ½ in)
Suits age 4-6 girlTension
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 – continueBack
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 7 sts on 3mm knitting needle, K50, cast on 7 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 2nd 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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Muchas gracias, El Top es precioso y me encanto el tutorial.
Besitos.
Translation (by Google):
Thank you very much, The Top is beautiful and I love the tutorial.
Besitos.
Hope you will knit one soon
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I like this design. I am very excited to try it in my own. Thanks for giving the guidelines on how to make it
Glad that you are trying it out. Please share with us some photos, yay
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I like this pattern a lot- nice job!
I notice that lots not on ravelry.com – you should post it there so lots of knitters can find it.
Renee
Hi Renee,
Thanks for the info, I will post this pattern up there soon.
You can find me there as “craftpassion”
Hi,I;m new to this,could you tell me if this halter is make from the top down or bottom going up,and if its fro the top down do you knittin the 58 rounds on the stright needles,sorry
I used straight needles and knit from bottom up to the neck.
Let me start out by saying I love this pattern…the top is super cute and I think my daughter will love it. That being said I am fairly new to knitting and have made it through until the collar rib section. I am totally lost ….I have the 50 stitches on my 4mm needle but I am confused by the cast on 17 sts…I could have done it totally wrong but I translated that as pick up stitches which is what I did for the arm ribbing and it worked out but I am not seeing any possible way to pickup 17 stitches for the neck. Even if I do have 17 then I am confused by the next row…if I have 17 then 50 and another 17 that makes 84 the next row says p26, p3 tog repeat 4 times across, p26 and that is only 64 sts…what am I missing here?? Maybe I just got in over my head but everything was looking good until I reached this point!
You are right, it is 7 sts on each side and not 17 (typo due to messy draft). I have corrected the pattern. Thanks for informing.
I just wanted to say thank you I absolutely love your blog. I have recommended your page to several friends I stumbled on your page not quite sure how but I do know it was to see your little flowers and that lead to your lamp cover which lead to your tutorial on making the loopy trick forgot the name and now I’m in your knitting patterns. I have never attempted anything big (just washcloths for me and booties) but I am going to try your haltertop I love halters and I want to make one for my daughter… wish me luck and keep up the good work. I will be adding a link to your page on my website and facebook
Ok so I was totally psyched to cast on
lol I didn’t even get to the cast on and I was lost. Ok it says:
With 3/0 crochet hook, cast on 80 sts with dummy yarn on 4mm knitting needle. Bind of.
to cast on does it have to be with a crochet hook? (never done it that way so lost there) then it says to bind off? again I’m lost do I bind off or just switch yarn and continue. I’m sorry But I just wanted to be sure never tried something this big before I’m scared, excited did I mention scared lol!
Hi Christine,
Use crochet hook to cast on the required stitches on the knitting needle. It is like doing chain, but yarn over on the knitting needle so that there are loops on the needle for you to knit. You can also substitute this method with other, as long as it makes a dummy round of base stitches.
The base round is a dummy, after you finish cast on the required stitches, just fasten a knot and cut.
Don’t worry, you are going to do well on this.
Ok thank you so much for responding I am on my 10th row! so excited lol
I am glad that you are able to proceed
This seems to be too large. At 22 st/4 inches 80 sts =5.5 = 14.5″.
What are the final dimensions?
Before the elastic installation at the back for the haltered top, the chest measurement is about 27 1/2″ to 28 1/2″. Use elastic thread to shrink the back portion so that the finished top suit the wearer’s size.
Ok, and thanks for the reply. One other question:
What do I do with the armhole rib and collar rib pieces?
I would think I should sew them to the halter at some point, or how about just picking up stitches and knitting the rib around the armhole and collar>
It is picking up stitches at those areas and knit
Thanks again.
But I’m still confused. Does that mean we don’t follow the directions for the armhole and collar rib which say to cast on stitches using a crochet hook?
They are the same thing. Pick-up or cast on stitch using crochet hook to the edge of armhole to the needle.