Summer inspiration

The boho trend is back this summer!! Crochet blouzes, dresses, bags, but swim suits as well! Get inspiration from Tommy Hilfiger's gorgeous designs and crochet you own summer creations!

Magnificent shop window

Gorgeous crochet panel at a shop window near Piazza del Spagna, in Rome.

Summer lace

The ethereal pattern of this gorgeous summer top that was published in the summer edition of Brave best troubled a dear reader of the magazine, so I thought to make a video and a chart showing the pattern.
Personally, I always prefer charts than written instructions, I find them  more easy to help me understand and execute the given pattern.
The published pattern is knitted with large needles to create the ethereal result. In the sample I prepared, I used small needles. 




The pattern is formed in 4 rows that are repeated throughout and the number of the sts must be a multiple of 6sts + 3sts.
A perfect pattern for summer blouses and shawls!

Abbreviations:
p = purl
k = knit
RS = right side
WS = wrong side
st = stitch

skp = slip a stitch, knit the next stitch, pass the slipped stitch over the knit one
sk2p =  slip1, knit 2 tog, pass slipped stitch over

k2tog = knit 2 sts together

p2tog = purl 2 stitches together

p2tog tbl = purl 2 together through the back loops

p2sp = p2tog, move the p2tog back to left needle, pass next stitch of left needle over the p2tog

The only difficulty of this pattern is that it is worked on wrong sides also, wheer the flow of the pattern is reversed and there is a chance of making mistakes.

Alternative suggestion:

The following pattern resembles a lot the initial, but is easier to knit, because on the wrong sides the sts and yarnovers are purled.The pattern is formed in 4 rows that are repeated throughout and the number of the sts must be a multiple of 6sts + 3sts.