Easy Top Down Summer Tunic or Beach Cover Up (photos,graph, written pattern, and video tutorial)

Top Down Summer Tunic or Beach Cover Up

Material Used:
Yarn: One and a half (1 ½) skeins Alize Cotton Gold (3.53 oz - 361 yds each skein)
Crochet Hook: 4mm

Stitches + Abbreviations Used:

sk – skip
sp – space
st – stich
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
tr – triple crochet
shell – [2dc-ch2-2dc]

1. This project is worked in the round, in one side, we will NEVER turn the work.
2. The first Double Crochet of the row is always the 3^rd ch counting from the bottom to the top.

Size: 10-12yrs old

Ch. 100

Row 1: Work a sl st in the 1^st ch to form a big circle. Ch 1, and work 1 sc all around. Sl st in the 1^st of the row. (100 st)

Row 2: Ch 4, sk 1 st, dc in the 2^nd one. [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in the 2^nd one] x 48. Ch 1 and sl st in 1^st dc of row.
(50 squares)

Row 3: Sl st in ch 1 sp. Ch 4 and dc in next ch 1sp. [ch 1, dc in next ch 1 sp] x 48. Ch 1 and sl st in 1^st dc of row. (50 squares)

Row 4: Sl st in ch 1 sp. Ch 5 and dc in next ch 1 sp. [ch 2, dc in next ch 1 sp] x 48. Ch 2 and sl st in 1^st dc of row. (50 squares)

Rows 5+6: Sl st in ch 2 sp. Ch 5 and dc in next ch 2-sp. [ch 2, dc in next ch 2-sp] x 48. Ch 2 and sl st in 1^st dc of row. (50 squares)

Row 7: Sl st in ch 2 sp. Ch 5 and dc in same ch sp, ch 1. [dc-ch2-dc in next ch 2 sp, ch 1] x 49. Sl st in 1^st dc of row. (50 sets)

Row 8: Sl st in ch 2 sp. Ch3 and dc in same ch sp, ch 2 and 2 more dc in same ch sp (this forms a shell). [2dc-ch2-2dc in next ch 2 sp] x 49. Sl st in 1^st dc of row. (50 shells)

Rows 9-12: Work 2 more sl st, one in the 2^nd dc and in the ch 2 sp. Ch3 and dc in same ch sp, ch 2 and 2 more dc in same ch sp, ch 1. [2dc-ch2-2dc in next ch 2 sp, ch 1] x 49. Sl st in 1^st dc of row. (50 shells)

Rows 13+14: Work 2 more sl st, one in the 2^nd dc and in the ch 2 sp. Ch3 and dc in same ch sp, ch 2 and 2 more dc in same ch sp, ch 2. [2dc-ch2-2dc in next ch 2 sp, ch 2] x 49. Sl st in 1^st dc of row. (50 shells)

Row 15: We’re going to join to close the sleeves and from here on we’re going to continue working the body.  Work 2 more sl st, one in the 2^nd dc and in the ch 2 sp. Ch3 and dc in same ch sp, ch 2 and 2 more dc in same ch sp, ch 2. [2dc-ch2-2dc in next ch 2 sp, ch 2] x 11. Skip 13 sets of shells (these 13 sets will be my 1^st sleeve) and starting from the 14^th shell work [2dc-ch2-2dc, ch 2], then [2dc-ch2-2dc in next ch 2 sp, ch 2] x 11. Skip 13 sets of shells (these 13 sets will be my 2^nd sleeve) and sl st in the 1^st of the row.
So at this point I have 12 sets of shells for the front and back of my tunic, and separated 13 sets of shells for each sleeve. (24 shells)

Rows 16-26: Work 2 more sl st, one in the 2^nd dc and in the ch 2 sp. Ch3 and dc in same ch sp, ch 2 and 2 more dc in same ch sp, ch 3. [2dc-ch2-2dc in next ch 2 sp, ch 3] x 23. Sl st in 1^st dc of row. (24 shells)

Rows 27-37: Work 2 more sl st, one in the 2^nd dc and in the ch 2 sp. Ch3 and dc in same ch sp, ch 2 and 2 more dc in same ch sp, ch 4. [2dc-ch2-2dc in next ch 2 sp, ch 4] x 23. Sl st in 1^st dc of row. (24 shells)

Row 38 (last row): Work 2 more sl st, one in the 2^nd dc and in the ch 2 sp. Ch 4 and work 6 tr in same ch sp. Ch 4, sc in next shell, ch 4 [7 tr in next shell, ch 4 sc in next shell, ch 4] x 11. Sl st in last st of row, which is the 4^th ch counting from bottom to top.

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Thank you! ❤❤❤

Video Tutorial

If you also like to follow graphs, this is the one I used, with the only difference is that I started row 1 with single crochet rather than double crochet that the graph shows.. it sits better on the collar bone this way.