Lacy Bikini Top Pattern

aka
Boobie Traps
crochet
copyright 2011 by Cynthia J Luciene
You may share this pattern but you may not sell it.
You can however, sell anything you make using this pattern.
Materials:
1 Ball less than 1! 100 " cotton crochet threa# si$e % & like 'unt Ly#ia(s )ashion Crochet or *oyale
)ashion Crochet +hrea# because it has a nice sheen!
,i$e ) hook
NOTE: Work in U-shaped rows
Terms- sc . single crochet
#c. #ouble crochet
ch. chain
#c group. 2 #c worke# in same stitch
st. stitch
rem. remaining
Instructions: /ake 2!
ch 10
Row 1- sc in %
r#
ch 1rom hook an# in ne2t 11 chs across. % sc in 12
th
ch en#!, turning work 30 #egrees,
sc in each o1 the unuse# loops 1rom beginning ch 10. ch 1, turn. 24 sc total in u5shape!
Row 2: 1 sc in each o1 ne2t 12 st, % sc in ne2t mi##le o1 %sc group in en#!, sc in each 12 rem st. ch 1,
turn. 26 sc!
Row 3- sc in ne2t 1% st, % sc in en# sc. sc in rem 1% st 23 sc! ch 1, turn
Row 4- sc in ne2t 10 st, % sc in en# sc. sc in rem 10 st %1 sc! ch1, turn
Row 5- ch 2 more, #c in same st as ch % 7 dc group made 5 , skip 1 st, 2 #c in ne2t 7 dc group made 5 !
repeat 10 times, #c in last st, ch %, turn.
Row - 2 #c between #c in ne2t #c group! 6 times, 2 #c in ne2t space between #c group 8ust worke#
an# ne2t 2 #c group, 2 #c between ne2t 2 #c, 2 #c between #c o1 ne2t #c group! 6 times, 2 #c between
last stitch an# turning ch %. Ch %, turn.
Row !- sc between 1irst 2 #c, ch %, sc between #c o1 ne2t #c group! repeat aroun#- 16 ch % loops. Ch
1. turn.
Row "- sc in 1irst ch % loop, ch %, sc in ne2t ch % loop! 16 times. Ch %, turn.
Row #- sc in 1irst ch % loop, ch %, sc in ne2t ch % loop! 19 times. Ch 1, turn.
Row 1$- sc in 1irst ch % loop, ch %, sc in ne2t ch % loop! 19 times. Ch 1, turn. 19 ch % loops!
Row 11- % sc in 1irst ch % loop an# in each ch % loop aroun#.
+urn work so you can make 1ollowing row using en#s o1 rows 1511.
+his will be the bottom e#ge o1 cup!
Row 12- ch %, work 23 #c evenly across the en#s o1 rows 1511. +urn.
Row 13- ch 0 5counts as 1 #c plus ch 15 skip 1 st, #c in ne2t, ch 1, skip 1 st, #c in ne2t! across 10 #c
an# ch 1 spaces! +his makes a :casing; 1or the tie that goes un#erneath the boobies.!
Row 14- ch 1, turn. ,c in 1irst #c, sc in ne2t ch1 space, sc in ne2t #c, sc in ne2t ch1 space! 1% more
times across, sc in top o1 turning ch. )asten o11 an# weave in en#s.
Ties
/easure your mi#ri11 an# make a chain that long plus enough to make a secure bow tie in the mi##le o1
your back. <veryone(s trunks are #i11erent si$es, it(s best to 1igure this part out yoursel1 an# to how
long you pre1er the tie in back. & ma#e mine =uite long, which irritate# me because the en#s o1 the ties
tickle# the small o1 my back. &1 they were too short the tie in back coul# come un#one easily an# then
your boobies woul# no longer be trappe#> Yikes>
?nce you(ve got a chain the length appropriate 1or you an# be1ore you weave the en#s in, string one
en# single stran# at en# o1 your chain! into a yarn nee#le an# use that to weave the chain length in an#
out o1 the :casing; you ma#e in *ow 1%.
%eck Ties:
)in# the mi##le o1 Row 11 at the top o1 the cup roun#e# si#e!. +his ought to be the space between 2
o1 the %5sc groups.
'ttach crochet threa# with a slip stitch, ch 1, sc in same space an# start chaining until you get a
satis1actory length to suit you.
/ake a long enough chain that will reach 1rom the top o1 the bikini cup, reach the mi##le o1 your neck,
an# have enough to make a secure bow tie at nape o1 neck. & trie# very har# to count how many chains
it took but was not able to keep track o1 my stitches, & am sorry. +hat(s the way things are in my house,
lots o1 interruptions an# nee#y humans an# animals.
*epeat instructions above 1or other cup.
@eave in en#s an# you(re #one. Aow you 8ust have to be coor#inate# enough to get those ties tie#
without help. Boo# luck. & 1oun# by putting the top on backwar#s, with the cups in back 1irst, an#
tying the bow 1or the mi##le o1 my back, turning the top aroun#, placing the traps cups! where they
shoul# be, an# placing my boobies where they shoul# be>! then & pulle# the neck ties up an# tie# a
bow at the nape o1 my neck. @hew>
<n8oy your Boobie +raps> &t is easy to make this bikini top larger &;m ,? 8ealous>! by a##ing rows
a1ter row 11. Just keep working the chain % loops aroun# in a u5shape as you(# been #oing an# you will
#o 1ine. &1 you have =uestions about this pattern or any other & have poste# on my blogsite, you can
email me at 1ortheloveo1crochetCgmail.com