Venturi Top in Berroco Modern Cotton DK - Downloadable PDF

Venturi Top in Berroco Modern Cotton DK – Crochet Pattern Summary

The Venturi Top is a beautifully crafted crochet garment designed by Alison Green and published by Berroco. Available as a downloadable PDF, this intermediate-level pattern produces an elegant, airy top with a distinctive lace-like texture that makes it ideal for warm-weather wear or layering. The design is worked in Berroco Modern Cotton DK, a yarn celebrated for its softness, breathability, and drape — qualities that lend themselves perfectly to a garment of this style.

What Is Being Made

The Venturi Top is a pullover-style crochet top worked in two separate pieces — a front and a back — each constructed from the bottom up and then seamed together. The finished garment features a relaxed, comfortable silhouette with a recommended positive ease of approximately 4–6 inches (10–15 cm), making it a flattering and wearable choice for a wide range of body types. The pattern is sized to fit a wide range of bust measurements:

• Bust sizes: 37½, 40½, 43½, 47, 50, 53½, 56½, 59½, 63, 66, and 69½ inches (approximately 95.5–176.5 cm)
• Length: Approximately 23 inches (58.5 cm)
• Sample shown in size: 40½ inches (103 cm)

This extensive size range makes the Venturi Top an inclusive pattern suitable for a broad spectrum of crocheters and wearers. The generous positive ease ensures a relaxed, effortless fit that works beautifully in the lightweight DK weight yarn selected for the design.

Construction Technique

The construction method is straightforward and approachable for an intermediate crocheter. Both the front and back panels are worked flat, from the bottom up, meaning crocheters work in rows rather than in the round. Once both pieces are complete, they are seamed together to form the finished top. This flat construction approach makes it easy to track pattern repeats, check gauge, and make adjustments as needed before assembly.

Working flat also allows the lace pattern to be clearly visible as you go, making it easier to spot and correct any errors before seaming. The use of removable stitch markers is recommended as a notion to help track pattern repeats and key construction points throughout the project.

Stitches and Special Techniques Used

The Venturi Top features a repeating lace pattern stitch that gives the fabric its signature open, textured appearance. The pattern incorporates a combination of standard and special crochet stitches, including:

• Single crochet (sc) – used as a foundational stitch throughout the pattern rows
• Treble crochet (tr) – used to create height and structure within the lace repeat
• Chain spaces (ch-2 sp, ch-5 sp) – integral to the lace pattern, creating the open, airy mesh effect that defines the fabric
• trdctr3tog (triple double triple crochet 3 together) – a special decrease stitch unique to this pattern that creates a gathered, clustered effect within the lace repeat; this stitch involves multiple yarn-overs and a specific sequence of inserting the hook and pulling through loops to join stitches together into a single point

The trdctr3tog stitch is a key design element of the Venturi Top. As described in the pattern, it begins with two yarn-overs and requires the crocheter to insert the hook in a specified stitch, pull up a loop, and work through loops in a precise sequence — a technique that intermediate crocheters will find challenging but rewarding. This stitch creates the distinctive clustered focal points within each lace repeat that give the fabric its visual interest and texture.

The pattern gauge is based on 5 pattern repeats (equivalent to 20 stitches) and 8 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) in the pattern stitch, measured after blocking. Blocking is an essential finishing step for this garment, as