Women Sleeveless Top in Bergere de France Coton Fifty - 71136-281 - Downloadable PDF

Women's Sleeveless Top in Bergere de France Coton Fifty – Pattern 71136-281

This intermediate-level knitting and crochet pattern from Bergere de France produces a stylish women's sleeveless top, available in four sizes: S, M, L, and XL. The design is a downloadable PDF, making it instantly accessible for crafters ready to cast on. The combination of fine-weight yarn and mixed techniques gives the finished garment a delicate, textured appearance that is well suited to warm-weather wear.

What Is Being Made

The pattern creates a sleeveless women's top worked in a lightweight, summery construction. The silhouette is designed to be fitted yet comfortable, with decorative crochet edging or detailing that adds visual interest to the neckline and armhole openings. The garment is sized to fit a range of figures, from a small through to an extra-large, making it a versatile project for knitters who enjoy adapting fit.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Bergere de France Coton Fifty in the colourway Bengale (ref. 24660), a 4-ply weight yarn. The quantity required ranges from 6 balls for sizes S and M up to 7 balls for L and 8 balls for XL.
• Needles: 2.5 mm and 3.0 mm knitting needles are specified to achieve the correct tension and gauge.
• Crochet Hook: A 3.0 mm crochet hook is required for the crochet elements of the design.
• Accessories: Stitch markers (ref. 68395, pack of 48) from Bergere de France are recommended to assist with tracking pattern repeats and round beginnings.

Techniques Used

This pattern is classified as intermediate in difficulty, meaning it is best suited to knitters who are comfortable moving beyond basic stitches and are ready to tackle combined knitting and crochet construction. The project draws on both flat knitting and working in the round, with crochet rounds used to finish or embellish sections of the garment.

• Knitting in the round using slip stitch joins, as indicated by the round-based construction described in the pattern.
• Crochet worked in the round, with rounds joined using a slip stitch (sl st) to the beginning chain.
• Chain spaces used to create an open, lace-like crochet fabric — each chain space is noted as equivalent to a specific stitch count within the pattern repeat.
• Decorative shell or cluster motifs formed by working groups of stitches into chain spaces across multiple rounds.

Stitches Used

The pattern incorporates a blend of knitting and crochet stitches, reflecting its dual-craft nature:

• 2CRS (Two-Cross Right Stitch): A knitting cable-style cross where the second stitch on the left needle is knitted through the back loop (tbl) first, followed by the first stitch knitted in the usual way, with both stitches dropped simultaneously. This creates a neat right-leaning crossed stitch texture.
• 2CWS (Two-Cross Wrong-Side Stitch): The corresponding wrong-side cross stitch, worked by purling the second stitch through the front loop before purling the first stitch in the usual manner.
• Half Double Crochet (hdc) / UK Half Treble (half tr): Used extensively in the crochet rounds to build up the decorative edging or body sections. Groups of 3 hdc and 2 hdc are worked into chain spaces to form the repeating motif.
• Chain stitch (ch): Used to create the foundation chain spaces that form the open mesh between crochet clusters.
• Slip stitch (sl st): Used to join each crochet round and to reposition the working yarn at the beginning of new rounds.

Pattern Structure