Michelle Top in Adriafil Cheope - Downloadable PDF

Michelle Top in Adriafil Cheope – Free Downloadable Knitting & Crochet Pattern (PDF)

The Michelle Top is a stylish women's top designed using Adriafil Cheope yarn, combining two crafts in one garment: knitting for the ribbed foundation and crochet for the decorative body fabric. This free downloadable PDF pattern is a rewarding intermediate project that produces a lightweight, textured top with beautiful stripe detailing and elegant waistline shaping.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a fitted women's top worked in multiple sizes. The garment features a knitted ribbed hem at the base, transitioning into a crocheted lace-style body worked upward from the bound-off ribbing stitches. The design incorporates deliberate waistline shaping through decreases and increases, giving the top a flattering silhouette. A striking multi-color stripe sequence in contrast colors runs through the crocheted section, adding visual interest and a summery, coastal feel.

Construction Overview

The Michelle Top is constructed in separate pieces — at minimum a Back section is detailed in the pattern. The back begins with a cast-on of 102, 110, or 118 stitches depending on size, worked flat on knitting needles in 2x2 Ribbing for 4 cm. Stitches are then adjusted in the final wrong-side row to 101, 111, or 119 stitches before binding off. From the bound-off edge, the crocheted pattern stitch is worked upward in the stripe sequence. Waistline shaping begins from the ribbing, with 7 single-stitch decreases at both edges every 2 rows, followed by increases once the work reaches 20 cm, creating a shaped, body-conscious fit.

Techniques Used

• Knitting: Long-tail or standard cast-on, 2x2 Ribbing, stitch adjustment on wrong-side rows, standard bind-off
• Crochet: Working into bound-off knitting stitches, multi-stitch pattern rows, stripe color changes, waistline shaping via edge decreases and increases
• Colorwork: Stripe pattern using contrast colors in a repeating sequence of dark blue, turquoise, and aqua
• Garment shaping: Symmetrical decreases and increases at both edges to create waist definition

Crochet Stitches Used

The crocheted body of the Michelle Top uses a rich variety of crochet stitches worked in a repeating pattern sequence. The stitch pattern creates a fan-like or shell-like texture through the combination of:

• Single Crochet (sc)
• Half Double Crochet (hdc)
• Double Crochet (dc)
• Triple Crochet (tr)
• Double Triple Crochet (dtr)

The 8th row, worked in a contrast color, is particularly detailed — it builds outward from single crochet at the edges through escalating stitch heights to double triple crochet at the center, then mirrors back down, creating a pronounced fan or shell motif. This row repeats three times across the width of the fabric, producing a bold, decorative wave pattern. Rows 2 through 9 form the full repeating pattern unit, with the 9th row worked identically to the 5th row to balance the design.

Knitting Stitches Used

• 2x2 Ribbing (knit 2, purl 2) — used for the hem band, providing stretch and a neat, structured edge

Materials – Yarn and Tools

This pattern is designed specifically for Adriafil Cheope, a DK weight yarn. Cheope by Adriafil is well-suited to garments that combine knitting and crochet, offering good stitch definition for both the ribbed sections and the intr