Britt-Marie Flared Top - Top Crochet Pattern For Women in MillaMia Naturally Soft Aran

Britt-Marie Flared Top – Crochet Pattern for Women in MillaMia Naturally Soft Aran

The Britt-Marie Flared Top is a stylish, two-colour women's crochet top designed by MillaMia and worked in their signature Naturally Soft Aran yarn. With its flattering flared silhouette and elegant colour-block construction, this top is equally at home as office wear, an evening out, or a casual layering piece worn under a jacket. The pattern is rated Beginner/Intermediate, making it an ideal next step for crocheters who have mastered the basics and are ready to explore a more refined stitch technique.

What Is Being Made

The finished garment is a flared-hem crochet top with short sleeves, designed for women. It is worked in two contrasting colours — Damson (233) as Colour A and Dusk (220) as Colour B — creating a clean, two-tone aesthetic. The top is available in six sizes to fit bust measurements ranging from 81 cm (32 in) to 107 cm (42 in), with actual bust measurements spanning 87.5 cm to 112.5 cm (34½ in to 44¼ in). Finished length ranges from 53 cm to 55 cm (approximately 20¾ in to 21¾ in), and sleeve length measures 34.5 cm to 36 cm (13½ in to 14¼ in) depending on size.

Techniques Used

• Worked flat: The pieces of this top are crocheted flat, meaning each row is turned rather than worked in the round, giving the fabric a structured, even appearance.
• Seamed construction: The individual flat-worked panels are joined together using seaming, a technique common in garment crochet that allows for precise shaping and a neat, tailored finish.
• Two-colour work: The pattern incorporates two distinct yarn colours (Damson and Dusk) to create a colour-blocked or striped design, encouraging crocheters to play with colour combinations for multiple wearable options.
• Decreasing: Shaping is achieved through decrease techniques, including dc2tog (double crochet two together, known as sc2tog in US terminology), used to reduce stitch counts at key points in the garment.

Stitches Used

• Herringbone Half Treble (hbhtr): This is the primary stitch used throughout the body of the Britt-Marie Flared Top. It is a variation of the standard half treble crochet (UK) — also known as half double crochet (US) — worked with a subtle modification: after inserting the hook and pulling a loop through the stitch, that loop is simultaneously pulled through the first loop on the hook before completing the stitch in the usual manner. This creates a distinctive diagonal, herringbone-like texture that gives the fabric added visual interest and a slightly denser, more structured drape than standard half treble crochet.
• Chain (ch) and chain spaces (ch-sp): Used for foundation chains and structural elements within the pattern.
• Double crochet (dc) / Single crochet (sc in US terms): Referenced in the abbreviations and used for finishing, joining, or edging sections of the garment.
• dc2tog (double crochet two together): A decrease stitch used for shaping within the pattern.

Note: This pattern uses UK crochet terminology throughout. US crocheters should be aware that UK double crochet (dc) corresponds to US single crochet (sc), and UK half treble (htr) corresponds to US half double crochet (hdc).

Materials Required

• Yarn: MillaMia Naturally Soft Aran, a premium aran-weight yarn available in 50g/1¾oz balls. The pattern calls for:
  • 6 (6:7:7:7:8) balls in Damson (233) — Colour A
  • 8 (9:10:11:12:13