August top is crochet in a round. It has a slightly loose silhouette. It can go in two length variants - a long one and a crop one.

Level required - from Intermediate.
Techniques involved - chain stitches, double crochet, decrease, slip stitch, working in the round.

Suggested yarn
Mandarin Petit (Sandnes Garn)*
50 g / 180 m
cotton 100%
4 skeins for a long variant (about 48 cm (19”) long in full length)
2.5 skeins for a crop top (about 36 cm (14”) long in full length)

You can use any other summer yarn, cotton preferably, but make sure it has about the same length in meters

Suggested hook size
3 mm (US D/3)
3.5 mm (US E/4)

Sizes
S (bust circ 84 cm / 33.1”)
M (bust circ 88-92 cm / 35-36”)
L (bust circ 96 cm / 38”)
Size S is pictured on a model with 84 cm / 33 bust

Gauge* (in double crochet stitch)
22 sts х 16 rows = 10 х 10 cm (4x4”)

Gauge may vary according to your individual crochet style and the yarn used. It’s ok if it’s +/- 1-2 sts or rows. But if you have more, the size of the top will be different. Please, change the hook size to achieve the needed gauge or change the pattern with your own gauge measurements.

US crochet terms