• Finished measurements BEFORE BLOCKING are as follows:
XS/SM – 38 Hips, 20” Length
M/L – 39 ½” Hips, 21” Length
XL/XXL – 41” Hips, 22” Length
• Finished measurements AFTER BLOCKING are as follows:
XS/SM – 41-42” Hips, 24” Length
M/L – 42 ½”-43 ½” Hips, 25” Length
XL/XXL – 44-45” Hips, 26” Length
• This garment is designed with approximately 7 inches of
positive ease in the hip measurement. It is meant to be loose
and oversized. Please keep this in mind when selecting yarn.
You will want a yarn that has nice drape and will not be stiff.
Lion Brand’s Cotton Bamboo yarn provided excellent drape
and has a beautiful sheen.
• This garment is designed to be blocked before seaming.
There are several reasons why blocking is beneficial for this
design.
* Blocking will help the dropped stitches to look straight versus
wavy and wrinkled.
* Blocking will help to open up the “pineapple” stitches to
accentuate the design.
* Blocking will improve the overall drape and fit of the garment
as it is meant to be oversized and loose.
• This garment is made from two rectangular panels that are
crocheted as flat pieces from the bottom up back and forth in
rows. The panels are then seamed together at the shoulders
and on the sides.
• Beginning CH stitches do not count as a stitch.
• Odd numbered rows are RS rows. Even numbered rows are
WS rows.
• Size changes are in parentheses XS/S, (M/L, XL/XXL)
respectively.
• This pattern repeats the same seven rows until the desired
length is reached. On the Row 5 repeat, you will alternate a
FPDC and a BPDC in the center of each cluster depending on
which side of the work you are facing. Use FPDC when on the
right side of the work and a BPDC when on the wrong side of
the work.
• If you have any difficulty completing this project and would like
support, please email me at
theplushpineappleshop@gmail.com.

The free version of this pattern is available on my website A Plush Pineapple.