No need to match gauge, crochet with any yarn - Includes automatic stitches calculator

skill level: beginner

Say hello to the versatile crochet shirt & dress pattern, Solana <3
with button-up or no-button option you can always wear your Solana for every occasion; office wear, casual date, fancy dinner, bikini cover up, beach outfit, you name it!
This closed back shirt is office friendly, school friendly, bra friendly and of course the stitches are beginners friendly~

About this pattern:
• Pattern is written in English with standard US terms.
• As I am a right-handed, this pattern is written with right-handed crocheters in mind, left-handed crocheters should crochet in different direction).
• This pattern is beginner friendly, it has minimal shaping and made up from basic stitches.
• This crochet pattern works in rows for the body panel but it works in rounds for the sleeve part.
• This is a made to measure pattern, you can always adjust the size and length according to your preference.
• Testers’ lookbook download link can be found inside the PDF FILE (you may refer to the testers’ lookbook for yarn usage).
• This pattern includes EXCEL calculator that will help you calculate the Foundation chain (calculator link can be found in the PDF File)
• In this pattern I have demonstrated with size S (model height 150 cm, chest 77 cm, bust 81 cm, Waist 70 cm, cup A)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A DIGITAL
CROCHET PATTERN AND TUTORIAL ONLY,
NOT A FINISHED ITEM / PRODUCT.
There will be NO physical item, product, material or tools to be send.
All the pattern and instruction is written in English, using standard US terms.

Materials & tools needed:
• Any #1 fingering weight yarn / #2 Sport weight yarn / #3 DK weight yarn
• Respective crochet hook for any weight yarn that you choose and one size larger hook.
(use larger size hook to make foundation chain, because this trick helps a lot to make sure that your panel will not turn wider along the way)
• Scissors
• Stitch markers
• Measuring tape / ruler
• Optional: Four or five piece of button (diameter: 0.8 cm – 1.4 cm).
Adding button is optional, you can choose no-button version.
Tips: you can choose any button that has around 0.8cm – 1.4cm diameter.
I used 1.2 cm pearl buttons.

Yarn recommendation:

• Cotton yarn will form crisp and more constructed piece, acrylic yarn create more soft and fluffy piece.
• Yarn that is soft and silky will form a more airy piece (e.g: bamboo cotton yarn, silk yarn).
• If you are planning to use #3 DK yarn: use acrylic or acrylic blend yarn because cotton yarn will be too heavy (I personally don’t like to wear heavy crochet top, but if you don’t have problem with it then go ahead~) Based on my measurement, I used:
• Short sleeve shirt, no button (bust 81 cm, cropped top): approximately 200g of #1 fingering weight silk cotton blend yarn (WPI 25), color: lime green
• Short sleeve shirt, with button (bust 81 cm, cropped top): approximately 170g of #3 DK weight milk cotton yarn (WPI 14), color: peachy orange
• Sleeveless midi dress, with button (bust 81 cm) approximately 400g of #1 fingering weight silk cotton blend yarn (WPI 25), color: beige

Crochet hook reference:

• Top with #1 fingering weight yarn : I used 3.50 mm hook for FC and 3.00 mm hook for everything else
• Top with #3 DK weight yarn : I used 4.50 mm hook for FC and 4.00 mm hook for everything else

Please appreciate the pattern makers <3
This is my original design and this pattern is not to be copied and reproduced for monetary purposes, I’d love if you made as many as you liked for yourself or to give as gifts, or even sell for profit (giving credit to me as designer),
but please do not make copies of the pattern or make a tutorial out of it.
You are allowed to sell products made from my patterns, but please give credit to the maker of this pattern by tagging or mentioning @yumeijie.crochet when uploading pictures of your finished crochet item(s).
Permission is NOT granted for mass production or factory manufacturing of any kind.

If you have any questions and problem regarding this pattern, you can contact me here / via email (ruanjie.yumeijie@gmail.com) / via Instagram (@yumeijie.crochet).
Thanks~~~~