Had a ton of yarn from frogging the queen coverlet that stretched too much for my son to make up his bed in the corner. Nothing to do, so decided to revisit my top down tunics in a winter style. Used a G hook for a tighter weave and alternating rounds of sc and dc because I like that look. Had alternated sc and dc mesh stitches in a spiral for my mobius wraps, so thought it would work fine. Knew i did NOT like the jag when ombre colors follow the break of joined rounds and step up. Or down in this case XD

I had copied my notes from the pullover version to keep from having to rewrite the same thing, but since I actually did start with the top this time, I don’t know how helpful that was.

Worked foundation single crochet row of 30. Worked down one side and up the other in dc to establish 60 stitches to match neck. To make the back and forth pattern match the work in rounds, I inserted the hook from the back of the work on sc rows. I worked 17 repeats and ended with an sc row to begin neck.

In working my pullover version I decided both the dc and sc rounds would have three stitches in the corners to give that gentle shoulder shaping that works better on me than flat folds. So I established pattern with 10dc, 3dc in same space, 8dc, 3 dc in same space, 20dc, 3dc in same space, 8dc, 3dc in same space, 10dc.

Chained one and turned. Worked sc in each dc with 3 in the middle of the 3dc corner. I found it very helpful to mark the corners with markers so I could crochet on autopilot. Since I work an sc1ch1 to stand in for a beginning dc, I also chained one to turn to begin the dc rows. Continue to alternate.

When the piece looked like it was wide enough to clear my hips from side to side, I stopped the yoke. I counted later to repeat and had 17 two row repeats, ending with an sc row. I wanted sc on the outside if I didn’t trim the arm openings. I worked dc to the first corner. I worked one dc in the middle stitch, then another joining dc where I drew up a loop in that stitch without drawing through loops on hook, then in the middle of the next corner stitch, then drew through three loops on hook, then completed the dc. Worked a regular dc, worked across the back, then mirrored the joining stitch and completed the row. Worked the body as established, trying on every time I got to the end of a ball, until it looked “right.”

Decided it needed sleeves. Began with a dc in the joining dc and worked around. Needed an ending dc in the joining stitch to get an even count for the post rib I wanted to do. Actually tried working on all 80 stitches, but that was too heavy and was dragging the sleeve off my shoulder. So instead, I worked every other stitch in front post dc/back post dc for 40 stitches. Spiraled until it looked right and made the other to match. Ended as I do my slippers, with an sc for the last back post and slipping to the next dc.

Considered pockets, but decided to leave them off so I could still call this a “no seams” project.

Almost forgot the best part. Since I was working anything in rounds in ribbing, decided to make the border edge in that in rounds. When I got to the end of the last dc round, I worked four more dc to turn the corner, and then picked up two dc in each dc row and one in each sc. When I got back to the beginning of the last row, I worked four dc to turn the corner, then began alternating front and back posts around. Do not skip this time. I actually had to fudge and work both a back and front post on one dc, in the last corner to make it work, but it doesn’t show even if I look for it. I stopped to see how it looked when my ball ran out at the corner, and decided that was perfect. Ended as I do my slippers, with an sc for the last back post and slipping to the next dc.