Crochet Lace Edged Corset Top – Free Pattern

Hello readers. Most of the crochet items I make are either stuffed toys or mini figures of famous people, but every now and again I will make something a bit different. Recently a friend asked if I could make her and her daughter a crochet corset top. One in medium and one in small. I will admit I was a bit apprehensive about this at first because unlike with soft toys size actually matters. Because I needed to make the top on two different sizes I needed a pattern that could easily be sized up or down, alas the few patterns I found were only for one size but gave no clear indication of what sizes they was!

I ended up adapting a basic pattern so it could be made in different sizes.

Lace Edged Crochet Corset Top Pattern

4mm hook
Cotton DK yarn 2x100g balls

All stitches are using US terms.

Sc = single crochet
Hdc = half double crochet
Dc = double crochet
Sc 2tog = single crochet next 2 stitches together

Picot = Chain 3, slip st into the back of the 3rd chain.

3 double cluster = {yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over and pull through stitch, yarn over pull through 2 loops} 3 times, yarn over pull through all 4 loops, ch 1

For this pattern the number shown in the square brackets is for the medium-sized pattern. The small pattern will fit up to a UK size 8, the medium up to a UK size 12.

Lace Body of Corset

1) Chain 98 [114] sc in each ch starting 2nd ch from the hook (97/ 113)

2)ch1 (turning chain) Sc into each stitch (97 / 113)

3) Ch1 (turning chain) dc into next stitch, *ch 1, skip 1 stitch, dc into next stitch * repeat till end.

(49/57 stitches, 48/56 ch1 spaces)

4) Ch 1 (turning chain) sc, *ch 2, skip the ch1, dc and next ch1, {2dc, ch1, 2dc} into next stitch, ch 2, skip the ch1, dc and next ch1 , sc into next stitch* 12 [14] times

(12/14 2dc, ch1, 2dc shells, 24/28 ch2 spaces, 13/15 sc)

5 ) Ch1 (turning ch) ch 3, skip the 3 chains (this counts as a dc) dc into the 1st stitch, *ch 2, sc into the ch1 space of the shell, ch 2, {dc , chain 3, dc} into the sc* 11([13] times, ch 2, sc into ch1 space of the shell, ch 2, {dc, ch 1,dc} into last stitch.

( 2 2dc, 12/14 sc, 24/28 ch1 spaces, 11/13 dc, ch3 dc shells)

6) ch 1 (turning chain) sc into first stitch *ch 2, {2dc,ch 1 2dc} into the top of sc, ch 2, sc into middle ch of the ch 3* 11[13] times, ch 2, sc into 3rd ch of the ch3.

(12/14 2dc, ch1, 2dc shells, 24/28 ch2 spaces, 13/15 sc)

7) chain 3 (counts as 1st dc) , skip the 3 chains and sc into 1st stitch, *ch 2, sc into the ch1 space of the shell, ch 2, {dc ,chain 3, dc} into the sc* 11[13] times, ch 2, sc into the space of the last shell, ch2, 2dc into last ch

( 2 2dc, 12/14 sc, 24/28 ch1 spaces, 11/13 dc, ch3 dc shells)

8) chain 1 (turning chain) sc into next 2 stitches,* 2sc into ch2 space, sc, 2sc into the ch 2 space, sc, sc into the ch 3 space, sc*11[13] times, 2sc into the ch 2 space, sc, 2sc onto the ch2 space, sc into the last 2 stitches

(97/113)

9) Ch1 (turning ch) sc into next stitch, ch 2, skip 1 stitch sc into next st *chain 4, skip 3 stitches, sc into next st* 23 (27) times, ch 2, skip 2 stitchs, sc into last stitch

( 23/27 ch4 spaces, 1 ch1 space, 1 ch2 space, /25/29 sc)

10) Sc into next stitch, ch 4, *sc into middle of the next ch 4, make 8 dc into next ch 4, sc into middle of next ch4, ch 4, sc into middle of next ch 4, ch 4* 5 (6) times, sc into middle of next ch4, make 8 dc into next ch 4, sc into middle of next ch 4, ch 4, sc into last stitch.

(19/22sc, 12/14 ch4 spaces, 6/7 8dc shells)

11) chain 5 (this counts as a dc and a ch2), *sc into middle of the next ch 4 space, skip the sc, {dc, ch 1} 7 times, dc into the last dc of the shell, sc into next ch 4 space chain 4* 5 (6) times, sc into next ch 4 space, skip the sc, {dc, ch 1} 7 times, dc into the last dc of the shell, sc into next ch 4 space, ch 2, dc into last stitch.

(2 dc, 2 ch2 spaces, 12/14sc, 6/7 shells, 5/6 ch4 spaces)

12) sc into first stitch, *skip the sc, {3dc cluster into the ch1 space, picot, ch 2} 5 times, 3dc cluster in the last ch1 space, sc into middle of the next ch4* 6(7) times, sc into last stitch, cast off.

(6/7 shells, 2 dc, 2 ch1 spaces, 2 sc)

Side Panel

1) Join at the bottom of the body piece, and work 16 sc stitches up the side of the body piece.) 16)

2- 6) Ch1 (turning ch) sc into each stitch. (16)

7-8) For medium-sized top only, Ch1 (turning ch) sc into each stitch. (16)

Repeat this on the other edge of the body piece.

Cup

1) Ch 13 [14] , hdc into each stitch starting 2nd ch from hook. (12/13)

2-13) Ch (turning ch) hdc into each stitch. (12/13)

14) Ch (turning ch) hdc, into next 11[12] stitches, 3hdc into last stitch, working down the side make 13 hdc (27/28)

15-16) Ch (turning ch) hdc in each stitch. (27/28)

17) Ch (turning ch) hdc into next 13(14) stitches, 3hdc into next stitch, hdc in next 12[13] stitches.(29/30)

18- 19) Ch (turning ch) hdc in each stitch. (29/39)

(20-21) For medium-sized crochet corset top only – Ch (turning ch) hdc in each stitch) (29/30)

Do not cast off, the strap is worked onto the cup on one continuous piece.

Strap

1) chain 66, sc into each stitch starting 2nd ch from hook, slip st to join to side of cup, slip stitch to straight edge of cup to join (65)

2)Make another slip st down side of the cup, ch 1, turn work, skip both slip stitches work 1 dc in 1st stitch along the strap, * ch1 skip 1 stitch dc into next stitch * 32 times (33 dc, 32 ch1 spaces)

3) ch1 (turning ch) sc in each dc and ch1 space, slip stitch to cup to join. (65)

4) slip st down side of the cup, skip both slip stitches dc into next st, ch 2, skip 1 st, sc into next st, *ch 4, skip 3 st and sc into next st* 15 times, chain 1, skip 1 stitch, dc into last st.

(2 dc, 2 ch2 spaces, 15 sx, 15.ch4 spaces)

5) ch 1 (turning ch) sc into next stitch, ch 4, *sc into middle of the next ch 4, make 8 dc into next ch 4, sc into middle of next ch4, ch 4, sc into middle of next ch 4, ch 4* 3 times, sc into middle of next ch4, make 8 dc into next ch 4, sc into middle of next ch 4, ch 4, sc into last stitch, slip st to cup to join.

(13 sc, 8 ch4 spaces, 4 8dc shells)

6)ch1 (turning chain) dc into the sc, ch 2, *sc into the ch4 space, skip the sc, {dc, ch 1} 7 times, dc into the last dc of the shell, sc into next ch 4 space chain 4* 3 times, sc into next ch 4, skip the sc {dc, ch 1} 7 times, dc into the last dc of the shell , sc into next ch 4, ch 2, dc into last stitch.

(2 dc, 2 ch2 spaces, 8 sc, 3 ch4 spaces, 4 shells)

7)ch 1 (turning chain) sc into first stitch skip the ch 2 and

sc*{ 3dc cluster into the next ch1 space, picot, ch 2} 6 times, 3dc cluster in the last ch1 space, picot, sc into middle of ch4* 3 times,{ 3dc cluster into the next ch1 space, picot, ch 2} 6 times, 3dc cluster in the last ch1 space, picot sc into last stitch in the row, slip at to side of cup.

(5sc, 4 shells)

Do not cast off, as you will be working the side of the cup next.

Side of cup

1) Sc 20 [22] stitches down the side of the cup (20/22)

2) Ch1 (turning ch) sc next 18[20] stitches, sc 2tog (19/21)

3) Ch 1 (turning ch) sc 2tog, sc next 17[19] stitches.(18/20)

4) Ch1 (turning ch) sc next 16[18] stitches, sc 2tog.(17/19)

5) Ch 1 (turning ch) sc 2tog, sc next 15[17] stitches.(16/18)

6) Ch1 (turning ch) sc next 14[16] stitches,sc 2tog. (15/17)

7) Ch 1 (turning ch) sc 2tog, sc next 13[15] stitches. (14/16)

8) Ch1 (turning ch) sc next 12[14] stitches, sc 2tog.(13/15)

9) Ch 1 (turning ch) sc 2tog, sc next 11[13] stitches. (12/14)

10) Ch1 (turning ch) sc next 10[12] stitches,sc 2tog. (11/13)

11) Ch 1 (turning ch) sc 2tog, sc next 9[11] stitches. (10/12)

12) Ch1 (turning ch) sc next 8[10] stitches, sc 2tog. (9/11)

13) Ch 1 (turning ch) sc 2tog, sc next 7[9] stitches. (8/10)

For small crochet corset top skip the next 2 rows.

14 – 15) ch1 (turning ch) sc into each stitch. (8/10)

16) ch1 (turning ch) sc into each stitch. (8/10)

17) Slip st up the diagonal side of the cup to tidy it up and cast off.

Under bottom of strap

1) Join to the bottom edge of the side panel, ch 20 [24] , sc in each ch starting 2nd ch from hook, slip st to side of cup to join (19/23)

2) 1 slip stitch up edge of the cup side,ch1 (turning chain) skip both slip st and sc into next stitch, sc next 18[22] stitches. (19/23)

3) Ch1 (turning ch) sc next 19[23]st, slip st to cup side to join. (19/23)

4-9) repeat rows 2 and 3 three times.

Make a second cup/strap piece. Sew the cup sections together and then sew this joined piece to the body section.

Join to the top edge of the strap and sc along the end of the strap. Sc (turning chain) and make a second row of sc. Sew the end of the strap to the outer edge of the body.

Sew top of each strap to the body of the corset making sure the strap is not twisted and the outside edges are lined up.

To make the loops for the lace join at the bottom of the corset body. For each loop chain 4 then join to the body with a slip stitch. Make 8 loops on each side.

To make the lace that ties the corset chain 300 then cast off (you may want a longer or shorter chain depending on how tight you wish to lace the corset).

This pattern may look a little complicated to start with but I found the lace pattern was quite easy to pick up, and the final piece looks quite beautiful.

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