Chocolate Strapless Top

This is a real cute and easy top, but for some reason it ended up overlapping a lot in the back.  I was too lazy to rewrite the pattern, so I just sewed the snaps about a quarter of an inch away from the edge in the back and it turned out good enough.  I like the look of this top with the brown skirt because it looks like a one piece dress when paired together. 

Materials

Size 10 thread in brown

Size 10 thread in pink

Size 6 (1.8 mm) steel hook

3 sew on snaps

Gauge

10 sc = 1 inch, 10 sc rows = 1 inch

Directions

Row 1:  Beg at waist, with brown, ch 41, sc in first ch, dc in next ch, [sc in next ch, dc in next ch] across, join pink in last st, fasten off brown, turn. (40 sts)

Row 2:  Ch 1, sc in each st across, join brown in last stitch, fasten off pink, turn.  (40 sc)

Row 3:  Ch 2 (counts as first dc), dc in each st across, join pink in last st, fasten off brown, turn (40 dc).

Row 4:  Repeat row 2.

Row 5:  Ch 1, sc in first st, dc in next st, [sc in next st, dc in next st] across, turn.  (40 sts)

Row 6:  Ch 1, sc in first dc, dc in next sc, [sc in next dc, dc in next sc], turn.  (40 sts)

Rows 7-10:  Repeat row 6.

Row 11:  Ch 1, sc in first dc, dc in next sc, [sc in next dc, dc in next sc] 7 times, sk next dc, 7 tr in next sc, sk next dc, sc in next 2 sts, sk next sc, 7 tr in next dc, sk next sc, [sc in next dc, dc in next sc] 8 times, turn.

Row 12:  Ch 1, sc in first dc, dc in next sc, [sc in next dc, dc in next sc] 7 times, [dc in next tr] 7 times, sc next 2 sc tog, [dc in next tr] 7 times, [sc in next dc, dc in next sc] 8 times, join pink in last st, fasten off brown, turn.

Row 13:  Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.  (47 sc)

Row 14:  Ch 2, sl st in first sc, [ch 2, sl st in next sc] across.  Fasten off.

Finishing

Sew 3 snaps evenly spaced down back opening.