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in today's tutorial i'm going to be
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showing you how to make the adore
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t-shirt it comes in sizes from extra
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small to triple xxl and is crocheted in
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two simple strips and then seamed at the
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sides and the front leaving a nice v at
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the neck for a flattering shape so
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you're going to need some aaron weight
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cotton yarn i'm using style craft love
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you aaron which is a blend of cotton and
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acrylic i'll be using a 5mm hook and a
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darning needle and some scissors and
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also some stitch markers i'm going to be
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making the extra large size today that's
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the size that i wear myself if you would
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like to see the other sizes then you can
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check out the written pattern i will
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leave a link for both the yarn and the
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pattern in the description box so i'm
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going to start by making a small swatch
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to show you how to make your strips so
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i'm going to put a slip knot on my
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hook and then for the extra large size
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chain 131 i'm just going to make a small
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swatch for this part of the
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tutorial make sure you make your chains
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very loose uh because this is cotton
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yarn you don't want um the the side
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seams of your t-shirt to be puckered so
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you want to make sure you chain nice and
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so i'm just going to chain 11 just for
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this small swatch so we're going to
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start by putting a herring bone double
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crochet into the second chain so we
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count from the hook so that's one two
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this is the second chain yarn over going
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to put a hook into that whoops into that
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chain pull up a loop and then we're
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going to pull through this first loop i
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like to just kind of hold the stitch
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slightly there it makes it easier for me
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pull through that first loop then yarn
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over pull through one loop and yarn over
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and pull through two loops that's a
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herring bone double crochet and we're
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going to be doing this into each stitch
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across so i'll show you
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again pull up that first
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loop pull through this first loop on the
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hook yarn over pull through one yarn
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two so we're going to
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continue with a herring bone double
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stitch all the way across we're just
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coming up to the end of the row and i'm
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going to put a herring bone double
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crochet into that last chain at the end
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and then we're going to chain one and
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turn now this chain one doesn't count as
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a stitch so we're just going to ignore
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that and we're going to go straight into
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the first stitch with a herring bone
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crochet and we're going to continue with
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a herring bone double
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crochet into each stitch
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all the way across and again coming up
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here put a herring bone double crochet
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stitches and then chain one and turn and
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you're just going to repeat that row
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just keep that row over and over again
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until you've completed a total of 17
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rows so i've added a few more rows just
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so you can see how the stitch pattern
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looks so once you've completed your 17
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rows we're going to do the final row
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which is chain one and turn and then
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we're going to put single crochet into
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stitch and then single
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stitch all the way across
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so this this part of of the row will be
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where you join for the seam for the
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front and the back where the v opening
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will be so that's a single crochet all
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the way across and in that last stitch
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now if you leave your yarn attached here
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and don't fasten off just yet this will
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enable you to try on your um your
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t-shirt to make sure it fits properly
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before you start seaming now once you
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finished this row of single crochet this
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this row this way facing is going to be
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the right side so it's a good idea just
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to pop a stitch marker in there just so
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you know this is the right side you just
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put it around the post of one of your
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stitches like so and then you're going
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to go ahead and make another piece
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exactly the same so i've got my two
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now what you will want to do is pin them
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together along the front this this is
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the single crochet edge here this will
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be the front seam pin them together and
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leave a gap for the v at the front and
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same on the other end of your strip for
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the back and you'll leave you'll leave a
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gap as much as you want it for the v
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it's really up to you depends how deep
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you want that v to be and then this
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folded so this is where you'll have the
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front and then here this will be you'll
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join these two together for the seams at
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side so you want to go ahead and pin
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your piece you want to leave a gap on
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this side use your stitch markers just
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use your stitch markers to pin it
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together so side seams along this side
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the side seams along this side and then
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the front and the back seams leaving a v
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and of course leaving a gap for the arm
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holes on your side seams you'll probably
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want to leave an opening for the neck
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between 18 and 20 inches depending on
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your preference and you want to leave a
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gap for the armhole something between 7
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and 8 in so go and pin all of those
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pieces together try your piece on and
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see how it fits and at this point if you
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need to you can pull back that row of
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single crochet and add some more rows or
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pull back some more rows if you need it
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bigger or smaller so once you've got it
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to exactly the right size then you'll
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want to pin your piece out and and block
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it it's best to block it before you
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start seaming to make sure both your
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pieces are exactly the same size before
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you're ready to join so i've tried on my
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piece i've got markers on each side for
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where i want the arm holes to be and
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markers on each side for this is the
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front for the front of the v and then
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i've got another one which is a bit
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higher up for the back of the v we're
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going to start by seaming this front
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seam so i'm going to crochet my pieces
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together i'm going to use a flat slip
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stitch join so i'm just going to put a
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hook and i'm using the same size hook as
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crochet the pieces in so i'm going to be
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working into the back loops
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only so i'm going down into this first
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stitch and into the first stitch on the
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other side through the back loops
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picking up a loop from my yarn and then
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stitch let me just get that tail on the
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other side out of the way so then we're
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stitch and the next stitch on the other
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oops through the back loops pull up that
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loop and then pull through for a slip
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stitch and again through the back loops
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stitch you want to make sure you're not
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doing these slip stitches too tight
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otherwise you will get a the edge will
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and you're just going to keep going
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until you get to your stitch marker i'm
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just coming up to this marker i'm just
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stitches slip stitching through the back
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loops and here's my last stitch
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and then i'm just going to fasten off
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and then you're going to turn your piece
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over and repeat the process on the other
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side working up to your stitch marker at
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the back so you're going to seam the
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sides in exactly the same way but this
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time you're going to turn your t-shirt
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inside out first so you're seaming from
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the wrong side this way the seam is
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going to be in the inside we're now
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going to start on the side seams and
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those are done in exactly the same way
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as the seams for the front and the back
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the only difference is you're working on
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the foundation edge of your foundation
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chain here instead of into single
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crochet stitches so you're going
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then into that corresponding loop on the
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other side yarn over and slip
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stitch and make sure you're keeping your
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yarn in the middle as well right so then
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look for that next stitch i'm going to
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go into there and then into the next
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stitch and keep those slit slip stitches
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so you're going to keep going slip
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stitching in each stitch
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across until you get to where you've
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marked for the armhole and then you'll
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fasten off just like you did for the
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front and the back and then you can go
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ahead and join the other side as well
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now turn your t-shirt back the right way
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round and we're going to just add a row
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of single crochet around each armhole so
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with a slip knot on your
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hook and you want to start off where
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your join is you're going to go into the
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chains and just work single crochet
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stitches all the way
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around that armhole opening
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so keep going with a single crochet in
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stitch till you get to the other side of
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the arm i've worked all the way around
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the sleeve opening i'm just coming up to
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the last few stitches here so i'm going
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to put single crochet in those last
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couple of stitches and then let's just
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move this tail out of the way and then
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we're going to join with the slip stitch
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to that first single crochet and then
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you can fasten off and then do exactly
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the same on the other side now it's very
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important when you're sewing in your
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reinforce the point of the v on each
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side of the neck and then also
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underneath the arms so if you just do
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side just want to put a few stitches in
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there just to make sure it's secure
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make sure you're going through both
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loops because when we worked when we
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were joining we were only going through
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the back loop so just put a few
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stitches like so and
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then weave in that end so you want to go
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ahead and do the same on the other side
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of the v and just underneath the sleeves
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so once you've weaved in all your ends
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you're all done and the bottom edge of
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your t-shirt has this gently scalloped
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effect from the sides of the of the
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herring bone stitch if you're looking
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for more projects using the herring bone
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double crochet stitch then why not check
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out this video next bye-bye now
