[image description] white woman with purple hair stands facing the camera but looking to the left in front of a brick wall in a white tank top with 3 green stripes, the Hayfield Tank Top free crochet pattern

Oh, will you look at that! It’s tank top season here in SoCal and that is one of my favorite times of year. I love lounging in a tank top and leggings and when you can make your own, even better. So, without further blathering on, I introduce you to the Hayfield Tank Top pattern.
This design is so simple but I promise you it’s worth it in all you can customize and, like I said, you can make your own tank top however you want. How cool is that? Always cool if you ask me.
And I hope this design introduces you to a stitch – the extended half double crochet. This is just like a normal hdc but with a little bit of extra texture in that little chain you add. It’s part of what makes this design so fun, a little uniqueness in the stitch. If you look closely at the photos, you can see how it’s different from hdc. I like that it’s different but still familiar. Like a hug from friend you might not know yet. Oh, remember hugs from friends?
Anyway! I hope it’s tank top season where you are and that you’ll give this pattern a shot. It’s really easy to customize, add more rounds around the sleeves or neck to make it tighter. You can add more rows to make it longer or more stripes to make it stripier. It’s totally up to you! It’s a fun base idea you can customize in such lovely ways.
I hope you like the new Hayfield Tank Top pattern and give it a try.
<3 Wash your masks and stay safe friends.

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[Image description] white tank top with 3 green stripes being worked on by 2 white hands on a wood grain background

Level

Easy

Materials

US H (5.00 mm) hook
- Size #3/ Dk/ light weight yarn
Specs in Finished Product Dimensions
Notions: needle, measuring tape, stitch markers

Gauge

13 ehdc x 8 rows = 4” (blocked)

Terms/ Stitches used

Ch: chain
St: stitch
Sc: single crochet
Join: join with a slip st
Ehdc: extended half double crochet (explained below)

Notes

Extended Half Double Crochet (ehdc): yarn over, insert your hook into the stitch, pull up a loop, ch 1, yarn over, pull through the 3 loops on the hook.
This pattern is worked in 3 sections: the Front, the Back, and the Sleeves/Neck Detail. Both the Front and Back pieces are worked in 2 sections, a Body and Top. The Front and Back are worked in rows back and forth, with a turn at the beginning of the row. The two pieces are then seamed together and you add the Sleeves around the arm holes and the Neck Detail on the neck hole.
The ch-1 at the beginning of the rows does not count as a stitch but make sure it’s approx the height of a hdc.
The sample in the photos is the medium size made in Hayfield DK, color A is speckled white, color B is sage, color C is teal, and color D is lime.

Hayfield Tank Top pattern finished product details

XSmall Height: 23” Across: (Body) 14” Across: (Top) 11” Yarn: A: 5 oz / 433 yds B – D: .3 oz/ 26 yds Fits Chest: 28″ – 30″	Small Height: 23” Across: (Body) 16” Across: (Top) 12” Yarn: A: 5.4 oz/ 468 yds B – D: .3 oz/ 26 yds Fits Chest: 32″ – 34″	Medium Height: 23” Across: (Body) 18” Across: (Top) 12” Yarn: A: 5.8 oz/ 503 yds B – D: .3 oz / 26 yds Fits Chest: 36″ – 38″
Large Height: 23” Across: (Body) 20” Across: (Top) 12.5” Yarn: A: 6.8 oz/ 589 yds B – D: .4 oz/ 35 yds Fits Chest: 40”- 42”	1X Height: 24” Across: (Body) 22” Across: (Top) 12.5” Yarn: A: 7.3 oz/ 633 yds B – D: .4 oz/ 35 yds Fits Chest: 44″ – 46″	2X Height: 24” Across: (Body) 24”Across: (Top) 13.5” Yarn: A: 7.8 oz/ 676 yds B – D: .5 oz/ 43 yds Fits Chest: 48″ – 50″
3X Height: 25” Across: (Body) 26” Across: (Top) 14” Yarn: A: 8.8 oz/ 763 yds B – D: .5 oz/ 43 yds Fits Chest: 52″ – 54″	4X Height: 25” Across: (Body) 28” Across: (Top) 15” Yarn: A: 9.4 oz/ 815 yds B – D: .5 oz/ 43 yds Fits Chest: 56″ – 58″	5X Height: 25” Across: (Body) 30” Across: (Top) 15”Yarn: A: 10 oz/ 867 yds B – D: .6 oz / 52 yds Fits Chest: 60″ – 62″

Hayfield Tank Top Pattern Instructions

Back
Sizing as follows: XS (SM, MD, LG, 1X)(2X, 3X, 4X, 5X)
Body
(RS) Row 1: A: Ch 47 (53, 59, 65, 73)(79, 85, 91, 99), ehdc into the 3rd ch from the hook (the skipped sts count as a hdc) and across – 46 (52, 58, 64, 72)(78, 84, 90, 98) ehdc
Rows 2 – 21 (19, 19, 18, 19)(19, 19, 19, 19): Ch 1, turn, ehdc across – 46 (52, 58, 64, 72)(78, 84, 90, 98) ehdc
Fasten off color A. Change to color B.
Rows 22 – 23 (20 – 21, 20 – 21, 19 – 20, 20 – 21)(20 – 21, 20 – 21, 20 – 21, 20 – 21): B: Ch 1, turn, ehdc across – 46 (52, 58, 64, 72)(78, 84, 90, 98) ehdc
Fasten off color B. Change to color A.
Rows 24 – 25 (22 – 23, 22 – 23, 21 – 22, 22 – 23)(22 – 23, 22 – 23, 22 – 23, 22 – 23): A: Ch 1, turn, ehdc across – 46 (52, 58, 64, 72)(78, 84, 90, 98) ehdcFasten off color A. Change to color C.
Rows 26 – 27 (24 – 25, 24 – 25, 23 – 24, 24 – 25)(24 – 25, 24 – 25, 24 – 25, 24 – 25): C: Ch 1, turn, ehdc across – 46 (52, 58, 64, 72)(78, 84, 90, 98) ehdc
Fasten off color C. Change to color A.
Rows 28 – 29 (26 – 27, 26 – 27, 25 – 26, 26 – 27)(26 – 27, 26 – 27, 26 – 27, 26 – 27): A: Ch 1, turn, ehdc across – 46 (52, 58, 64, 72)(78, 84, 90, 98) ehdc
Fasten off color A. Change to color D.
Rows 30 – 31 (28 – 29, 28 – 29, 27 – 28, 28 – 29)(28 – 29, 28 – 29, 28 – 29, 28 – 29): D: Ch 1, turn, ehdc across – 46 (52, 58, 64, 72)(78, 84, 90, 98) ehdc
Fasten off color D. Change to color A.
Rows 32 – 33 (30 – 31, 30 – 31, 29 – 30, 30 – 31)(30 – 31, 30 – 31, 30 – 31, 30 – 31): A: Ch 1, turn, ehdc across – 46 (52, 58, 64, 72)(78, 84, 90, 98) ehdc
Fasten off color A. Move onto the Top.
Top
Row 1: Continue from where you left off on the Body, turn and skip 5 (7, 10, 12, 16)(17, 19, 21, 25) sts to the center of the last row of the Body, create a slipknot on your hook (this makes your first st a standing ehdc), ehdc into the next 36 (38, 38, 40, 40)(44, 46, 48, 48) sts – 36 (38, 38, 40, 40)(44, 46, 48, 48) ehdc
Rows 2 – 13 (15, 15, 16, 17)(17, 19, 19, 19): Ch 1, turn, ehdc across – 36 (38, 38, 40, 40)(44, 46, 48, 48) ehdc
Fasten off, weave in your ends. Block your Back piece so it matches the measurements above.

Front
Repeat instructions for the Back Body.
Top
Row 1: Continue from where you left off on the Body, turn and skip 5 (7, 10, 12, 16)(17, 19, 21, 25) sts to the center of the last row of the Body, create a slipknot on your hook (this makes your first st a standing ehdc), ehdc into the next 36 (38, 38, 40, 40)(44, 46, 48, 48) sts – 36 (38, 38, 40, 40)(44, 46, 48, 48) ehdc
Rows 2 – n/a (4, 4, 5, 6)(6, 8, 8, 8): Ch 1, turn, ehdc across – 36 (38, 38, 40, 40)(44, 46, 48, 48) ehdc
Do not fasten off, move onto your First Strap.
First Strap
Row 3 (5, 5, 6, 7)(7, 9, 9, 9): Ch 1, turn, ehdc into the next 5 (6, 6, 7, 7)(9, 10, 11, 11) sts – 5 (6, 6, 7, 7)(9, 10, 11, 11) ehdc
Rows 4 – 13 (6 – 15, 6 – 15, 7 – 16, 8 – 17)(8 – 17, 10 – 19, 10 – 19, 10 – 19): Ch 1, turn, ehdc across – 5 (6, 6, 7, 7)(9, 10, 11, 11) sts
Fasten off leaving a tail long enough to seam your strap sts to the Back Top.
Second Strap
Row 3 (5, 5, 6, 7)(7, 9, 9, 9): Skip 26 sts on the last row of the Body (all sizes) from where you stopped on row 4 (5, 5, 6, 7)(7, 9, 9, 9) of the First Strap on, create a slipknot on your hook (this will make your first st a standing ehdc), ehdc into the next 5 (6, 6, 7, 7)(9, 10, 11, 11) sts – 5 (6, 6, 7, 7)(9, 10, 11, 11) ehdc
Rows 4 – 13 (6 – 15, 6 – 15, 7 – 16, 8 – 17)(8 – 17, 10 – 19, 10 – 19, 10 – 19): Ch 1, turn, ehdc across – 5 (6, 6, 7, 7)(9, 10, 11, 11) sts
Fasten off leaving a tail long enough to seam your strap sts to the Back Top. Block your Front piece so it matches the measurements above.

Seaming
Neck hole
With the wrong side facing you, use the tails you left along Row 13 (15, 15, 16, 17)(17, 19, 19, 19) of Front Straps and seam together, in your preferred method of seaming, the 5 (6, 6, 7, 7)(9, 10, 11, 11) sts of the strap to the matching sts of the Back Top (these will be the first and last 5 (6, 6, 7, 7)(9, 10, 11, 11) sts of the last row).
Sides
Line up the Bottom sections of both the Front and Back pieces and using your preferred method of seaming, seam together the row ends starting on Row 33 (31, 31, 30, 31)(31, 31, 31, 31) going down to Row 5 (or to Row 1 if you’d rather). Seam Row 33 (31, 31, 30, 31)(31, 31, 31, 31) to Row 5 on the other side. Fasten off, weave in your ends.

Sleeves
Create a slipknot on your hook with color A, with the RS facing you sc into the first st to left of the seam you made on the Body (where the underarm would be), sc into the next 4 (6, 9, 11, 15)(16, 18, 20, 24) sts, *sc twice into the next row end on the Top/Straps, sc into next row end,* repeat from * to * 12 (14, 14, 15, 16)(16, 18, 18, 18) more times, sc into the next 5 (7, 10, 12, 16)(17, 19, 21, 25) sts, join – 49 (59, 65, 69, 83)(85, 95, 99, 107) sc
Fasten off, weave in your ends.
Repeat instructions on the other side.

Neck Detail
Create a slipknot on your hook with color A, with the RS facing you sc into the first unused st on the last row of the Top Back, sc into the next 25 sts (all sizes), sc into the next row end of the Strap, *sc twice into the next row end, sc once into the next row end,* repeat from * to * 4 (all sizes) more times, sc into the next 26 sts (all sizes) across the front top, sc into the next row end of the Strap, *sc twice into the next row end, sc once into the next row end,* repeat from * to * 4 (all sizes) more times, join – 84 sc (all sizes)