Designed by Janet Charbonnier as Acorn Street Shop’s featured crochet pattern for the 2025 Puget Sound LYS Tour.

Our sweet Summer Shell is worked in the round from the bottom to the armhole, then the front and back are each worked flat to the shoulder. The shoulders are then sewn together using mattress stitch, leaving a soft picot edging at the neckline. The easy shape and minimal finishing make this a must-have project for the summer.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Intermediate

SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)

Finished Bust Circumference:
30.5 (33.25, 35, 37, 39.75, 42.5, 44.25, 46.25, 49, 50.75, 53.5, 55.5, 58.25)”
77.5 (84.5, 89, 94, 101, 108, 112.5, 117.5, 124.5, 129, 136, 143, 148) cm

Sample shown is a size 5 with 3.75” / 9.5 cm of positive ease, knit in Serial Knitters DyeHouse Cherry Creek Sock in the color Summer Jam.

MATERIALS
Serial Knitters DyeHouse Cherry Creek Sock
(80% SW Merino / 20% Nylon, 100gm / 450 yds / 411m):
2 (3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5) skeins
OR
approximately 864 (972, 1035, 1157, 1251, 1368, 1431, 1472, 1557, 1620, 1750, 1886, 1976) yards
790 (889, 946, 1058, 1144, 1251, 1309, 1346, 1424, 1482, 1600, 1725, 1807) meters
of comparable Fingering weight yarn

US Size H/8 (5.0 mm) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
4 removable stitch markers
Tapestry needle
Scissors

GAUGE
27 sts & 17 rows = 4 inches before blocking
26 sc & 16 rows = 4 inches after blocking
NOTE: A (sc, ch 2, sc) worked in a ch-2 sp represents 3 sts. This will make it easier to count sts per inch when checking gauge.