Supplies: "Susan Bates" steel hook .75 mm (#12). Single strands of embroidery floss or rayon floss.
Bikini Top
Cup: (Make 2) Do not join rnds but remember to move marker to 1st st of each new rnd and leave in place on last rnd. (The side facing you as you work is the front of the fabric.)
Rnd 1: Ch 2, place marker, 8 sc in 2nd chain from hook.
Rnd 2: (2 sc in each in next st) 8 times. (16-sts)
Rnd 3: Sc in each st around.
Rnd 4: Sc in each of next 8 sts, end off, leave the marker where it was last placed at start of this rnd. (This ½-rnd is to help shape the cup, so be sure to have the front of the work facing you when picking up cups to finish.)
Neck Edging & Ties: Ch 40 for tie, pick up one cup and sc in last st made on Rnd-4 of cup, sc in next 5 sts, pull up a loop as if to sc and hold on hook, pick up 2nd cup and pull up a loop as if to sc in last st made on Rnd-4 of 2nd cup, yo and pull through all 3 loops on hook (this is a 2-sc dec to span and join cups), sc in next 6 sts on 2nd cup, ch 40 to complete 2nd tie, end.
Belly Edging & Ties: Ch 40, sk 3 sts from where you just ended above, dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in each of next 3 sts, hdc in next st, dc in next st (shared st with neck edging), ch 1, dc in next st (shared st with neck edging of 2nd cup), hdc in next st, sc in each of next 3 sts, hdc in next st, dc in next st, ch 40 to complete second side of tie (there should be 3 unused sts left between neck tie attachment and belly tie's last st).
Bikini Bottom
Crotch Rnd: Ch 2, 8 sc in 2nd ch from hook, join with slst to 1st sc of rnd, ch 1, turn, you will now work in rows.
Row 1: Sc in each of next 2 sts, ch 1, turn.
Row2: 2sc in each st. (4-sts)
Rnd 3-4: Sc in each st across.
Repeat 2-4: Three more times for 13-rows total with 10-sts final width, end. (The last row facing you is the front of the fabric.)
Turn work: Using two sts opposite the position just used on the Crotch-Rnd, repeat the above for the second side of bottom. (Make sure you start this second side with the Crotch-Rnd facing away to have front match back of bottom as you joined the rnd and then turned it for the 1st-row.)
Leg Edging & Ties: Ch 40, sc in each row end (13-sts), sc in each of 2-sts not used on this side of the crotch rnd, sc in each row end (13-sts), ch 40 to complete ties for this side of suit bottom. (Note on one side of crotch one of the un-used sts will be where the slst join was made at the very start of the bottom.)
Repeat: Leg Edging & Ties on other side of suit bottom.
Enjoy!
Free to make and use for personal use. Please do not reproduce this pattern for resale. You may make and sell the bikini itself.
Copyright © L D Young (WeeLace) 2004
