Thanks Sarah I'm so glad it's helpful for you! I have the same problem normally so I totally understand😂 I'm also just about to post some written instructions today to go along with this at www.mscrafts.co.uk, might be useful as you go along so thought I would share x
Great pattern! First time a cup doesnt look weird in my size. I was a little confused on how it works too tho, so i figured id describe where my block in understanding was and how it fell into place for me, to maybe help some who are also confused: So you have your rectangle finished, measures in width and lenght the same. For me that was at 34 chained and 26 rows. You now go into the side of your rectangle and hdc down your rows, in the same amount, so for me it was 26hdc. Now you turn your work, work this row back plus the row on top, where you started down the side. So for me 26hdc + 34hdc = 60hdc overall. This will become THE BOTTOM of you cup. So the triangular shape you see on top, where the strap gets attached, thats basically the rest of the rectangle you worked before. The 26hdc-row goes on the outside of your breast, the 34hdc-row wraps to the middle of your chest and the triangular shape of the original rectangle goes on top. So you add as many (for me) 60hdc rows until it covers you underboob, then you can add decorative stuff on the sides, or more rows for more coverage or whatever. Hope this helps some people!
Also: you can find the written out pattern on her page pretty easily, the problem is her handle is not madeleineshirleycrafts, just madeleineshirley. The written out pattern didnt help my confusion much, but i was able to get a closer look at the pic of the bikini and figure it out that way
Thank you so so much for making this tutorial! I used a weight 2 yarn (cotton bamboo blend) with the hooksize you recomended, and it turned out amazing! Its so easy to tweek the pattern a little to make it fit you. This is probably going to be the base for most of my bralettes going foreward.
Im around a DDD cup, so excited to try this out! I love bralettes and halter tops but my breasts are always too big for the cups. Im hoping this will accomodate them better without the band not laying against my ribs.
Great tutorial! One question though. When you've made the square and start adding the bottom part of the cup, you do 1 hdc in each row. But doesn't that mean that you end up with a square with 21 hdc on one side and only 14 on the other? Won't that look wonky? Or am I worrying over nothing and you can't actually tell on the finished piece?
The row side in which you hdc into forms the outside of the cup, whilst the top part of the row wraps around to your chest. If you want more coverage on the outside, you can add some rows up to the part where the strap gets attached, but my chest fits in just fine without it looking wonky. I struggled with the pattern the last two days too, i posted a comment where I describe the construction, how i figured it out and how it works for me, maybe that will help too.
When you say measure from top of but to center I’m a little confused. Do you mean from the top to the nipple or from the nipple to the center of chest ? Thanks so much I’m excited to get started on such a beautiful top!
Heyy I mean from where you would want the cup to become a strap (so 'top' of the breast so to speak) to the nipple. This is where the square is, then you do the rows after that to make the rest of the shape. Hope that helps x
hi iabsolutly love the way this bralette looks and ive been woring on the cup but i ffel like i keep missig an important part of how you make the cup. The whole timme are you just working on 2 sides of it and not touchig the other sides?
Thank you and yes exactly! Once you have the initial square, you work along one more side and then turn at the end, working back along the two sides only. This is what increases the height of the cup. Hope that helps, just ask if anything else is confusing x
I dont undertsand where to stitch along. I wish you had pulled the camera back so we could see the whole piece because you dont verbalize it well at all. I made my first square, 20 rows like yours, then you say follow along the side. So i do. 20 rows. You end up with a piece thats shaped and i end up with two flat squares. So i try going along the side+ the top row that was just finished. Now its too cupped and square. I have no idea where i need to crochet if neither of those are the right answer. Ive replayed the vid so many times and im just not clueing in :/
Hi! Love this look, finally a full cup size. But I am having a terrible time with the band. Can someone explain why I'm getting a curved looking band instead of a straight flat look. Thanks
@@MadeleineShirley thank you so much for replying. The band literally takes the shape of a half moon 🌙. Even though all the rows have the same amount of stitches. Regards from Puerto Rico
@@prisg6280 Oh interesting! My first thought is maybe about tension, maybe crocheting tighter at one end than the other? Or maybe the end stitch on each row is being missed, although you have said you checked the number of stitches so that's unlikely. How about doing a small rectangle using the same technique (say just 20 stitches across each time) and see if you can get it to go straight when it is shorter? Then it might help you know if you are changing tensions when you are working on a longer piece or work out what is happening. I hope that helps a bit, it is tricky to think about what is happening without seeing it, but at least we can talk like this! Let me know how it goes x
That’s so sweet of you!!! I haven’t made this and I’m only a beginner at crochet, but I’m her size too and based on my experiences wearing different tops and bras I think you’d need to make a lot of adjustments to make this work if you want it to be a bralette. Otherwise she’d need to wear a bra underneath, which would still be nice, it would be a really cute top! Firstly, the pattern for the cups is the best crochet pattern I’ve seen (a lot of them aren’t curved enough). However, you’d probably need to adjust the types of stitches you use. Most crochet stretches quite a bit, which wouldn’t be good for support, so you’d need to find stitches that don’t really stretch and use them for the whole project. Also the straps are too thin, they’d probably dig in a lot and be quite painful. Lastly I worry that the band closure would get stretched out and not provide enough support. The band is ideally what provides most of the support, not the shoulder straps. I think that the thin ties and the way they’re woven in is just too prone to stretching. I’m not sure what the solution would be, but if you want to make one for her I think you’d need to combine elements from a few different patterns! Or another possibility is to add a fabric lining, I’ve seen people do that with crochet bags so they can carry more weight? You’d still need thicker straps and a more secure closure but you wouldn’t have to worry about the crochet stretching! And it would also allow you to add in a typical bra closure. However that means you’re basically sewing a bralette for a bigger bust, which isn’t easy either. So you’d have to do some research to make sure the lining is well constructed! I hope something here helps :)
I love this and love the bra cups, if your still answering comments I had a small question. How did the bottom of your bra cups come out so straight? Mine are slightly curved, I’m pretty sure I can still attach to the band but just curious so I could do better next time 💚 thank you in advance
Hey so glad you like it! There might be a bit of a curve as the shape is made to curve for a bigger cup, once you pin it across the bottom it should look straighter! Sure you did it perfectly 🙃
@@MadeleineShirley i cant find the written pattern and i’m rlly confused, i cant work out how to make the bottom of the cup after you’ve done the square
Hi again! Thank you very much for answering my last question. I'm having issues with creating the bra cup. When you say making them the same height and length do you mean making the same number of rows as stitches? As in for 21 hdc down the row I make 21 rows?
Hi again Julia! No problem at all and sorry I'm a bit slower responding this time 🙂 So I did this as a square by actual size (rather than number of rows). I did 20 chains to start and then needed 14 rows to get the same length, so if you do this by actual length too and your chain and row values aren't the same don't worry - it still looks right when you're done! If you decided to do the same number (21 hdc to start then 21 rows as you say) that will just give you more room for the upper part of the cup. It would also be wider around the lower part as you would then have more stitches to work around, so that might work as an adjustment for you! Hope that helps and anything else just ask x
@@MadeleineShirley thank you so much, I was very worried about getting the wrong shape. I cant wait to finish this piece! Thank you for sharing this with us :)
I love this too and I am a 34DDD so this is extremely helpful as I haven’t found other tops that fit me. I am going to use the Alize Diva stretch yarn (it’s a light fingering yarn) as I’ve already made bottoms for it with a 2.75mm hook. Is there anything I should adjust to make sure my gauge still works?
Hey glad you like it! If you're using a lighter weight yarn, I would simply increase the number of rows for the cup/ band and maybe do a thicker strap (sc row rather than chains perhaps) to give them more strength 💚
Hi thank you for this tutorial. What do you mean when you are crocheting the cup and you chain 20 and you say to make this to fit myself, the chain should measure the top of your bust to the center? Top? Center? What is the I tail point of measure? What part of the bust are we starting? Thanks
Hi, I mean to measure from the top of your bust (so where a strap would start on a bikini normally) to the nipple at the centre. So you are measuring the top half - this is the size of the square. Then the other rows fill out of the cup shape. Hope that helps? x
@@MadeleineShirley thank you!! I am sorry I should have read all the comments before I asked. I found the same question and once I realized it was the beginning where the strap starts I understand what part is what. I got eager 🤩 . I love this top I can’t wait to make it. 😘 thanks for you quick response.
Yes I think you could absolutely do it that way, the cups should still fit well even if its not a halter in my opinion! Could just do the same straps (or add a row of sc/hdc back along the chain for support/ padding on the shoulders) and attach straight over to the back band. Think it's a great idea! Let me know if you give it a go how it turns out 😊
Hey, I think I used about 3 and a half balls of 4ply cotton (they were 50g each so about 600m - hopefully you can convert that to yards!). Sorry to be a bit vague I made this a while ago and it was one of my first projects I shared as a tutorial, I was less organised with my process 😂
Hey, yes absolutely it should work fine - you will just need to make less rows than with a 4ply as it will work up quicker. Hope you enjoy making it, any questions just ask 😊
@@MadeleineShirley Thank you! Since the yarn is 8ply while the yarn you use is 4 ply, would I only need half of the rows then? Or would that make it too small?
I don't know why I'm so confused on how you went from a square to the bra shaped cup I'm currently on the two sides going back and forth making the rows and I don't know if it's going to make that bra cup shape
Hey it becomes like a triangle bikini cup shape once you are working into the two sides, it can be a bit strange to imagine before you get to that bit! Have you managed to get it to the right size for you? 😊
@@MadeleineShirley yes! I couldn't understand it at first it really had me so confused lol I rewinded it so many times to see if I was missing something but I got it! I'm currently working in the band portion and I'm so excited to see the finished product!
@@MadeleineShirley just wanted to come back and update you! I absolutley love the shape and everything about this top! It was so fun to make and I will be making multiple tops just like this one! I Absolutley love it! Thank you so much for the tutorial !
Amazing tutorial! I can never find any that will work for my size chest so this was extremely helpful!! Thank you!!
Thanks Sarah I'm so glad it's helpful for you! I have the same problem normally so I totally understand😂 I'm also just about to post some written instructions today to go along with this at www.mscrafts.co.uk, might be useful as you go along so thought I would share x
Thanks for making this video. Its so hard to find one that will work for my size. Wish there was more out there
@@Amanda-iw5po so glad it's helpful for you! 💙
Great pattern! First time a cup doesnt look weird in my size. I was a little confused on how it works too tho, so i figured id describe where my block in understanding was and how it fell into place for me, to maybe help some who are also confused:
So you have your rectangle finished, measures in width and lenght the same. For me that was at 34 chained and 26 rows. You now go into the side of your rectangle and hdc down your rows, in the same amount, so for me it was 26hdc.
Now you turn your work, work this row back plus the row on top, where you started down the side. So for me 26hdc + 34hdc = 60hdc overall. This will become THE BOTTOM of you cup. So the triangular shape you see on top, where the strap gets attached, thats basically the rest of the rectangle you worked before. The 26hdc-row goes on the outside of your breast, the 34hdc-row wraps to the middle of your chest and the triangular shape of the original rectangle goes on top. So you add as many (for me) 60hdc rows until it covers you underboob, then you can add decorative stuff on the sides, or more rows for more coverage or whatever. Hope this helps some people!
Also: you can find the written out pattern on her page pretty easily, the problem is her handle is not madeleineshirleycrafts, just madeleineshirley. The written out pattern didnt help my confusion much, but i was able to get a closer look at the pic of the bikini and figure it out that way
Thank you so so much for making this tutorial! I used a weight 2 yarn (cotton bamboo blend) with the hooksize you recomended, and it turned out amazing! Its so easy to tweek the pattern a little to make it fit you. This is probably going to be the base for most of my bralettes going foreward.
Oh amazing so glad you enjoyed it 💙
I started to crochet solely for this, having tried to squeeze into bras and bralettes forever
Oh that's amazing! Hope you enjoy making it and it fits great 💙
@@MadeleineShirley It did, I only actually used it for the cup adjustment :-) I freestyled the rest, and it turned out great.
Hi! I love the look of the bralette, great tutorial! Working on it right now :)
Thanks Anna so glad you like it! Just ask if you have any questions x
Im around a DDD cup, so excited to try this out! I love bralettes and halter tops but my breasts are always too big for the cups. Im hoping this will accomodate them better without the band not laying against my ribs.
You seem like a very lovely person. I very much enjoyed watching this. This top is super cute! Thank you for posting!
Thank you Amanda that's so kind of you to say! Really glad you like the top x
Omg thanksssss, its so hard to find a good pattern for a bigger chest and this one is sooo good❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I try this out, it came out amazing, thank you.
You're very welcome, so glad you like it x
Great tutorial! One question though. When you've made the square and start adding the bottom part of the cup, you do 1 hdc in each row. But doesn't that mean that you end up with a square with 21 hdc on one side and only 14 on the other? Won't that look wonky? Or am I worrying over nothing and you can't actually tell on the finished piece?
i have this same question. i’ve been trying to figure it out by trial and error but i just can’t seem to get it right
The row side in which you hdc into forms the outside of the cup, whilst the top part of the row wraps around to your chest. If you want more coverage on the outside, you can add some rows up to the part where the strap gets attached, but my chest fits in just fine without it looking wonky. I struggled with the pattern the last two days too, i posted a comment where I describe the construction, how i figured it out and how it works for me, maybe that will help too.
When you say measure from top of but to center I’m a little confused. Do you mean from the top to the nipple or from the nipple to the center of chest ? Thanks so much I’m excited to get started on such a beautiful top!
Heyy I mean from where you would want the cup to become a strap (so 'top' of the breast so to speak) to the nipple. This is where the square is, then you do the rows after that to make the rest of the shape. Hope that helps x
@@MadeleineShirley yes thank you so much for clearing that up for me!!! I'm working on it now can't wait to finish it's a beautiful pattern.
Thank God u asked the same question I had. So I didn't have to wait for an answe😅❤️😭
What a pretty top!
Thank You so much very clear directions.❤❤❤❤
hi iabsolutly love the way this bralette looks and ive been woring on the cup but i ffel like i keep missig an important part of how you make the cup. The whole timme are you just working on 2 sides of it and not touchig the other sides?
Thank you and yes exactly! Once you have the initial square, you work along one more side and then turn at the end, working back along the two sides only. This is what increases the height of the cup. Hope that helps, just ask if anything else is confusing x
Hi, if the width is equal to the length, does that mean if I chain 40 then the length of the square will be 40?
I dont undertsand where to stitch along. I wish you had pulled the camera back so we could see the whole piece because you dont verbalize it well at all. I made my first square, 20 rows like yours, then you say follow along the side. So i do. 20 rows. You end up with a piece thats shaped and i end up with two flat squares. So i try going along the side+ the top row that was just finished. Now its too cupped and square. I have no idea where i need to crochet if neither of those are the right answer. Ive replayed the vid so many times and im just not clueing in :/
Hi! Love this look, finally a full cup size. But I am having a terrible time with the band. Can someone explain why I'm getting a curved looking band instead of a straight flat look. Thanks
Thank you so glad you like it! Can you explain what you mean by it looking curved, like the edges arent straight or the band curls up? 🤔
@@MadeleineShirley thank you so much for replying. The band literally takes the shape of a half moon 🌙. Even though all the rows have the same amount of stitches. Regards from Puerto Rico
@@prisg6280 Oh interesting! My first thought is maybe about tension, maybe crocheting tighter at one end than the other? Or maybe the end stitch on each row is being missed, although you have said you checked the number of stitches so that's unlikely. How about doing a small rectangle using the same technique (say just 20 stitches across each time) and see if you can get it to go straight when it is shorter? Then it might help you know if you are changing tensions when you are working on a longer piece or work out what is happening. I hope that helps a bit, it is tricky to think about what is happening without seeing it, but at least we can talk like this! Let me know how it goes x
I love this top! Thank you!
Aw thank you glad you like it 💙
My girlfriend wears a G cup and I want to make her one of these, do you think this pattern will still work?
That’s so sweet of you!!! I haven’t made this and I’m only a beginner at crochet, but I’m her size too and based on my experiences wearing different tops and bras I think you’d need to make a lot of adjustments to make this work if you want it to be a bralette. Otherwise she’d need to wear a bra underneath, which would still be nice, it would be a really cute top! Firstly, the pattern for the cups is the best crochet pattern I’ve seen (a lot of them aren’t curved enough). However, you’d probably need to adjust the types of stitches you use. Most crochet stretches quite a bit, which wouldn’t be good for support, so you’d need to find stitches that don’t really stretch and use them for the whole project. Also the straps are too thin, they’d probably dig in a lot and be quite painful. Lastly I worry that the band closure would get stretched out and not provide enough support. The band is ideally what provides most of the support, not the shoulder straps. I think that the thin ties and the way they’re woven in is just too prone to stretching. I’m not sure what the solution would be, but if you want to make one for her I think you’d need to combine elements from a few different patterns! Or another possibility is to add a fabric lining, I’ve seen people do that with crochet bags so they can carry more weight? You’d still need thicker straps and a more secure closure but you wouldn’t have to worry about the crochet stretching! And it would also allow you to add in a typical bra closure. However that means you’re basically sewing a bralette for a bigger bust, which isn’t easy either. So you’d have to do some research to make sure the lining is well constructed! I hope something here helps :)
Omg I'm so excited to make this!!!
Yay I hope you love it 💙
I love this and love the bra cups, if your still answering comments I had a small question. How did the bottom of your bra cups come out so straight? Mine are slightly curved, I’m pretty sure I can still attach to the band but just curious so I could do better next time 💚 thank you in advance
Hey so glad you like it! There might be a bit of a curve as the shape is made to curve for a bigger cup, once you pin it across the bottom it should look straighter! Sure you did it perfectly 🙃
Okay thank you! Yours just looked so straight so I wasn’t sure 😂💚
Is there a written pattern? I’m having such a hard time with the shape being too rectangular
Yes! On my Instagram (Madeleine Shirley Crafts) I have the free written instructions to go along with the tutorial. Hope they help x
@@MadeleineShirley i cant find the written pattern and i’m rlly confused, i cant work out how to make the bottom of the cup after you’ve done the square
Hello. Thank you for the tutorial! I have some issues with the bra cup. When you worked with two sides of square you added new stitches in each row?
Hey! I didn't do any increases for the rows working around the two sides of the square, just one hdc into each stitch. Hope that helps x
@@MadeleineShirleythank you very much! I managed to knit a cup!
Hi again! Thank you very much for answering my last question. I'm having issues with creating the bra cup. When you say making them the same height and length do you mean making the same number of rows as stitches? As in for 21 hdc down the row I make 21 rows?
Hi again Julia! No problem at all and sorry I'm a bit slower responding this time 🙂 So I did this as a square by actual size (rather than number of rows). I did 20 chains to start and then needed 14 rows to get the same length, so if you do this by actual length too and your chain and row values aren't the same don't worry - it still looks right when you're done! If you decided to do the same number (21 hdc to start then 21 rows as you say) that will just give you more room for the upper part of the cup. It would also be wider around the lower part as you would then have more stitches to work around, so that might work as an adjustment for you! Hope that helps and anything else just ask x
@@MadeleineShirley thank you so much, I was very worried about getting the wrong shape. I cant wait to finish this piece! Thank you for sharing this with us :)
I love this too and I am a 34DDD so this is extremely helpful as I haven’t found other tops that fit me. I am going to use the Alize Diva stretch yarn (it’s a light fingering yarn) as I’ve already made bottoms for it with a 2.75mm hook. Is there anything I should adjust to make sure my gauge still works?
Hey glad you like it! If you're using a lighter weight yarn, I would simply increase the number of rows for the cup/ band and maybe do a thicker strap (sc row rather than chains perhaps) to give them more strength 💚
Lovely shape!
Thank you x
Hi there!! Great tutorial!! I have just pressed the subscribe button!! You have a new Fan!! Kind regards from South Africa 🥰🧶
Hi Paula so pleased you like it! Thank you so much 💜
Hi thank you for this tutorial.
What do you mean when you are crocheting the cup and you chain 20 and you say to make this to fit myself, the chain should measure the top of your bust to the center? Top? Center? What is the I tail point of measure? What part of the bust are we starting?
Thanks
Hi, I mean to measure from the top of your bust (so where a strap would start on a bikini normally) to the nipple at the centre. So you are measuring the top half - this is the size of the square. Then the other rows fill out of the cup shape. Hope that helps? x
@@MadeleineShirley thank you!! I am sorry I should have read all the comments before I asked. I found the same question and once I realized it was the beginning where the strap starts I understand what part is what. I got eager 🤩 . I love this top I can’t wait to make it. 😘 thanks for you quick response.
@@dianeespinoza8647 that's okay I don't mind at all! Hope you have fun making it! 👙 x
The yarn your working with looks like a 3 weight. Is it possible to make this with Truboo yarn?
Omg thx ! I had a hard time doing those for my size T.T
Thanks so glad you like it x
Is there a way to use this type of cup to make the back regular straps instead of a halter?
Yes I think you could absolutely do it that way, the cups should still fit well even if its not a halter in my opinion! Could just do the same straps (or add a row of sc/hdc back along the chain for support/ padding on the shoulders) and attach straight over to the back band. Think it's a great idea! Let me know if you give it a go how it turns out 😊
how many yards of yarn did you use? i'm not sure how much to order from the same dye lot in order to complete the top
Hey, I think I used about 3 and a half balls of 4ply cotton (they were 50g each so about 600m - hopefully you can convert that to yards!). Sorry to be a bit vague I made this a while ago and it was one of my first projects I shared as a tutorial, I was less organised with my process 😂
Does anyone have pictures of their finished product being worn? I'm half way through this pattern but would like to see other's finished products
I'd love to as well! I have Instagram too so you can tag me on there if you'd like, would love to see yours when its done 🙂
Hey I have a question, the smallest yarn I have rn is a Weight 3, (8ply) yarn, would that yarn be good be for this?
Hey, yes absolutely it should work fine - you will just need to make less rows than with a 4ply as it will work up quicker. Hope you enjoy making it, any questions just ask 😊
@@MadeleineShirley Thank you! Since the yarn is 8ply while the yarn you use is 4 ply, would I only need half of the rows then? Or would that make it too small?
@@kimititan2658 Hi sorry I must have missed your reply! Just spotted it. How did it go with the 8ply? Hopefully you managed to make it work for you 😊
@@MadeleineShirley It's alright and I'm still working on it and stuff, a lot has been happening and stuff, but thank you ^^
so beautiful!! can i ask what weight yarn and size hook you used
Description says 4ply or worsted/medium weight and a 3.5mm hook :)
Heyy sorry I'm a bit slow, seems Micah beat me to it (thanks Micah!) Hope you enjoy making it💙
@@MadeleineShirley 💗💗
Hi I’m sorry if I missed it but what size hook did you use?
Hey I used a 3.5mm x
I don't know why I'm so confused on how you went from a square to the bra shaped cup I'm currently on the two sides going back and forth making the rows and I don't know if it's going to make that bra cup shape
Hey it becomes like a triangle bikini cup shape once you are working into the two sides, it can be a bit strange to imagine before you get to that bit! Have you managed to get it to the right size for you? 😊
@@MadeleineShirley yes! I couldn't understand it at first it really had me so confused lol I rewinded it so many times to see if I was missing something but I got it! I'm currently working in the band portion and I'm so excited to see the finished product!
@@ashleyelizabeth9303 amazing well done for figuring it out! Hope you love it once you're done!
@@MadeleineShirley just wanted to come back and update you! I absolutley love the shape and everything about this top! It was so fun to make and I will be making multiple tops just like this one! I Absolutley love it! Thank you so much for the tutorial !
@@ashleyelizabeth9303 fantastic!💙💙
Its a shame when all you can find on here are cup sizes that fit skinny girls 🤪 … this is the first that actually looks like a cup i could fit into 😅
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This has made me so confused 😂
Oh no what part?? 🤣
Very confusing. And too much talking. Sorry. Other then that ,its ok. Ill do my own fashion way. Sorry.