This is my second top. This time I’m using acrylic yarn. It’s more stiff so I went down to a 4.5 hook. I also felt that my first top had cups that were too big so I made the first cup with 18 stitches on each side of the center stitch to make it slightly smaller. The finished cup seemed too small, so when I was crocheting the second cup I went ahead and added the extra row with 19 stitches on each side of the center stitch. I came back to the first cup, frogged the trim, added another row to make it match the second cup, then put the trim on it again.

I also decided that I would like a tiny bit more length because my smaller hook makes the stitches a little tighter. I added in an extra row of sc both times the body portion required rows of sc.

For the straps I held two strands of yarn together and chained.