The Marinna Tee is a lightweight summer crochet top, made with a fingering (#1) cotton blend yarn. It’s a perfect top for spring and summer!

Woman wearing a summer crochet top, called the Marinna Tee.
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Back details of the summer crochet top, Marinna Tee.

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Close up of the lace detailing of a summer crochet top called the Marinna Tee.

Pattern Details

The Marinna Tee crochet pattern is worked from the bottom up, in the round. Then, is split into two panels and seamed at the shoulders to create the armholes.

It features the herringbone double crochet stitch and a lacy chain stitch combo at the top.

This summer crochet top pattern comes with instructions for women’s sizes XS through 5X.

Woman wearing a summer crochet top, called the Marinna Tee.

The Yarn

For this project I used WeCrochet Comfy Fingering (#1) yarn. This yarn is 75% Pima cotton, 25% acrylic. It is soft and very comfortable against the skin.

Comfy Fingering comes in a fairly large variety of colors and can be machine washed and dried.

Check out my review on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aeM-5yRJIh8

A few other yarn options for this summer crochet top are:

Stroll: 75% superwash merino wool, 25% nylon

Hobbii Rainbow 8/4 cotton: 100% cotton

Premier Cotton Collage: 46% Cotton, 33% Superwash Fine Merino, 12% Polyamide, 9% PBT

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Love this pattern? You may also like some of these other summer crochet top patterns using the herringbone double crochet stitch.

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summer crochet tee pattern using fingerling weight yarn

Marinna Tee

Copyright © 2025 Michelle Ferguson – Two Brothers Blankets

All rights reserved. No part of this pattern may be reproduced, sold, or tampered with, in any form or by any means, without permission from the publisher.

Items produced from these patterns may be sold, but the patterns themselves may not be sold, shared, or altered in any way.

Yarn:

4-8 skeins WeCrochet Comfy Fingering (#1)

75% Pima Cotton, 25% acrylic

50g/218 yards

Hook:

G (4.0mm) crochet hook or hook to obtain gauge

Other Materials:

Scissors

Measuring Tape

Yarn Needle

Gauge:

15 hbdc x 12 rows = 4”

Pattern Difficulty:

Intermediate

Stitches Needed & Abbreviations

ch(s) – chain(s)

st(s) – stitch(es)

hbdc – herringbone double crochet

sc – single crochet

Lch – long chain – pull up a loop about the length of a dc, chain 1

* – repeat from

RS- right side

Sizing:

SizeBust CircumferenceFinished CircumferenceFinished LengthYardage
XS28-30”32-33”22.6”790
Small32-34”36-37”23.3”888
Medium36-38”40-41”24.6”987
Large40-42”44-45”24.6”1086
XL44-46”48-49”26”1184
2X48-50”52-53”26”1283
3X52-54”56-57”27.3”1382
4X56-58”60-61”27.3”1480
5X60-62”64-65”27.3”1580

Pattern Notes:

Top is worked from the bottom up, in the round, and then split into two panels to create the armholes.

Starting chain does not count as first stitch, unless stated otherwise within the pattern.

Long chain = pull up a loop about the length of a dc, chain one.

Herringbone double crochet = yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through stitch and one loop, yarn over, pull through one loop, yarn over, pull through both loops. Stitch tutorial: https://youtu.be/6Q22VL3ns7w

Stitch count is worked in a multiple of 2. However, when splitting in half for two panels, that number must be an odd number.

Pattern is written in smallest size with additional sizes in parentheses as follows: XS (S, M, L, XL)(2X, 3X, 4X, 5X). Final stitch count for ALL sizes will be in parentheses at the end of each round/row.

If you plan to block your garment, block your gauge swatch before measuring.

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Marinna Tee Crochet Pattern:

Bottom

Ch 124(140, 152, 168,184)(196, 212, 228, 244)

Round 1: (RS) hbdc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch across, join to 1st st. (122, 138, 150, 166, 182)(194, 210, 226, 242) hbdc

Round 2: Lch, turn, 1 hbdc in each st around, join to 1st st. (122, 138, 150, 166, 182)(194, 210, 226, 242 hbdc)

Rounds 3-50 (52, 52, 52)(52, 52, 52, 52): Repeat round 2. (122, 138, 150, 166)(182, 194, 210, 226, 242) hbdc

Do not fasten off. Move on to Back Panel section.

Back Panel

Row 1: (RS) Lch, turn, 1 hbdc in 1st st and next 60(68, 74, 82)(90, 96, 104, 112, 120) sts. (61, 69, 75, 83, 91)(97, 105, 113, 121 hbdc)

Row 2: Lch, turn, 1 hbdc in each st across. (61, 69, 75, 83, 91)(97, 105, 113, 121 hbdc)

Row 3: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in 1st st, *ch 2, skip 1 st, sc in next; repeat from * across. (30, 34, 37, 41, 45)(48, 52, 56, 60 ch spaces)

Row 4: ch 1, turn, sc in 1st st, *ch 2, sc around next ch space; repeat from * across. (30, 34, 37, 41, 45)(48, 52, 56, 60 ch spaces)

Row 5: Lch, turn, 2 hbdc in each ch space across, 1 hbdc in last st. (61, 69, 75, 83, 91)(97, 105, 113, 121 hbdc)

Row 6: Lch, turn, 1 hbdc in each st across. (61, 69, 75, 83, 91)(97, 105, 113, 121 hbdc)

Rows 7-18 (18, 22, 22)(26, 26, 30, 30): repeat rows 3-6.

Fasten off. Move on to Front Panel Section.

Front Panel

Join yarn to next unworked stitch from bottom, facing RS.

Row 1: Lch, 1 hbdc in 1st st and next 60(68, 74, 82, 90)(96, 104, 112, 120) sts. (61, 69, 75, 83, 91)(97, 105, 113, 121) hbdc

Rows 2-6: Lch, turn, 1 hbdc in each st across. (61, 69, 75, 83)(91, 97, 105, 113, 121) hbdc

Row 7: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in 1st st, *ch 2, skip 1 st, sc in next st; repeat from * across. (30, 34, 37, 41, 45)(48, 52, 56, 60) ch spaces

Row 8: ch 1, turn, sc in 1st st, *ch 2, sc around next ch space; repeat from * across. (30, 34, 37, 41, 45)(48, 52, 56, 60) ch spaces

Row 9: Lch, turn, 2 hbdc in each ch space across, 1 hbdc in last st. (61, 69, 75, 83, 91)(97, 105, 113, 121) hbdc

Row 10: Lch, turn, 1 hbdc in each st across. (61, 69, 75, 83, 91)(97, 105, 113, 121) hbdc

Rows 11-18(18, 22, 22)(26, 26, 30, 30): repeat rows 7-10.

Do not fasten off. Move on to Shoulder Seaming section.

Shoulder Seaming

Turn garment inside out.

With yarn and crochet hook:

Slip st through stitches of both panels for 20 (20, 24, 24, 28)( 28, 32, 32, 36) sts or desired number (head needs to fit through opening). Fasten off. Join yarn to first stitch of other side. Repeat the slip stitches on that side.

Fasten off. Turn facing RS.

Optional Armhole Trim

Join yarn to bottom corner of armhole, facing right side.

Round 1: ch 1, sc evenly around entire armhole, join to 1st st. (st count may vary)

Rounds 2-3: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in each st around, join to 1st st. (st count may vary)

Fasten off. Weave in all ends. Block if needed.

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