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Ever want to crochet a cute bralette, bikini top, or cute tank top but get intimidated trying to make the bra cup? I used to avoid or throw away my crochet ideas during the summer because I was so intimidated by this step. After a few different tries, I found a method that has worked for me every time and it’s super simple.
I recently had the chance to use this method for my Heatherette Bralette crochet pattern and it worked beautifully. All you have to do after this step is make a cute band to fit your under-bust.
Follow along below to learn these easy tricks to help you crochet a bra cup for any size!
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Crochet Bra Materials:
To get started, here’s what you’ll need to crochet each bra cup.
- Yarn – you can use any type of yarn but for bra cups I recommend a lighter weight yarn to minimize gaps in the fabric. I personally love WeCrochet Shine Sport.
- Hook – always check your yarn label to see what the recommended hook size is. I like to use smaller hooks for bra cups to minimize gaps. I usually stick to a 3.5mm or 4.0mm hook. In this tutorial, I use a 3.5mm Furls Odyssey hook.
- Measuring Tape – you’ll need this to measure out your starting chain and may want it to measure your ending bra cup as well.
- Scissors
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Getting Started:
First, you’ll want to use your measuring tape and measure from the bottom of your breast to the center of your nipple. You will want to create a starting chain of this length.
Using this measurement as a base allows you to build up the height and length equally to create a symmetrical bra cup. You can see below I am using a bralette I made previously as an example to show how to measure this section.
Once you have your starting chain, single crochet in the second stitch from your hook (you can also use hdc, dc, or another stitch of your choosing). Single crochet in each stitch across until the last stitch. In the last stitch work one single crochet, ch1 and single crochet in the same stitch. This creates the ‘corner’ of the bra cup. Working along the bottom side of your starting chain, single crochet in the next stitch and each stitch across to the end. Chain one and turn.
For each row on you will single crochet in each stitch and (single crochet, chain one, single crochet) in each corner stitch, followed by a single crochet in each stitch along the other side all the way to the end. Then chain one and turn.
Repeat this process as many times as needed until you have the bra cup size needed.
You can see below the difference and transformation you’ll see from first starting the bra cup up until the finished bra cup.
Video Tutorial:
You can follow the video tutorial below to watch how to start your bra cup and how the process will work.
Looking for a pattern using this method? Check out our Heatherette Bralette below!
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