You will look like Mariah Carey in this cropped Mariah Top! This is a great crochet tank to wear to the beach to show off your tan. Free crochet patterns like this are so much fun to make.

To start the collection of summer tunics, it's important to choose one that's both easy and attractive. To this end, this V-neck beauty is an oversized, casual showpiece. Not only can you adjust the size, but the thickness of the texture as well.

However, it isn't all V's. Indeed, a full neck line also needs to be represented among the summer tunics. That said, here is one that has both a full neck line, yet is light and airy and perfect for a hot day.

Undoubtedly, some of the best summer tunics need to be askew. Thus, the tilted tunic is a great project with a skewed bottom edge to give it a jaunty and playful apearance. Thus, it will be a great top to put on over jeans, as shown, or over some slacks.

Here is another comparatively very popular pattern, which can easily be changed into various beautiful halter tops of a standard or differing lengths. As an illustration, the project photographed is made with Alize Miss Batik yarn. Pattern designed by Girlie D. de los Reyes.

Next, the little grace top is an absolute joy and one of the simplest halter tops. This wonderful piece is a fun, playful and slightly naughty one tied at the back and simply perfect for sun, surf and sand.

No list of summer tunics would be complete without one sporting a diagonal or diamond lower hem. Thus, here is the summer beauty tunic with a beautiful and very subtle patterning of voids to give it a gentle, almost geometric texture.

That said, for those of us who like to wear a bit less or when we're in that “flaunt it if you got it” mood, this project is an ideal solution. Among our collection of halter tops, it's a particularly fun project and a wonderful base for customization. A pattern perfect for hot summer days.

Next, it seems that V-necks are the thing to do with the best summer tunics. Consequently, here is one with a wonderful edge and tie at the V-neck as well as a fabulous striated texture that needs no polychromy.