Crocheted Jacket

For details see First Stitches, pages 10–11

MATERIALS

SUNLIGHT Shetland Floss

6 skeins light shade of brown

2 skeins darker shade of brown

1 Amber Crochet Hook, No. 5

1½ yards brown Ribbon, 1 inch wide

INSTRUCTIONS

This jacket is crocheted in a pretty stitch and trimmed with ribbon around neck.

Begin at bottom of back, take the light shade of brown and make a chain of 96 stitches (rather tight).

1st row: Make 1 single crochet on the chain. When taking up the loop for the single crochet make it a little longer than usual and repeat this through the work.

Make 1 chain rather tight (this one chain must always be made tight), skip 1 stitch on the chain and make another single crochet, then repeat, making 1 chain and 1 single crochet in every other stitch on the chain. Make 48 single crochet on 1st row, at end of row make 1 chain, turn.

2nd row: Make 1 single crochet in 1st space, that is, below top and through 1st loop of the single crochet on preceding row.

* Make 1 chain, then make 1 single crochet, taking up below top and through 1st loop of the next single crochet on preceding row and repeat from *, ending row with 1 chain, turn. Repeat 2nd row for the work.

Make 21 rows.

Increase 1 stitch on each side of back every other row, 5 times.

To increase: Make 1 chain and 1 single crochet twice in same place.

Add 22 stitches (chain of 44) on each side of back for the sleeves.

Next row: Make 24 single crochet, increase 1 stitch and repeat this in every 9th stitch (single crochet) 6 more times, then finish the row same as at start.

Make 3 rows.

Next row: Make 25 single crochet, increase 1 stitch and make this increase to correspond on other end of row.

Repeat this increase of 2 stitches on every 5th row, 3 more times (20 rows from start of sleeve).

Decrease 3 stitches on next row: 1 stitch in center of back and 1 stitch on each side, 10 stitches from center.

To decrease: Skip 1 chain and 1 single crochet.

Make 1 row.

Decrease 4 stitches next row at center of back, having 5 stitches between each decrease (110 stitches across).

Take 44 stitches (single crochet) for each sleeve; that will leave 22 stitches for neck.

Make 3 rows for shoulder.

Increase at neck, 1 stitch every other row, 7 times.

Make 7 rows.

Leave 22 stitches for the sleeve (29 stitches across), and make 30 rows for the length of front part.

120Make other front part to correspond.

Sew garment together.

Make 1 row in the same stitch and same shade around neck, along front edges, at bottom of jacket and also around the sleeves. Omit the one chain between the single crochet at neck in back of garment.

Make 1 row (light shade) around neck, starting at last increase on front edge: Make 1 treble crochet loose and 1 chain tight, taking up in every stitch (single crochet) on preceding row. This row is for the ribbon.

Make border in the darker shade of brown: Make 5 rows in the same stitch all around garment, increasing 1 stitch every row in each corner. Increase 3 stitches on each side below neck at the last increase on front edge. Make 5 rows around sleeves.

Finish off all the edges with 1 row in the lighter shade.

Pull the ribbon through at neck, having 2 treble crochet over and 1 under.

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