​Elegant Crochet Jacket

You’ll need:

500-600g of Novita Bambu yarn of beige color (68% bamboo, 32% cotton);

Crochet hook 3;

8 buttons.

Size

Chest circumference: 120 cm;

Length: 64 cm;

Inner length of sleeve: 47 cm.

Instructions

At first, make pattern design in natural size.

Back

Make 172 chain sts and work with the main pattern due to the scheme 1.

At 39 cm height, decrease 1,5 pattern repeat from both sides and continue work due to the scheme 2. Match all the increases and decreases with pattern design.

At 25 cm of arm-hole, make the 8^th row of the scheme and cut the yarn. Make another side in the same way, but don’t cut the yarn, make the 8^th row of the scheme along the edges of the detail (at first, one shoulder, then, another one).

Left Front

Make 84 chain sts and work with the main pattern. Make decreases due to the scheme 2. At 25 cm of arm-hole make the 8^th row of the scheme and cut the yarn. Fasten the front edge of the detail with the 1^st -3^rd rows of the main pattern.

Right Front

In symmetry with left front.

Sleeves

Make 76 chain sts and work due to the scheme 3.

Make decreases due to the scheme 2 and your pattern design.

Assembly

Collectallyourdetails. Make a collar by means of double crochets and fasten the edges of your jacket, leaving holes for buttons.