Beige and Blue Crochet Jacket
You’ll need:
400g of medium weight yarn (100% acryl) in beige color;
350g of the same yarn, but in light-blue color;
Crochet hook 4;
Beige zipper.
Size: M.
Stitches control: 14 sts = 10 cm.
Side of motif = approx. 9 cm.
Instructions
Back and Front
Make as one-piece cloth. Make 113 chain sts with beige yarn and work due to the scheme 1, alternating the colors of yarn. At 23 cm height, mark 23 sts for each half of front, 3 sts for each arm-hole and 61 sts for back. Continue work on 23 sts of right front. At 13 cm height from the beginning of arm-hole, bind off 4 sts for neck-hole and decrease 2 x 2 sts and 2 x 1 st in every 2nd row. At 44 cm height, after getting 14 sts for shoulder, finish your work. Make left front in symmetry to the right. Turn to 61 sts of back. At 44 cm height, after getting 14 sts for each shoulder, finish your work.
Sleeves
Make 33 chain sts with beige yarn and work due to the scheme 1, increase 9 x 1st in every 4th row from both sides, alternating the colors of yarn= 51 sts. Total height is about 45 cm.
Motifs
Make 20 motifs due to the scheme 3. Make 2 light-blue rows and 2 beige rows in half of them. Alternate the color of yarn in reversed order in the rest motifs.
Assembly
Connect 10 motifs, alternate their colors, and sew them to the bottom of work, leave 1 motif open from the right side. Connect 4 motifs and sew them to the edge of right front, connecting them with the rest motifs of the bottom edge in the same way. Sew 3 motifs to the bottom edge of each sleeve, connect them between one another. Make side seams and sew up the sleeves in the arm-holes. For collar, make 9 rows of single crochets along neck-hole with beige yarn. Make bottom edge of work in the same way. Fasten edge of left front with 2 rows of single crochets with beige yarn. Fasten edge of right front, neck-hole, and bottom edge of sleeves with 1 row of single crochets with beige yarn. Sew zipper.