Light Crochet Jacket
You’ll need:
350g of dark-grey (# 26) Alpina Roland yarn (100% alpaca; 200m/50g);
50g of the same yarn, but in light-grey (# 25);
Crochet hooks 2 and 2,5.
Size: S.
Used Patterns
Net pattern: due to the scheme 1, with crochet hook 2,5 and dark-grey yarn. Repeat 1st-2nd rows.
Flower (make 2): due to the scheme 2, work with crochet hook 2 and light-grey yarn. Make 10 chain sts and 1st-2nd rows for the center of flower. Then, make 3rd-5th rows due to the scheme for petals. Fasten the edges of petals with “shrimp stitch”.
Leaf (make 4): work due to the scheme 3 with crochet hook2 and light-grey yarn.
“Shell”: due to the scheme 4 with crochet hook 2 and light-grey yarn.
Stitches control: 41 sts x 8 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Right Front
Make 25 chain sts with dark-grey yarn and crochet hook 2,5 and work due to the scheme 1. In 16 cm = 13 rows from the beginning of work, increase 3 sts in every row from both sides. In 22 cm = 18 rows from the beginning of work, continue making increases for neck-hole. In 33 cm = 27 rows from the set-up row, work without increases. In 87 cm = 71 rows from the beginning of work, leave your work.
Left Front
Make in symmetry to the right front.
Back
Make 25 chain sts with crochet hook 2,5 and dark-grey yarn and work due to the scheme 1. In 5 cm = 4 rows from the beginning of work, increase 3 sts from one side and leave your work. For second shoulder, make 25 chain sts. In 4 cm = 4 rows from the beginning of work, increase 3 sts from both sides for neck-hole. Connect the details between each other in the next row, make 84 chain sts. In 16 cm = 13 rows from the beginning of work, increase 3 sts in every row from both sides for arm-holes. In 22 cm = 18 rows from the beginning of work, continue work without increases. In 87 cm = 71 rows from the beginning of work, leave it.
Sleeves
Make 31 chain sts with crochet hook 2,5 and light-grey yarn and work due to the scheme 1. For sleeve cap, increase 3 sts in every row from both sides. In 18 cm = 13 rows from the beginning of work, continue work without increases. In 48 cm = 39 rows from the beginning of work without increases, finish your work.
Assembly
Make shoulder seams. Sew up the sleeves. Make side and sleeve seams. Make 1 row of single crochets and 2 rows of half-crochets along the edges of front and back neck-hole. Make 1 row of single crochets with picots (in every 4 single crochets) along the lower edge of jacket and sleeves. Make 2 flowers due to the scheme 2 and 4 leaves due to the scheme 3 with light-grey yarn and crochet hook 2. Sew them to the edges of front. Decorate the bottom of jacket and sleeves with “shells”.