Pattern Description: Crochet Jacket with Pockets
Sizes
36/38 (40/42) 44/46
You Will Need
- Yarn (100% pure wool; 115 m/50 g) – 450 (500) 500 g light gray and 50 g each of pale pink and light green
- 4 mm crochet hook
- 7 silver buttons in a national style (about 12 mm diameter)
Stitch Patterns and Charts
Main Stitch
Work in hdc. Begin each row with 2 turning chains instead of the first hdc, and end with 1 hdc worked into the last turning chain of the previous row.
Pocket Lining
With light green yarn, chain 18 + 2 turning chains and work in the main stitch. After 6.5 cm = 9 rows from the starting row, fasten off.
Shells
*1 sc, skip 2 sts of the previous row, 5 dc into the next st, skip 2 sts; repeat from * across.
Make 2 pieces.
Gauge
17 sts x 13.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Schematic
Instructions
Back
With light green yarn, chain 74 (81) 88 + 2 turning chains and work 1 right-side row in the main stitch for the band. Continue with light gray yarn, again starting with 1 right-side row.
After 31 (30) 29 cm from the starting row, for the armholes bind off 4 sts on both sides, then in every following row 1 x 3 sts and 1 x 2 sts = 56 (63) 70 sts.
After 49 cm from the starting row, for the neckline bind off the center 26 (27) 26 sts, and on the remaining 15 (18) 22 shoulder sts, fasten off at 50 cm from the starting row.
Left Front
With light green yarn, chain 38 (42) 46 + 2 turning chains and continue as for the back.
For the pocket opening, after 6.5 cm = 9 rows from the starting row, work the center 18 sts in light green yarn on the next right-side row. On the next wrong-side row, leave the light green sts and instead continue working on the pocket lining sts.
Work the armhole decreases along the right edge as for the back = 29 (33) 37 sts.
After 36 cm from the starting row, bind off 11 (12) 12 sts along the left edge for the neckline.
For the inner edge shaping, bind off 3 x 1 st in every row.
On the remaining 15 (18)
22 shoulder sts, fasten off at the same height as the back.
Right Front
Work the same as the left front, but mirrored.
Sleeves
With light green yarn, for each sleeve chain 33 (35) 37 + 2 turning chains and work in the main stitch.
After 1.5 cm = 2 rows from the starting row, continue with light gray yarn.
After 7 cm from the starting row, increase 1 st on both sides for the sleeve shaping, then alternately in every 4th and 6th row increase another 10 x 1 st = 55 (57) 59 sts.
After 44 cm from the starting row, for the sleeve cap bind off 3 sts on both sides, then in every following row 2 x 2 sts and 3 (4) 5 x 1 st, in every 2nd row 4 x 1 st, then again in every following row 3 x 1 st, 2 x 2 sts and 1 x 3 sts.
On the remaining 7 sts, fasten off after 14 (15) 15.5 cm from the start of the sleeve cap shaping.
Finishing
Sew the seams and set in the sleeves.
Sew the pocket linings to the wrong side of the fronts.
For the upper pocket flaps, work 13 hdc onto the fronts in pink yarn, inserting the hook once more into the corresponding stitches from the right side of the work.
Position the pocket flaps 4 rows below the start of the neckline and 12 sts away from the front edges. Sew the flaps in place along the sides.
Edge the front bands and the neckline with 1 row of sc in light green yarn (72 sts along each front band, 40 sts along each front neckline edge, 23 sts along the back neckline edge), then 1 row of shells in pink yarn, ending the row with 1 sc.
Sew buttons spaced 2 shells apart onto the left front band. Use the holes in the shell row as buttonholes.
For the tie, work a chain of the desired length with doubled light green yarn and thread it through 2 cm above the pocket flaps.
