Essential Crochet Instructions for a Stylish Garment

You’ll Need:

450 (500) 550g of beige Winter-Jasp yarn (46% polyacryl, 36% wool, 15% alpaca, 3% polyamide; 90m/50g);

50 (50)g of mélange brown Malm (47% wool, 47% polyacryl, 6% polyamide; 25m/50g);

Crochet hooks 5 and 9.

Size:

S (M) L.

Used Patterns

Fillet pattern: the quantity of stitches is a multiple of 3 + 1.

1st row: 3 chain stitches increase, * 2 chain stitches, skip 2 stitches of the previous row, 1 double crochet*; repeat from * to *.

Repeat the 1st row.

Stitches Control:

16.5 stitches x 6.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back/Front

Make 82 (88) 97 chain stitches + 2 chain stitches increase with crochet hook 5 and work with the fillet pattern. For “bat-sleeve”, increase 1 stitch from both sides in 30.5 (30.5) 28.5 cm from the set-up row. Then, increase 2 x 1 stitch, 10 x 3 stitches, 1 x 21 stitches in every following row = 190 (196) 205 stitches. Make increases in the following way: for increasing 1 stitch, make 1 double crochet and starting from the 3rd row, include stitches in fillet pattern; increase 3 or 21 stitches, make chain stitches at the end of the row, and work with the fillet pattern in the next WS row. In 64 cm from the set-up row, finish your work.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams, leaving the central 28 (28) 32 cm open for neck-hole. Make side and sleeve seams. For the placket, fasten neck-hole with 2 circular rows of double crochets with Malm yarn and crochet hook 9. Start every circular row with 3 chain stitches increase instead of the 1st double crochet and finish with 1 slip stitch in the last chain stitch increase. Fasten the edges of sleeves in the same way.