Complete Guide to Crocheting a Placket, Belt, and Jacket with Coral Yarn

You’ll Need

400g of coral yarn (300m/100g);

Crochet hook 2.5;

2 buttons.

Size

M.

Note

At first, make a placket, then the belt, and finally the jacket, starting your work with the neck-hole.

Instructions

Placket

Make 16 chain sts + 3 chain sts increase. After that, work according to scheme 1. In 105 cm from the set-up row, finish your work.

Belt

Make 26 chain sts + 3 chain sts increase. After that, work according to scheme 2 for 87 cm. Mark the central 21 double crochets along the left side of the placket, join the yarn to the side of double crochets of the 35^th row, and work according to scheme 3, making increases as per the scheme. In 40 cm from the beginning, finish your work.

Sew the loose left side of the placket to the edges of the front from both sides. After that, sew the belt to the lower edge. Finally, sew the buttons. Fasten the edges with a “shells” pattern (1 single crochet in the 1^st st, 5 double crochets in the 3^rd st).