How to Create a Stylish Crochet Vest

You’ll Need:

600g of 100% acryl yarn in light-brown color;

120g of the same yarn, but in snuff color;

Crochet hook size 3;

7 buttons.

Size:

XXL.

Stitches Control:

17 sts = 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Make 94 chain stitches with light-brown yarn, create 2 rows of single crochets and 2 rows of double crochets with snuff yarn.

*Continue working with light-brown yarn according to scheme 1. At 11 cm from the pattern's start, make 2 rows of double crochets with light-brown yarn and 2 rows with snuff yarn*; repeat from * to * once, then continue work according to scheme 2 with light-brown yarn. At 41 cm height from the beginning, bind off 4 stitches from both sides for arm-holes. Finish your work at 65 cm height.

Right Front

Pocket Bag

Make 30 chain stitches with light-brown yarn and work 13 rows of double crochets with light-brown yarn, followed by 2 rows of snuff yarn, then leave your work. Next, make 47 chain stitches with light-brown yarn and alternate yarn colors and patterns in the same way as for the back. Simultaneously, create a pocket hole in the 2^nd snuff stripe by crocheting the first 13 stitches, then crocheting the central 21 stitches of the pocket bag, skipping the front stitches, crocheting the remaining 13 stitches, and continuing toward the arm-hole, binding off 4 stitches. At 55 cm height, bind off 10 stitches for the neck-hole and 5 x 1 stitch. Finish your work at 65 cm height.

Left Front

Make in symmetry to the right front.

Assembly

Fasten the neck-hole with 2 rows of half double crochets in light-brown yarn. Secure the edges of the front side with single crochets and light-brown yarn, making 7 button-holes in the 2^nd row. Finish the arm-holes with 3 rows of single crochets, circling every row with a slip stitch. Sew on the buttons and complete the vest by fastening it with 1 row of single crochets.