How to Create a Beautiful Jacket Using Alpaca Yarn
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 scheme 1, with crochet hook 2.5 and dark-grey yarn. Repeat 1st-2nd rows.
Flower (Make 2)
Due to scheme 2, work with crochet hook 2 and light-grey yarn.
Make 10 chain stitches and 1st-2nd rows for the center of the flower. Then, continue with 3rd-5th rows according to the scheme for petals. Fasten the edges of the petals with “shrimp stitch”.Leaf (Make 4)
Work according to scheme 3 with crochet hook 2 and light-grey yarn.
“Shell”
Work according to scheme 4 with crochet hook 2 and light-grey yarn.
Stitches Control
41 stitches x 8 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Right Front
Make 25 chain stitches with dark-grey yarn and crochet hook 2.5, working according to scheme 1. In 16 cm = 13 rows from the beginning, increase 3 stitches in every row from both sides. In 22 cm = 18 rows from the beginning, continue making increases for the neck-hole. In 33 cm = 27 rows from the starting row, work without increases. In 87 cm = 71 rows from the start, leave your work.
Left Front
Make in symmetry to the right front.
Back
Make 25 chain stitches with crochet hook 2.5 and dark-grey yarn, continuing according to scheme 1. In 5 cm = 4 rows from the beginning, increase 3 stitches from one side and leave your work. For the second shoulder, make 25 chain stitches. In 4 cm = 4 rows from the start of work, increase 3 stitches from both sides for the neck-hole. Connect the details in the next row by making 84 chain stitches. In 16 cm = 13 rows from the beginning, increase 3 stitches in every row from both sides for arm-holes. In 22 cm = 18 rows from the start, continue work without increases. In 87 cm = 71 rows from the beginning, leave it.
Sleeves
Make 31 chain stitches with crochet hook 2.5 and light-grey yarn, following scheme 1. For the sleeve cap, increase 3 stitches in every row from both sides. In 18 cm = 13 rows from the beginning, continue work without increases. In 48 cm = 39 rows from the start 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 the front and back neck-hole. Make 1 row of single crochets with picots (in every 4 single crochets) along the lower edge of the jacket and sleeves. Create 2 flowers according to scheme 2 and 4 leaves according to scheme 3 using light-grey yarn and crochet hook 2. Sew them to the edges of the front. Decorate the bottom of the jacket and sleeves with “shells.”