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Tailored Vest Pattern #118
Tailored single-crochet vest with shaped sides and collar in Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet Size 10. Originally published in Spool Cotton #46, Paris Sponsors Crochet.
Materials
- Milward's steel crochet hook · No. 5 or 6
Pattern instructions
Materials
Size 34
Materials: Clark's O.N.T. (19 balls) or J. & P. Coats (13 balls) Mercerized Crochet, Size 10, White. Milward's steel crochet hook No. 5 or 6. 2 pearl buttons.
Measurements. Shoulder to point, 18% inches. Across back of neck between shoulder pieces, 6 inches. Length of collar, 16% inches (18% inches for size 38).
Gauge: 12 sts to aninch, 12 rows to aninch.
Body
To begin, ch 110, turn.
Ist row: 1s cin 3rd ch from hook, 1 scineach st of foundation ch, ch], turn.
2nd row: 2scinlst sc (this is anincrease) of previous row, ]Scineachsc to end of row. Ch], turn.
3rd row: 1s cineachsc of row, ending with 2scinlastsc. Ch], turn.
4throw: 2scinlsts c,lscineachscto end of row, ending with2scinlastsc (this is anincrease at the neck). Chl, turn.
5th row: Same as 3rd row, ch, turn.
6th row: Same as 2nd row. Ch], turn.
7th row: Same as 3rd row, ch], turn.
8th row: Same as 4th row, ch], turn.
Repeat from 5th to 8th rows incl., thus increasing on every row at bottom of vest and on every 4th row at neck, until work measures 5% inches.
Decrease 1sc (to make a decrease, insert hook into st and pull thread through, insert hook into next st and pull thread through, thread over hook, and pull through all 3 loops on hook) on every other row at bottom of vest and increase 1s c onevery other row at neck, until work measures /Y inches.
Increase 1s c on every row at neck and decrease 1sc onevery other row at bottom until work measures 8 inches.
Decrease 1S c on every other row at bottom and on every 4th row at shoulder until work measures 9% inches, ending last row at neck. Do not break off.
Shaping Upper Outside Edge
Shaping Upper Outside Edge. Ist row: Beginning at neck worksc over 4% inches, 1 sl stinnextsc, turn.
2nd row: Slstover5scof previous row, 1s cineachstto end of row (continue decreasing at shoulder as before), ch], turn.
3rd row: Sc over 3% inches, | sl stin next st, turn.
4th row: Slstover5sc,]scineachsctoend of row, ch], turn.
5th row: Sc over 2% inches, Isl stin next st, turn.
6th row: Sl st over 2 sts,s cto end of row, ch], turn.
7th row: S cover 2 inches, 1slstinnext st, turn.
8th row: Same as 6th row, ch], turn.
Yth row: Sc over 1' inches, 1slstinnext st, turn.
lOth row: Same as 6th row, ch], turn.
11th row: Scover linch, 1slstinnext st, turn.
12th row: Same as 6throw, ch], turn.
13th row: Sc over Y2inch, 1 sl stinnext st, turn.
14th row: Same as 6th row, ch], turn.
15th row: 2sc,1slstinnext st, turn.
16th row: ]sistinnext st, 1 scinnext. Break off thread.
Shaping Lower Outside Edge
Shaping Lower Outside Edge. Ist row: Attach thread 8 inches from shoulder (measure on the straight), sc to end of row, ch], turn (continue decreasing on every other row at bottom).
2nd row: Scover9 inches, Isl stinnext st, turn.
3rd row: Slstover5sc,sctoendof row, chl, turn.
4th row: Sc over 8% inches, 1sl stinnext st, turn.
5th row: Slstover4sc,sctoendof row, ch], turn.
6th row: Sc over 8 inches, 1 sl stinnext st, turn.
7th row: SI st over4sc,sctoendof row, ch], turn.
8th row: Sc over 7% inches, | slstin next st, turn.
9th row: Slstover4sc,sctoend of row, ch], turn.
Oth row: Sc over 7 inches, Isl stin next st, turn.
1th row: Sl st over6sc,sctoend of row, ch 1, turn.
12th row: Sc over 6% inches, I sl stin next st, turn.
13th row: Slstover5sc,sctoend of row, ch], turn.
14th row: Scover 5% inches, | sl stin next st, turn.
15th row: Sl stover4sc,sctoendof row, chl, turn.
16th row: Sc over 5Y% inches, | sl stin next st, turn.
17th row: Sl st over3sc,s c to end of row, ch], turn.
18th row: Sc over 4% inches, | sl st innext st, turn.
19th row: SI st over 3sc,scto end of row, ch 1, turn.
20th row: Sc over 4 inches, | sl stin next st, turn.
21st row: Sl st over 3sc,scto end of row, ch], turn.
22ndrow: Scover 3% inches, 1slstinnext st, turn.
23rd row: Slstover2sc,scto end of row, chl, turn.
24th row: S cover 3inches, 1 sl stinnext st, turn.
25th row: SI st over2sc,scover2inches,1slstinnext st, turn.
26th row: Slstoveré6sc,scoverl"%inches, 1slstinnext st, turn.
27th row: Slstover2sc,scover 1% inches, 1slstinnext st, turn.
28th row: Slstover6sc,scover inch, 1slstin next st. Break off thread. Attach at shoulder and sl st along side of vest. Break off thread. Make left side to correspond. Attach thread to bottom of vest and sl st to shoulder (thus having sl st on right side of vest).
Collar
Collar. To begin, ch 170, turn.
Ist row: S cin 3rd ch from hook, 1s cineach st of foundation ch, ch], turn.
2nd row: 2scinlstsc,lscineachsctoend of row, ending with2s cinlastsc, ch], turn.
* 3rd to 5th rows incl: Scineachsc of previous row, ch], turn. No increase.
6th row: Scin each st, increasing 1sc at beginning and|1scatend of row, ch], turn.
7th to 10th rows incl: Scineachsc of previous row, ch], turn. No increase.
11th to 18th rows incl: Repeat from * once.
19th to 21st rows incl: Same as 7throw.
22nd row: Scineachsc, increasing ]1sc at beginning and 1sc at end of row. Ch], turn.
23rd and 24th rows: Scineachsctoendof row. Ch], turn.
25th row: Scineachsctowithin 3sc from end of row, Isl stin next st, turn.
26th row: SlstinIstsc,scineachscto within 3s c from end of row, Isl stinnext st, turn.
27th to 38th rows incl: Slstinlstsc,scineachsctowithin5sc from end of row, | sl stin next st, turn. Break off thread. Attach and sl st along outer edge of collar. Break off thread and sew to vest.
Source
This free pattern originally published in Spool Cotton #46, Paris Sponsors Crochet
