LacePal
Vest Pattern
Half double crochet vest in Woolco Knitting Worsted with front shaping, buttonholes, and turned hem. Originally published in Woolco Knitting & Crocheting Manual.
Materials
- Woolco hook · No. 3½
Pattern instructions
Materials
M ATERIAL-10 skeins of Woolco Knitting Worsted. No. 3% Woolco hook. 5 buttons.
Body
Chain 82. Half double crochet throughout. Work 24 inches.
Work 27 stitches, turn. Repeat twice.
Increase on front every other row 4 times, then every row until there are 50 stitches.
Adda chain of 1]. Work back on chain and across row (this forms hem).
*Work 45, chain 4, skip 4, work 4, skip 4, work 3, turn, chain 1. This forms buttonhole. Re-peat this row every Ith row until there are 5 buttonholes.
Continue until front is same length as back.
Finish other front to correspond, omitting buttonholes.
Sew up. Make a 2-inch hem at bottom. Turn back hem with buttonholes.
Source
This free pattern originally published in Woolco Knitting & Crocheting Manual
