SIZED TO 2X
INTERMEDIATE
FINISHED SIZES
Instructions given fit woman's size small; changes for medium, large, X-large and 2X-large are in [ ]. Where only 1 number is given, it applies to all sizes.
FINISHED MEASUREMENT
Bust: 36 inches (small) [40 inches (medium), 44 inches (large), 48 inches (X-large), 52 inches (2X-large)]
MATERIALS
• Berroco Remix Light light (DK) weight nylon/cotton/acrylic/silk/linen yarn (3½ oz/432 yds/100g per skein): 2 [2, 3, 3, 4] skeins #6901 birch
• Size F/5/3.75mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch marker
• Button
GAUGE
Body Pattern: 5 cls = 4 inches; 13 pattern rows (starting with row 4) = 4 inches
Yoke Pattern: 9 dc and 2 shells = 4 inches; 9 rows = 4 inches Take time to check gauge.
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Both stitch and row gauge are very important for this pattern.
Body is same length for all sizes. When working top section, the overall length changes due to different armhole lengths.
Back and Fronts are worked from side to side and made in one piece up to armhole. Yoke is worked bottom-up from underarm to shoulders.
Chain-3 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.
Chain-5 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet and chain-2 unless otherwise stated.
When instructed to work stitches into chain-2 space (of shell or V-stitch), always skip all beginning double crochets of shell or V-stitch, work into chain-2 space as instructed, then skip all remaining double crochets of shell or V-stitch.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Shell: (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in indicated st or sp.
V-stitch (V-st): (Dc, ch 2, dc) in indicated sp.
VEST
BODY
Foundation row (WS): Ch 58, dc in 6th ch from hook (sk chs count as first dc, ch 1 and sk st), *ch 1, sk next ch, dc in next ch, rep from * across, turn and place marker in any st to mark RS. (28 dc, 27 ch-1 sps)
Row 1 (RS): Ch 1, sc in first dc, *sc in ch-1 sp, sc in next dc, rep from * to turning ch, sc in turning-ch sp, sc in 4th ch of turning ch, turn. (55 sc)
Row 2: Ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), sk next 2 sc, 3 dc in next sc (3-dc group made), *sk 3 sc, 3 dc in next sc, rep from * to last 3 sc, sk 2 sc, dc in last sc, turn. (13 3-dc groups, 2 dc)
Row 3: Ch 5 (see Pattern Notes), *dc dec (see Stitch Guide) in next 3 dc (for cl), ch 3, rep from * across to last 4 dc, dc dec in next 3 dc, ch 2, dc in last dc, turn. (13 cls, 2 dc, 2 ch-2 sps, 12 ch-3 sps)
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in first dc, 2 sc in ch-2 sp, sc in top of next cl, *3 sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next cl, rep from * across to last ch-2 sp, 2 sc in last ch-2 sp, sc in last dc, turn. (55 sc)
Row 5: Ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn.
Row 6: Ch 4 (counts as dc and ch 1), sk next sc, dc in next sc, *ch 1, sk next sc, dc in next sc, rep from * across, turn. (28 dc, 27 ch-1 sps)
Rep rows 1-6 until body measures 35½ [39½, 43½, 47½, 51½] inches from beg, ending with a rep of row 4.
Note: Row 5 is intentionally sk.
Next row: Rep row 6, do not turn, do not fasten off.
Body should have 19 [21, 23, 25, 27] rows of cl groups with a sc row and a mesh row at each end.
Rotate piece to beg working in row ends of body.
Ch 1, 2 sc in first sp, sc in sc row, *2 sc in next sp, sc in next sp,
