REVERSIBLE CROHOOK JACKET
A fully reversible childs hooded jacket or cardigan, should fit 2 - 4 year old Chest size 74cm, Worked in Patons Fab Lemon/ Fern Tension:19st / 13 rows per 10cm
Requirements:
Colour A 175g Colour B 175g 4mm Crohook / double-ended crochet hook 5 x 2.5mm wooden toggle buttons Darning needle for sewing seams etc
Abbreviations:

Notes:
R1 - 4 = one stripe, counting on the A side pattern stitch = Pick up stitch from front strand of next horizontal bar, pick up stitch through next two vertical bars together, ch 1 Rows with even number stitches end 'PU2V together, ch1, skip last H, PU last V at both ends' Rows with odd number stitches end 'PU2V together at neck/shoulder/armhole edge' When seaming, remember that jacket is reversible and seams should be neat from both sides; I seam twice, joining A to A then turning the work over and joiningB to B
CROHOOK JACKET
Row: | Colour: | Insruction: | Stitch count: |
Left front | |||
F1 | A | Ch 65, don't turn | 65st |
F2 | A | PU 65, turn | 65st |
F3 | B | Join in B,ch off 65, don't turn | 65st |
R1 | B | Ch 1, Skip 1st V, patt to end, turn | 65st |
R2 | A | Ch off,don't turn | 65st |
R3 | A | Ch 1, skip 1st V, patt to end, turn | 65st |
R4 | B | Ch off, don't turn | 65st |
R5 | B | Ch1, skip 1st V, PU 1st H, PU 2nd V, ch 1, patt to end, turn | 66st |
R6 | A | Ch off, don't turn | 66st |
R7 | A | Ch1, patt to last V, PU last V, turn | 66st |
R8 | B | Ch off, don't turn | 66st |
R9 | B | Ch1, PU 1st V, ch 1, patt to end, turn | 67st |
R10 | A | as R2 | 67st |
R11 | A | as R3 | 67st |
R12 | B | as R4 | 67st |
R13-R16 | |||
BAAB | Repeat Rows 5- 8 | 68st | |
R17 R18-20 | B AAB | Ch1 1, PU two stitches in 1st V, patt to end, turn Patt | 70st 70st |
R21-24 | Rpt Rows 17 - 20 | 72st | |
R25 | BAAB | Ch 1, patt to end, turn | 72st |
R26-28 | B AAB | Patt | 72st |
R29-40 | BAAB | Rpt R25- 28 three times | 72st |
Divide for armhole | |||
R41-43 | BAA | Patt | 72st |
R44 | B | Ch off 42 st in B, turn, ch off 30 st in A, turn, pullloop of B through loop of A and pull A tight | 42st |
R45-R60 | BAAB | Work on these 42 st only for 4 stripes, break off A after R59 | 42st |
CROHOOK JACKET
Back | |||
R61 | B | Ch off 42 st then ch30inB,turn | 72st |
R62 | A | Ch off 72 st, don't turn | 72st |
R63-64 | AB | Patt | 72st |
R65-140 | BAAB | Continue in Patt for 19 stripes (20 stripes in total) | 72st |
Divide for armhole | |||
R141-164 | as R41-64 | ||
Right front R165-180 BAAB | Patt 5 stripes | 72st | |
R181 BAAB | Ch 1,skip 1st V & 1st H, PU next 2 V and 3rd H together, ch 1, patt to end, turn | 70st | |
R182-184 | AAB | Patt | 70st |
R185-188 | BAAB | as R181-184 | 68st |
R189 | B | Ch 1,skip 1st V & 1st H, PU next 2 V together, ch 1, patt to end, turn | 67st |
R190 - 192 | AAB | Patt | 67st |
R193 -196 | BAAB | as R189 -192 | 66st |
R197 | B | as R189 | 65st |
R198 A Patt | |||
Buttonhole row R199 A | Patt 7 st,*skip next st on prev row, yo hook instead,cont in patt from following st* until st count is 21 inc YO | 65st | |
loop,rpt * * at stitch count 35, 49 and 63, patt to end,turn | 65st | ||
R200 R201 | B | Ch off including YO loops, don't turn Patt, break off yarn B, turn | 65st 65st |
R202 | B A | Ch off, don't turn | 65st |
R203 | A | Slip stitch through Vertical bars, finish off and break off A | |
Seam | A/B | Sewshoulderstogether | |
Sleeves-two the same | |||
F1 A Ch 54, don't turn | 54st | ||
F2 A | PU 54, turn | 54st |
CROHOOK JACKET
F3 | B | Ch off54,don't turn | 54st |
R1 | B | Ch 1, Skip 1st V, patt to end, turn | 54st |
R2 | A | Ch off, don't turn | 54st |
R3 | A | Ch 1, skip 1st V, patt to end, turn | 54st |
R4 | B | Ch off, don't turn | 54st |
R5-8 | BAAB | Patt over first 48 st only | 48st |
R9-12 | BAAB | Patt over first 40 st only | 40st |
R13-16 | BAAB | Patt over first 32 st only | 32st |
R17-20 | BAAB | Patt over first 24 st only | 24st |
R21 -24 | BAAB | Patt over first 16 st only | 16st |
R25-28 | BAAB | Patt over first 8 st only | 8st |
R29 | B | Patt over all54 st | 54st |
R30-76 | Continue in Pattern for 12 stripes | 54st | |
R77-80 | BAAB | Patt over first 8 st only | 8st |
R81-84 | BAAB | Patt over first 16 st only | 16st |
R85-88 | BAAB | Patt over first 24 st only | 24st |
R89-92 | BAAB | Patt over first 32 st only | 32st |
R93-96 | BAAB | Patt over first 40st only | 40st |
R97-100 | BAAB | Patt over first 48 st only | 48st |
R101-104 | BAAB | Patt over all 54 st, break off B leaving long tail for seaming arm | 54st |
R105 | A | Ch1,skip 1st V, *slip st through next 2 V together, ch 1* rpt ** to last V, slip st last V, fasten off | |
Seam | A | Holding B sides together join A edges with a neat herringbone stitch | |
Set in sleeves to armholes - with B sides facing slip stitch evenly to join in A, then turn over and neaten seam from other side in B | |||
Hood | |||
HR1 | A | With B side facing pick up 76 st with A, skipping first and last stripe, turn | 76st |
HR2 | B | Ch off, don't turn | 76st |
HR3 | B | Ch 1, skip 1st V, patt to end, turn | 76st |
HR4 | A | Ch off, don't turn | 76st |
HR5-60 | ABBA | Continue in pattern for 15 stripes | 76st |
H R61 | A | Patt, break off A, turn | 76st |
HR62 | B | Choff,don'tturn 76st |
HR63 | B | 76st |
Seam | A/B | FoldhoodwithAsidestogetherandseamasthesleeves |
Finish
Surface crochet a slip stitch row in A to cover the hood join on the A side Darn in all ends Sew onbuttons an'outside'
