Free Crochet Patterns

Empire Nightgown

Free crochet patterns: With filet crochet yoke and sleeve trimming.

This Empire Nightgown has a yoke of filet crochet and wide filet trimming in the sleeves, in rose pattern. The outline of the yoke is unusually attractive.

A simple embroidered design is an additional decoration for the sleeves, and the casing for the ribbon that outlines the high waist is also embroidered.

A picot edge is worked around the bottom of the yoke and top of cuffs, and the neck and lower edge of sleeves are finished with beading for ribbon and a tiny edge.

Materials required: Corticelli Mercerized Cordonnet, 5 balls, size 50; no. 12 crochet hook.

Instructions for free crochet patterns project:

Work the yoke and sleeves from the diagrams on the opposite page.

To make the picot edge: Chain 4, catch back into first stitch from needle, ch. 1, 1 s.c. into d.c., ch. 4, catch back into first stitch from needle, ch. 1, skip 2 d.c., 1 s.c. into next d.c. Repeat around edge.

Beading and edge: Fasten thread into d.c., ch. 8, skip 2 d.c., 1 t.c. into next stitch ch. 5, 1 t.c., skipping 2 d.c. Repeat around neck and sleeves. Into first space work 2 d.c., ch. 3, 2 d.c, sl. St., repeat for this free crochet patterns project.

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