Vintage Needlework Patterns

Boudoir Jacket

Vintage needlework patterns: The jacket is crocheted in alternate rows of blue and white. The shell border is worked in white and finished with a row of the blue. A bow of blue satin ribbon fastens the front.

Materials: Corticelli Shetland Flosola Yarn. 3 balls Robin’s Egg and 4 balls White. One no. 5 Bone Hook.

Vintage Needlework Patterns Instructions:

With white, ch. 160, turn, d.c. in 4th st., d.c. in each of next 75 sts., 2 d.c. in 76th st., 2 d.c. in 77th st., 1 ch., 2 d.c. in 78th st., 2 d.c. in 79th st., 1 d.c. in every st., to end of row, turn.

2d row: With blue, ch. 3, 1 d.c. in every stitch to center (taking up back loop of stitch only), 2 d.c. on stitch before ch., 2 d.c. over 1 ch., ch. 1, 2 d.c. in same place, 2 d.c. in next stitch, d.c. in every stitch to end of row, turn.

3d to 27th row: Use white and blue alternately, like 2d row. There should now be 13 rows in blue and 14 rows in white.

28th to 35th row inclusive: Counting 38 stitches from lower edge, work 4 rows blue, 3 rows white, using the colors alternately as before. Leave 60 stitches for armhole and join to back.

Shell border: Work entirely around jacket. With white, 1 d.c., skip 3 sts., * (3 d.c., 1 ch., 3 d.c.) in next space, skip 3 sts., 1 d.c., skip 3 sts.; repeat from *, putting 3 shells in each corner stitch of this vintage needlework patterns tutorial.

With white, 1 d.c. * around d.c. in former row, 6 d.c. over 1 ch. In former row, 1 d.c; repeat from * to end of row.

With blue, work 1 p. of 3 ch., 1 s.c. in every stitch of shell, skipping the d.c. in former row. Work same border around armholes, skipping 2 stitches instead of 3.

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