Description

Easy Baby Jacket – Vintage Crochet Pattern: Instant PDF Download

Size: 6 Months and 1 Year (Chest 19″-20″)

This vintage baby sacque is the kind of easy/beginner crochet pattern that turns a single skein into a keepsake. Worked in soft fingering/sock yarn weight, it comes together with simple half double crochet shaping and no fussy seaming, finishing with a dainty picot edge that dresses it up for gift-giving. A lovely quick baby crochet project for a new arrival or a baby shower.

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Design & Construction Details

Skill Level: Easy/Beginner.
Construction: Worked flat in half double crochet from the lower back edge upward; sleeves are shaped with chain increases at the underarms and joined to the body; fronts are divided at the neck and shaped to match the back, then finished all around with a dainty picot trim on the body edges and sleeve cuffs.
Finished Measurements: Chest 19″ (6 months), 20″ (1 year).
Pattern Style: Written in standard US crochet terms, with a full stitch/abbreviation guide and a standard baby-measurement sizing chart included.
Stitches: Chain, slip stitch, single crochet, half double crochet; picot edging.

Recommended Materials & Tools

Yarn: Fingering/baby weight — Color A: 3(4) one-ounce skeins; Color B: 1(1) one-ounce skein.
We recommend using standard modern sport/baby weight yarn such as Debbie Bliss Eco Baby or Cascade Yarns Botanika.
Crochet Hook Size: US Size E/4 (or size needed to obtain gauge); steel hook Size 1 for the picot edging.
Notions: Tapestry needle for weaving in ends.
Gauge: 6 sts and 5 rows = 1″.

This is a digitally restored PDF crochet pattern

Simply click the download link above to receive an instant, easy-to-read PDF. The pattern is clearly written with complete instructions and measurements, ready to print.