Daisy Bed Jacket
MATERIALS—Jack Frost Baby Yarn (1 oz. balls):—14-balls Pink. Lily Pearl Cotton, size 5 (50-yd. balls):—6-balls White. Crochet hooks sizes 3 and 5. CRAZY DAISY WINDER. 2-yds. White ribbon 1” wide.
DAISY—Following instructions on page2, Illustration C, wind Pink yarn 4 times around each spoke of Winder. Cut 1” long. Weave center with White Pearl Cotton as in Ill. E, making a 12-petal flower with 4 lps in each petal. Make 308 Daisies. For a lighter-weight Jacket, wind only twice around each spoke and deduct 2 balls Pink wool.
Front, Sleeve
BLOCK—In Pink yarn and size 3 hook, make 1 sc thru all 4 lps of one petal, * ch 3, sc in next petal, ch 3, (dc, ch 3, dc) in next petal, ** ch 5, (dc, ch 3, dc) in same petal, ch 3, sc in next petal. Repeat from * 3 times. Cut 6” long, thread to a needle and fasten off on back.
2d BLOCK—Repeat to **. Ch 2, sl st in 1 lp of center st of a corner 5-ch lp on 1st Block, ch 2, dc back in same petal on 2d Block, ch 1, sl st in next 3-ch lp on 1st Block, ch 1, dc back in same petal on 2d Block, (ch 1, sl st in next 3-ch lp on 1st Block, ch 1, sc back in next petal on 2d Block) twice, ch 1, sl st in next 3-ch lp on 1st Block, ch 1, dc back in next (corner) petal on 2d Block, ch 1, sl st in next 3-ch lp on 1st Block, ch 1, dc back in same petal on 2d Block, ch 2, sl st in 1 lp of next (corner) 5-ch lp on 1st Block, ch 2, (dc, ch 3, dc) back in same petal on 2d Block and complete row as for 1st Block. Continue to make and join 304 Blocks as in Chart. Joinx in box-Blocks underarm on Fronts and Back. Joincircle in brackets-Blocks to form Sleeves.
NECK—(In Pink wool)—Sc in 1st 3-ch sp ondot in brackets-Block above the corner-shell-joining of it tosquare box-Blocks on Left Yoke, * ch 3, dc between next 2 dc on corner shell, tr in next 2-ch sp, tr in corresponding sp on next Block, dc in next 3-ch sp, ch 3, sc in next sp, ch 2, dc in next sp, ch 2, turn, (tr, ch 2, tr) between 2 center tr, ch 2, dc in starting sc, ch 2, sc in next 3-ch lp, ch 2, dc in next lp, ch 2, turn, dc in next dc, (ch 2, dc in next tr) twice, ch 2, dc in next dc, ch 2, dc at base of same dc in same sp on Block, ch 2, sc in next sp. * Ch 2, dc in next (1st) sp of corner shell, turn, (ch 2, dc in next dc) 5 times, ch 2, tr in next dc, ch 2, tr at base of same dc in same sp on Block, (ch 2, tr in next sp) twice, ch 2, tr in 1st sp on next Block, (ch 2, dc in next sp) twice, ch 3, sc in next sp. Ch 2, dc in next sp, turn, (ch 2, dc in next dc) twice, (ch 2, dc in next tr) 5 times, (ch 2, dc in next dc) 6 times, ch 2, sc in corner of Block. Fasten off. With work wrong-side-up, repeat on other side of Front. To fill in angle between shaded Blocks, make sc in 1st 3-ch sp above corner-shell-joining of Blocks and work like “Neck” from * to *. Fasten off. Repeat on other side.
YOKE EDGE—(in Pink wool)—Starting across 4square box-Blocks on Right Yoke, make 3 sc in each of 1st 6 sps, * (2 sc in next sp) twice, (3 sc in next sp) 5 times. Repeat from * twice out to front corner, 5 sc in corner sp, (3 sc in next sp) 5 times, (ch 1, 2 sc in next sp) repeated around neck and complete row around Left Yoke the same as Right Yoke. Fasten off.ROW 2—In White Pearl Cotton and size 5 hook, sc in 1st sc of last row, ch 3, * (dc, ch 2, dc) in back lp of next 4th sc, ch 4, sl st in last dc for a p, ch 2, dc in same sc, sk next 3 sc, dc in both lps of next 3 sc. Repeat from * across to front corner. Fasten off. Repeat across Left Yoke. Gather top edge of 7square box-Blocks on each Front and sew under Yoke edge. This leaves an opening under each arm. Join 2 Blocks in each opening:—Sc in 1 petal of a Daisy, (ch 3, sc in next petal) twice, ch 1 and holding work with Sleeve turned up and skirt of Jacket turned down, make sl st in center lp at top of Block 1 on Chart, ch 1, sc back in next petal on Daisy, ch 1, sc in next lp on Block 1, ch 1, dc back in next petal. Now continue joining in pattern around opening thru 3d corner shell, ch 1,sl st in next lp on No. 2-Block on Chart, ch 1, sc back in next petal; ch 1, sl st in next (center) lp on No. 2-Block, ch 1, sl st back in 1st sc and fasten off. Join 2d Fill-in Daisy in other half of opening in same way, joining it also to 2 free lps on 1st Fill-in Daisy. Repeat in opening under other sleeve.
Starting at Left Yoke, work sc in Pink wool down front, around bottom and up right front to Yoke, putting 2 sc in 1st and last sps and 3 sc in other 5 sps on each Block.ROW 2—Join White at top corner of endsquare box-Block on Left Front and repeat Row 2 of Yoke Edge on both Fronts and around bottom.
COLLAR FRILL—Join Pink wool at end of Edge on right Front and working around neck, make * (4-ch, sc in back lp of next 4th sc) repeated around * to Edge on Left Front, making 2-ch and dc in place of final 4-ch lp.ROW 2—Ch 3, turn, 3 dc in next 4-ch lp, (ch 1, 3 dc in next lp) repeated around to 2d lp from end, 1 dc in end lp.ROW 3—Turn, (ch 4, sc in next 1-ch sp between dc-groups) repeated around, ch 1, sk end dc-group, dc in end 3-ch. Repeat Rows 2 and 3 twice and Row 2 again. Fasten off.ROW 9—Turn and join to start of Row 1, ch 3, dc in end of Row 2, ** (ch 2, dc in end of next row) 5 times, ch 2, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next sp, * (ch 2 dc) twice in next 1-ch sp between dc-groups. Repeat from * around, completing row across ends of previous rows as at start of row. Fasten off.ROW 10—Turn and join White at end of last row, * (ch 5, sc in next sp) repeated around. Fasten off.ROW 11—Join Pink wool to 1st lp in last row, (ch 6, sc in next lp) repeated around and fasten off.ROW 12—Join White to same 1st lp in last White row, (ch 6, sc in next Pink lp) repeated around to end White lp. Repeat Rows 11 and 12.ROW 15—Join Pink wool to 1st White lp in last row, draw out lp on hook to 1” length, yarn over and pull thru lp, insert hook between single back strand and 2 front strands of long lp, yarn over and pull thru, yarn over and pull thru 2 lps on hook, completing a Knot St. Make another Knot St, sc in next White lp, (2 Knot sts, sc in next lp) repeated around and fasten off.ROW 16—Join White to start of last row, ch 8, sc in center of 1st Knot St, (ch 6, sl st in 1 lp of 4th ch st from hook, ch 3, sc in center of next Knot St) repeated around. Ch 8, sc down in end White lp and fasten off.
SLEEVE FRILL—Make an inverted box pleat at bottom of each sleeve (see Chart). Join Pink wool at pleat and make sc around sleeve the same as around bottom of Jacket. Repeat Row 1 of Collar from * to *. Repeat Rows 2, 3 and 2. Turn,* (ch 2, dc) twice in next 1-ch sp. Repeat from * around, ch 3, sc in end 3-ch. Fasten off. Turn, join White at pleat and repeat last 7 rows of Collar beginning at * in Row 10. Repeat Frill on other sleeve.
Block Jacket to desired size. Fasten Yoke with a dress snap. Tack an 18” piece of ribbon at base of collar on each side. Turn Sleeve Frill up at pleat and tack a ribbon bow on pleat.