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A Sailor's Sweetheart Crocheted Jacket: vintage crochet pattern
A girl's Royal Blue button-front jacket worked in a textured two-row pattern (a row of linked dc-style stitches alternating with a row of sc) above a plain sc hem, with a pocket, set-in sleeves with a small pleat and a white sailor collar striped in blue and red.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill level | Intermediate |
| Yarn weight | Fine (#2) |
| Yardage | 4 balls of 2 oz (57 g), 8 oz (227 g) main colour, plus ½ oz (14 g) each of white and red sport yarn; check the label for yardage. (as printed; yardage not given) |
| Hook | 3.5 mm |
| Gauge | Not printed. The only measurements given are the foundation chains: back 68 ch = about 12 in (30.5 cm); sleeve 41 ch = about 6 in (15 cm). |
| Finished size | Sizes 4 (6) years. Back foundation chain about 12 in (30.5 cm) for size 4; sleeve chain about 6 in (15 cm); sleeve 10 in (25.5 cm) or desired length to underarm; front 10½ in (26.5 cm) from bottom to start of neck shaping. Chest measurement not printed. |
| Time | about 13 hours |
Materials
- Fine (CYC #2) sport-weight yarn — the original was Cashmere Sports yarn: 4 balls of 2 oz (57 g) main colour (Royal Blue) and ½ oz (14 g) each of white and red
- Crochet hook (original: bone crochet hook size 3; old bone-hook size numbers have no reliable metric equivalent)
- 6 gold buttons, tapestry needle
- Hook: No gauge is printed. Start with 3.5 mm (US E-4) and change size so the back's chain of 68 measures about 12 in (30.5 cm)
Yarn Kit & Substitution Options
This pattern calls for 350 yards of weight #2 yarn. Select a suggested yarn to see required skeins and estimated cost:
Lion Brand Coboo · 50% Cotton, 50% Bamboo
232 yds per skein · Silky breathable drape, lovely stitch shine
2 skeins required
approx. $$12.98 total
Abbreviations (US terms)
- chain
- single crochet
- double crochet
- stitch
- stitches
- repeat
- yarn over
- increase
- decrease
- loop
- right side
- turning chain
Notes before you start
- Source: "A Sailor's Sweetheart — Crocheted Jacket" (No. 808), Juvenile Styles: Original Designs for Infants and Juveniles, Volume 4, Juvenile Styles Publishing Company (Mary Hoyer, editor and designer). Public domain in the USA.
- As printed — materials: 1 Bone Crochet Hook, size 3.; Material—Cashmere Sports, 4 two ounce balls. One-half ounce ball white and red. 6 gold buttons.. Gauge: Not given.
- Modernisation note: Original is written in US crochet terms; kept as US terms (sc = single crochet, dc = double crochet).
- Modernisation note: Spaced abbreviations (s c, d c, Y O) written as sc, dc, yo; "wrap" written as yo; "thru" written as "through"; "needle" (used for the crochet hook) written as "hook"; "tape thru" (a cord through the beading) written as "lace through"; "picking up back loop/thread/st" written as "in back loop only".
- Modernisation note: "Cut yarn" / "break thread" written as "fasten off"; "attach yarn" / "fasten thread" written as "join yarn".
- Modernisation note: Long printed paragraphs split into one row, round or step per line; stitch order unchanged.
- Modernisation note: The two-row pattern, printed inside the back instructions, is repeated as its own section before the back; the wording is unchanged.
- Modernisation note: "(72 chs, size 6)", "(36 chs, size 6)" and "(45 chs, size 6)" written as size-6 counts in parentheses: 68 (72), 34 (36), 41 (45).
- Modernisation note: "The turning cr" written as "the turning ch" (the booklet lists "cr" as crochet).
- Modernisation note: "Sew shoulder scams" corrected to "seams"; "inc 4 sts across row at equal distances apart" written as "inc 4 sts evenly across row".
- Modernisation note: The sleeves, bands and collar are printed on two later pages ("Continued on page 16" and "Continued on page 21"); they are joined in order.
- Modernisation note: Check: Pattern Row 1 prints "insert needle in first s c, wrap, draw thru 2 loops, wrap thru 2 more (same as d c)" without saying to draw up a loop in the sc first. Left as printed; work it like a dc whose first yarn-over is the loop drawn through the chain (or the large loop of the previous stitch).
- Modernisation note: Check: the size-6 increase on the 13th row is not printed (only "76 s c" for size 4). Left as printed.
- Modernisation note: Check: the pocket is placed "when piece measures about 1½ inches from underarm", which reads as above the underarm shaping; it may mean 1½ in below. Left as printed — compare with the photograph.
- Modernisation note: Check: sleeve cap "repeat from * once" appears twice with a single asterisk; the counts (60 − 3 − 3 − 2 − 2 = 50) confirm two rows at each depth, as written above.
- Modernisation note: Check: the collar colour is not printed at the start; the booklet's caption describes "a white sailor collar that has a touch of red", yet the edging says "Work 2 rows of blue, 2 rows of red". Left as printed.
- Modernisation note: Vintage sizing and ease differ from today's — compare any printed measurements with the child's own before choosing a size.
- Modernisation note: Metric conversions added.
Row progress: 0 of 2 done (0%)
Pattern Stitch
0 of 2 done- Pattern Row 1 (RS): Ch 2, turn, insert hook in 2nd ch from hook, draw yarn through, insert hook in first sc, yo, draw through 2 loops, yo and draw through 2 more loops (same as dc). *Insert hook in large loop of st, draw yarn through, insert hook in next sc, complete same as dc; rep from * across row.Mark row complete
- Pattern Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across row.Mark row complete
Working on:
Pattern Row 1 (RS): Ch 2, turn, insert hook in 2nd ch from hook, draw yarn through, insert hook in first sc, yo, draw through 2 loops, yo and draw through 2 more loops (same as dc). *Insert hook in large loop of st, draw yarn through, insert hook in next sc, complete same as dc; rep from * across row.
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Still to come in the full pattern:
- Back
- Left Front
- Right Front
- Sleeves (make 2)
- Front Bands and Pocket Trim
- Sailor Collar
- Finishing
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the A Sailor's Sweetheart — Crocheted Jacket pattern from?
It was published as "A Sailor's Sweetheart — Crocheted Jacket" in Juvenile Styles: Original Designs for Infants and Juveniles, Volume 4 by Juvenile Styles Publishing Company (Mary Hoyer, editor and designer). The publication is in the public domain in the United States; this version is transcribed and modernised by crochetpatterns.io.
What yarn or thread do I need for the A Sailor's Sweetheart — Crocheted Jacket?
fine (#2) yarn. Not printed — 4 balls of 2 oz (57 g), 8 oz (227 g) main colour, plus ½ oz (14 g) each of white and red sport yarn; check the label for yardage.
What hook should I use?
No gauge is printed. Start with 3.5 mm (US E-4) and change size so the back's chain of 68 measures about 12 in (30.5 cm) Gauge: Not printed. The only measurements given are the foundation chains: back 68 ch = about 12 in (30.5 cm); sleeve 41 ch = about 6 in (15 cm).
