FINISHING

Weave together side seams and sleeve seams. Sew shoulder seams. Set in sleeves. FRONT EDGE: With right side facing and starting at bottom of right front ribbing with double strand of yarn and size H crochet hook, pull up a lp, ch 1, sc in same place, sc in every row up front to neck edge. Ch 1, turn. Working in back lps only, sl st in each st down front. Ch 1, turn. Sl st in each st to neck edge, sc evenly around neck (holding in to fit) and down every row on left front. Ch 1, turn. Work 2 rows of sl st along left front, same way as right front. Fasten off. With right sides tog, place bottom edge of neckband on neckline just below finishing edge of sc on neckline. Sew neckband to neckline, adjusting to fit. Place zipper tape under front edgings and sew zipper to fronts with thread.

POCKET FRONT OPENINGS: Finish same way as Front Edging with 1 row sc and 2 rows sl st. POCKET BACK OPENINGS: Finish with 1 row sl st. POCKETS (Make 2): Place right sides of 2 pocket lining pieces tog. With size G crochet hook and single strand of yarn and working through both thicknesses, pull up a lp at beg of one long shaped side, ch 1, sc in same place, sc evenly along edge of one shaped side, one short side and other shaped side. Fasten off. Insert pocket lining into Jacket with wrong sides of Jacket and pocket lining tog. Sew back edge of open side of pocket lining to back of pocket opening in Jacket. Sew front edge of open pocket lining to front of pocket opening in Jacket, leaving front pocket edging free. Tack ends of front pocket edging in place. (Optional: Lightly block finished garment.)

KNIT ABBREVIATIONS
k knit
p purl
st (s) stitch (es)
yo yarn over
dec decrease
inc increase
tog together
beg beginning
rnd round
psso pass slip stitch over
sk skip
sl slip
dpn double pointed needle
pat pattern
( )—Work directions in parentheses the number of times indicated by number following. Thus “(sl 1, k 1, psso) twice” means 2 repeats in all.

CROCHET ABBREVIATIONS
ch chain
sc single crochet
dc double crochet
hdc half double crochet
tr treble crochet
d tr double treble crochet
tr tr triple treble crochet
st (s) stitch (es)
sl st slip stitch
sk skip
lp loop
sp space
rnd round
pat pattern
( )—Work directions in parentheses the number of times indicated by number following. Thus “(dc, ch 1) 4 times” means 4 repeats in all.

FOR KNIT & CROCHET
Asterisk...*. This indicates that the directions immediately following are to be repeated the given number of times in addition to the ones already given. Thus “repeat from * 3 times” means 4 patterns in all.

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