Free Pattern - Vintage 1940s Tufted Bolero #174 - Crochet

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Vintage 1940s Tufted Bolero #174 - Crochet

SIZE:  14 - 16

MATERIALS: 
American Thread Company “Dawn” Germantown Wool for tufting, 7 balls, white or colors.

Mercerized Crochet Cotton, Size 20 for Filet Mesh, 2 large or 4 medium balls
Steel Crochet Hook #10 or #11

DIRECTIONS FOR TUFTING: 

Cut a cardboard 1 1/8” wide, wind yarn around the cardboard placing the strands side by side, cut both edges having 1 1/8” lengths. 

Use 12 strands for each tuft. 

Thread a length of yarn into a large needle & working over the crossings of meshes from right to left, tie a tuft securely over every other mesh in every other row, alternating, placing the tuft of the 2^nd row between the tufts of the preceding row.

If tufted over point d’esprit net work over each dot.

NOTE: 

The tufted Bolero may be made on a large mesh Fish net, Point d’esprit net or a Crocheted Filet Mesh. 

The directions for making the Crochet Filet Mesh follow. 

When made on the Fish or Point d’esprit nets,  ¾ of yard of either material & a paper pattern are required. 

The bolero is cut out according to pattern & sections are worked before they are assembled.

DIRECTIONS FOR CROCHETED FILET MESH:

GAUGE: 

3 meshes = 1”;

3 rows = 1”

Back: 

Ch 187 [about 19”] trc into 11^th st from hook * ch 3, sk 3 sts, trc in next st, rep from * across row [work should measure about 15 ½”], ch 7, turn.

2^nd row:  Trc in trc, * ch 3, trc in next trc, rep from * across row, ch 7, turn.

3^rd row:  Rep 2^nd row, inc 1 mesh each side. 

Work 2 rows even then increase 1 mesh each side & work even until back measures 5”.

Next row:  Sl st across 1 mesh, ch 4, trc in next trc, [thus decreasing 2 meshes] continue across row omitting the last 2 meshes.

Next 2 rows:  Dec 1 mesh each side & work even until armhole measured 7” from the 1^st dec point.

Next 3 rows:  Dec 4 meshes each side of each row.

Front: 

Ch 99, work 1^st trc in 11^th st from hook, work meshes across row & work 1 more row even.

3^rd row:  Inc 1 mesh at end of row [this is the underarm] then work 2 rows even.

Next row:  Inc 1 mesh at underarm then work even for 8 rows or until Front measures 5”.

Next row:  Dec 2 meshes at underarm.

Next 2 rows:  Dec 1 mesh at underarm & work even for 12 rows or until work measures 5 ½” from 1^st dec point.

Next row:  Dec 4 meshes at neck edge.

Next 3 rows:  Dec 1 mesh at neck edge.

Next 2 rows:  Dec 4 meshes at shoulder edge & 1 mesh at neck edge.

Sleeves: 

Ch 151 for 36 meshes & work 2 rows even.

Next row:  Inc 1 mesh each side & work even for 6 rows or until sleeve measures 3 ¼”.

Next row:  Dec 2 meshes each side then dec 1 mesh each side every other row 5 times.

Next row:  Dec 6 meshes each side & work 5 more rows even. 

Sew darts to form a square shoulder.

ENJOY!