Little boy's Crochet Waistcoat

A bit of a confession here, I made this a while ago and took so long to take pictures and write the pattern up it no longer fits him which is why there are no action shots. Classic me. Anyway this is a free pattern for a very simple waistcoat. At the moment only available in size 3-6 months however I'm going to make a slightly altered version but with arms in a bigger size so will update when I have finished it!

You also may be wondering why on earth the front is plain and the back is stripey ..I majorly underestimated the amount of wool I needed and had to improvise lol. I have not put instructions for the stripes in the pattern as to be honest, I winged it!


6mm Hook
roughly 200g dk wool

Left side
ch 26
sc 25
change colour, sc across
change colour, sc across
sc until work measures 18cms
sc. sc2tog, sc to last 2, sc2tog
sc2tog, sc across to last 3 stitches, sc2tog, sc
sc, sc2tog, sc to last 2, sc2tog
sc across to last 3 st sc2tog, sc
sc, sc2tog, sc across
sc across, sc to last 3, sc2tog, sc
sc, sc2tog, sc across

sc across, sc to last 3, sc2tog, sc
sc, sc2tog, sc across
sc across, sc to last 3, sc2tog, sc
sc, sc2tog, sc across
sc across, sc to last 3, sc2tog, sc
sc, sc2tog, sc across
sc 6 rows
fasten off

Right Side
same as 1st side spacing 4 buttonholes evenly across first 18cms,  *button hole - 3 st away from edge, ch1, miss one stitch, sc to end.

Back
ch 45
sc 18cms
sc, sc2tog sc to last 3, sc2tog, sc x 4
sc  x 4
sc12 turn
sc2tog, sc
sc, sc2tog
repeat last two rows until 5scs remain
sc 2 rows, bind off

Sew side and shoulder seams together, attach buttons and weave in ends. sc around armholes and  neck in contrasting colour.