Tall Ship | Jazmo Crochet

I designed a crochet model of a tall ship. The sail plan is almost identical to the sail plan for the Young Endeavour. I left out the fisherman staysail because it is almost never used anyway. The finished model is 30 cm long. The pattern is written in American crochet notation. You will need a 3 mm hook and a 2 mm hook and 8 ply brown and white wool. Bamboo kebab sticks will also come in handy because turns out crochet doesn’t have much structural integrity.

Keel

This is essentially a cross-section of a ship at the waterline. Or at least how I imagine the cross-section is. I don’t really know much about ships, as you are about to find out.

We will start at the stern (back) and end at the bow (front/point bit).

With a 3 mm hook and brown wool

Row 1: chain 21, sc along the chain (20 sc)

Rows 2 – 41: sc in each stitch (20 sc)

Row 42: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 16 stitches, decrease the last two stitches together (18 stitches)

Row 43: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 14 stitches, decrease the last two stitches together (16 stitches)

Row 44: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 12 stitches, decrease the last two stitches together (14 stitches)

Row 45: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 10 stitches, decrease the last two stitches together (12 stitches)

Row 46: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 8 stitches, decrease the last two stitches together (10 stitches)

Row 47: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 6 stitches, decrease the last two stitches together (8 stitches)

Row 48: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 4 stitches, decrease the last two stitches together (6 stitches)

Row 49: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 2 stitches, decrease the last two stitches together (4 stitches)

Row 50: decrease the first two stitches together, decrease the last two stitches together (2 stitches)

Fasten off, weaving in the ends.

Deck

I thought that this would be bigger than the hull at the waterline, but upon careful study of my dad’s ‘Fighting Sail’ book I think that the hull actually bulged to its widest point at the waterline and the deck was smaller.

With a 3 mm hook and brown wool

Row 1: chain 16, sc along the chain (15 sc)

Rows 2 – 41: sc in each stitch (15 sc)

Row 42: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 11 stitches, decrease the last two stitches together (13 stitches)

Row 43: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 9 stitches, decrease the last two stitches together (11 stitches)

Row 44: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 7 stitches, decrease the last two stitches together (9 stitches)

Row 45: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 5 stitches, decrease the last two stitches together (7 stitches)

Row 46: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 3 stitches, decrease the last two stitches together (5 stitches)

Row 47: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 1 stitches, decrease the last two stitches together (3 stitches)

Row 42: decrease the remaining three stitches together (1 stitches)

Fasten off, weave in ends.

Hull

With a 3 mm hook and brown wool

Row 1: chain 16, sc along the chain (15 sc)

Rows 2 – 18: sc in each stitch (15 stitches)

Row 19: sc in each stitch (backloops only) (15 stitches)

Rows 20 – 59: sc in each stitch (15 stitches)

Row 60: sc in each stitch (frontloops only) (15 stitches)

Rows 61 – 100: sc in each stitch (15 stitches)

Fasten off, weave in ends.

Assembly

Sew the keel, deck and hull together to form the body of the ship and stuff. I’m not sure how to explain this better other than to say the keel is down the bottom, the deck is up the top and the hull is the strip that joins them. The kinks in the hull that are formed by the backloop only rows should be aligned with the corners of the keel and deck.

Bowsprit

With a 2 mm hook and brown wool

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Rounds 2 – 8: sc in each stitch (6 stitches)

Round 9: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (9 stitches)

Rounds 10 – 19: sc in each stitch (9 stitches)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Shove in a kebab stick and stuff.

Sew it to the bow, I found it very helpful to shove the remainder of the kebab stick right into the body of the ship to keep the bowsprit steady. You will be attaching the jib and forestaysail to it later so you want it to be strong.

Masts (make 2)

With a 2 mm hook and brown wool

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Round 2: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (9 stitches)

Rounds 3 – 47: sc in each stitch (9 stitches)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Stuff and shove in a wooden kebab skewer.

Stab the remaining bits of the kebab skewer for each mast into the ship and sew them down. There is a mast at the front (the foremast) and a mast at the back (the mainmast).

Yardarms

With a 2 mm hook and brown wool

Topgallant yard (the top yardarm on the foremast)

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Rounds 2 – 31: sc in each stitch (6 stitches)

Stuff and shove in a wooden kebab skewer.

Round 32: decrease around (3 stitches)

Fasten off, sew up the hole.

Topsail yard (the middle yardarm on the foremast)

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Rounds 2 – 34: sc in each stitch (6 stitches)

Stuff and shove in a wooden kebab skewer.

Round 35: decrease around (3 stitches)

Fasten off, sew up the hole.

Course yard (the lowest yardarm on the foremast)

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Rounds 2 – 36: sc in each stitch (6 stitches)

Stuff and shove in a wooden kebab skewer.

Round 37: decrease around (3 stitches)

Fasten off, sew up the hole.

Top yardarm on the mainmast

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Rounds 2 – 21: sc in each stitch (6 stitches)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Stuff and shove in a wooden kebab skewer.

Shove a bit of the kebab skewer into the mainmast to stabilise it when you sew it on.

Boom (the lower yardarm on the mainmast)

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Rounds 2 – 24: sc in each stitch (6 stitches)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Stuff and shove in a wooden kebab skewer.

Shove a bit of the kebab skewer into the mainmast to stabilise it when you sew it on.

Assembly

Sew on the yardarms. You’ll probably want to refer to the photos of the ship to see where they go. I also recommend going to the Young Endeavour’s website and looking at the diagram of its sail plan.

Sails

With white wool and a 2 mm hook

Topgallant (top most sail on the foremast)

Row 1: chain 21 (one is a turning chain)

Rows 2 – 9: sc in each stitch (20 stitches)

Fasten off.

Sew the top of the sail to the topgallant yard. Sew the bottom corners to the topsail yard.

Topsail (middle sail on the foremast)

Row 1: chain 26 (one is a turning chain)

Rows 2 – 9: sc in each stitch (25 stitches)

Fasten off.

Sew the top of the sail to the topsail yard. Sew the bottom corners to the course yard.

Course (lowest sail on the front mast)

Row 1: chain 26 (one is a turning chain)

Rows 2 – 12: sc in each stitch (25 stitches)

Fasten off.

Sew the top of the sail to the course yard.

Main sail (the big square sail on the mainmast)

Starting from the top

Row 1: chain 17 (one is a turning chain)

Rows 2 – 7: sc in each stitch (16 stitches)

Row 8: sc in the first 15 stitches, increase in the last stitch (17 stitches)

Rows 9 – 11: sc in each stitch (17 stitches)

Row 12: sc in the first 16 stitches, increase in the last stitch (18 stitches)

Rows 13 – 15: sc in each stitch (18 stitches)

Row 16: sc in the first 17 stitches, increase in the last stitch (19 stitches)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Sew the sail to the top of the boom, the mainmast and the bottom of the top yardarm on the mainmast.

Main gaff topsail (the smaller triangular sail at the top of the mainmast)

Starting from the bottom

Row 1: chain 17 (one is a turning chain)

Row 2: sc in each stitch (16 stitches)

Row 3: sc in the first 14 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (15 stitches)

Row 4: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the first 13 stitches, (14 stitches)

Row 5: sc in the first 12 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (13 stitches)

Row 6: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the first 11 stitches, (12 stitches)

Row 7: sc in the first 10 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (11 stitches)

Row 8: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the first 9 stitches, (10 stitches)

Row 9: sc in the first 8 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (9 stitches)

Row 10: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the first 7 stitches, (8 stitches)

Row 11: sc in the first 6 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (7 stitches)

Row 12: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the first 5 stitches, (6 stitches)

Row 13: sc in the first 4 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (5 stitches)

Row 14: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the first 3 stitches, (4 stitches)

Row 15: sc in the first 2 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (3 stitches)

Row 16: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the first 1 stitches, (2 stitches)

Row 17: decrease the remaining two stitches together (1 stitch)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Sew the sail to the top of the top yardarm on the mainmast and the mainmast.

Main staysail (in between the masts, the larger one that is lower down)

Row 1: chain 25 (one is a turning chain)

Row 2: sc in each stitch (24 stitches)

Row 3: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 20 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (22 stitches)

Row 4: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 18 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (20 stitches)

Row 5: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 16 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (18 stitches)

Row 6: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 14 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (16 stitches)

Row 7: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 12 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (14 stitches)

Row 8: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 10 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (12 stitches)

Row 9: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 8 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (10 stitches)

Row 10: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 6 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (8 stitches)

Row 11: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 4 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (6 stitches)

Row 12: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 2 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (4 stitches)

Row 13: decrease the first two stitches together, decrease the final two stitches together (2 stitches)

Row 14: decrease the remaining two stitches together (1 stitch)

Fasten off.

The right angle of the triangle should be at the bottom, near the mainmast. Attach one corner just above where the top yardarm on the mainmast meets the mainmast. Attach the other corner half way between where the course yard attaches to the foremast and the deck.

Topgallant staysail (in between the masts, the smaller one that is higher up)

Row 1: chain 21 (one is a turning chain)

Row 2: sc in each stitch (20 stitches)

Row 3: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 16 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (18 stitches)

Row 4: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 14 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (16 stitches)

Row 5: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 12 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (14 stitches)

Row 6: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 10 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (12 stitches)

Row 7: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 8 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (10 stitches)

Row 8: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 6 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (8 stitches)

Row 9: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 4 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (6 stitches)

Row 10: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 2 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (4 stitches)

Row 11: decrease the first two stitches together, decrease the final two stitches together (2 stitches)

Row 12: decrease the remaining two stitches together (1 stitch)

Fasten off.

The right angle of the triangle should be at the bottom, near the mainmast. Attach one corner just below the top of the mainmast. Attach the other corner where the topsail yard meets the foremast.

Jib (out the front, the larger one that is higher up)

Row 1: chain 27 (one is a turning chain)

Row 2: sc in each stitch (26 stitches)

Row 3: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 22 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (24 stitches)

Row 4: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 20 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (22 stitches)

Row 5: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 18 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (20 stitches)

Row 6: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 16 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (18 stitches)

Row 7: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 14 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (16 stitches)

Row 8: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 12 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (14 stitches)

Row 9: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 10 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (12 stitches)

Row 10: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 8 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (10 stitches)

Row 11: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 6 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (8 stitches)

Row 12: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 4 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (6 stitches)

Row 13: decrease the first two stitches together, sc in the next 2 stitches, decrease the final two stitches together (4 stitches)

Row 14: decrease the first two stitches together, decrease the final two stitches together (2 stitches)

Row 15: decrease the remaining two stitches together (1 stitch)

Fasten off.

The right angle of the triangle should be at the bottom, near the foremast. Attach one corner to the top of the foremast. Attach the other corner to the end of the bowsprit.

Forestaysail (out the front, the smaller one that is lower down)