Today I am really excited to share with you my very first crochet sweater design. It's the lightweight Striped V - Neck Sweater with 3/4 sleeves. It also has an eye catching scallop edging around sleeve cuffs and hemline.
I used one of my absolute favorites cotton and premium acrylic blend DK weigt yarn Nako Calico in 2 colors - coral red (Red Sea Bream) and off white (Ecru).
The pattern uses basic crochet stitches and works up rather quickly.
Scroll down to view the written pattern!
Hope you enjoy!
Happy Crocheting! π
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Written Pattern:
Sizing: XS, (S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL)
Approx. Finished Measurments - blocked, unstretched:
Inches
Bust - 32 (35, 38, 41, 44, 47, 50);
Length - 21.5 (22, 22.5, 23.5, 24, 25, 25.5);
Sleeve length - 12.5 (13.5, 13.5, 14, 14, 14.5, 14.5);
Armhole depth - 6 (6.5, 6.5, 7.5, 7.5, 8.5, 8.5).
Centimeters
Bust - 82 (89, 97, 104, 112, 120, 127);
Length - 54.6 (56, 57, 59.7, 61, 63.5, 65);
Sleeve length - 32 (34.5, 34.5, 35.6, 35.6, 37, 37);
Armhole depth - 15.5 (16.6, 16.6, 19, 19, 21.6, 21.6).
The model (pictured) has the following measurments - Bust: 37'' (94cm), Height: 5'7'' (170cm) and is wearing a size S.
Skill Level: Easy to Intermediate.
Gauge: 15 dc x 7,5 rows = 10 cm (4'') x 10 cm (4'')
Make sure to check your gauge before beginning!
- DK weight yarn, size 3 - light. I used Nako Calico 50% cotton, 50% acrylic yarn - 100grams / 245meters (268 yards).
Color A - 11037 (Red Sea Bream), Color B - 03278 (Ecru).
For each size you will need approximately:
XS: Color A - 2 skeins (200g / 490m)
Color B: 2 skeins (125g / 310m)
S: Color A - 3 skeins (225g / 555m)
Color B - 2 skeins (130g / 320m)
M: Color A - 3 skeins (240g / 590m)
Color B - 2 skeins (140g / 345m)
L: Color A - 3 skeins (280g / 690m)
Color B - 2 skeins (150g / 370m)
XL: Color A - 4 skeins (315g / 775m)
Color B - 2 skeins (160g / 395m)
2XL: Color A - 4 skeins (350g / 860m)
Color B - 2 skeins (170g / 420m)
3XL: Color A - 4 skeins (390g / 970m)
Color B - 2 skeins (180g / 445m)
Pattern Notes:
- The sweater is worked in 4 pieces - 2 body panels from the bottom up and 2 sleeve panels from the top down. All panels are sewn together at the end before working the hemline and sleeve cuff edging.
- The pattern is worked in both rows (body panels and sleeves) and rounds (the hemline and sleeve edging).
- Ch3 at the beginning of the row counts as a double crochet stitch.
- The last double crochet stitch goes into the top of turning ch3.
- Ch2 at the beginning of the row doesn't count as a stitch.
- Ch1 at the beginning of the round doesn't count as a stitch.
- The sweater is classic fit with some positive ease (approximately 5cm (2'') more than your actual bus measurment).
- Pattern includes 7 sizes: XS (S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL).
Abbreviations (US Terms):
st./sts. - stitch / stitches
ch - chain
sl st. - slip stitch
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
dc2tog - 2 double crochet closed together (double crochet decrease):
Yarn
over, insert your hook into indicated stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop – 3 loops
on hook. Yarn over, pull through 2 loops – 2 loops on hook. Yarn over, insert
your hook into next stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop – 4 loops on hook.
Yarn over, pull through 2 loops – 3 loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through
all 3 loops on hook.
( )* – repeat the instructions between the brackets the number of times indicated.
[ ] - stitch count at the end of row or round as follows XS [S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL]
Instructions:
Colors for front and back panels:
Color A - 2 rows
Color B - 5 rows
Color A - 5 rows
Color B - 5 rows
Color A - 5 rows
Color B - 5 rows
Color A - 13 (14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21) rows
FRONT PANEL (Make 1)
Foundation chain: Ch 60 (66, 72, 78, 84, 90, 96)
Row 1 (right side): 1dc into 4th ch from hook, 1dc into each ch st. across. 58 [64, 70, 76, 82, 88, 94] sts.
Row 2 (wrong side): ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across. Your last dc will go into the top of turning ch3. 58 [64, 70, 76, 82, 88, 94] sts.
Repeat Row 2 to Row 30 (30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36)
Shoulder 1
Row 31 (31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37): ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into next 26 (29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44) sts., dc2tog over next 2 sts. 28 [31, 34, 37, 40, 43, 46] sts.
Row 32 (32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38): ch2 (doesn't count as a st.), turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across. 27 [30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45] sts.
Row 33 (33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39): ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across until you have 2 sts. left, dc2tog over last 2 sts. 26 [29, 32, 35, 38, 40, 44] sts.
Row 34 (34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40): ch2, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across. 25 [28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43] sts.
Row 35 (35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41): ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across until you hace 2 sts left, dc2tog over last 2 sts. 24 [27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42] sts.
Row 36 (36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42): ch2, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across. 23 [26, 29, 32, 35, 38, 41] sts.
Row 37 (37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43): ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across until you have 2 sts. left, dc2tog over last 2 sts. 22 [25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40] sts.
Row 38 (38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44): ch2, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across. 21 [24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39] sts.
Row 39 (39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45): ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across until you have 2 sts. left, dc2tog over last 2 sts. 20 [23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38] sts.
Row 40 (40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46): ch2, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across. 19 [22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37] sts.
Size XS - Fasten off.
Row (41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47) for Sizes S, M, L, XL, 2XL and 3XL only: ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across until you have 2 sts left, dc2tog over last 2 sts. [21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36] sts.
Sizes S and M - Fasten off.
Row (44, 45, 47, 48) for Sizes L, XL, 2XL and 3XL only: ch2, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across. [26, 29, 32, 35] sts.
Sizes XL, 2XL, and 3XL - Fasten off.
Row 31 (31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37): Join the yarn to next st., ch2, turn, 1dc into each st. across. 28 [31, 34, 37, 40, 43, 46] sts.
Row 32 (32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38): ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across until you have 2 sts. left, dc2tog over last 2 sts. 27 [30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45] sts.
Row 33 (33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39): ch2, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across. 26 [29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44] sts.
Row 34 (34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40): ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across until you have 2 sts. left, dc2tog over last 2 sts. 25 [28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43] sts.
Row 35 (35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41): ch2, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across. 24 [27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42] sts.
Row 36 (36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42): ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across until you have 2 sts. left, dc2tog over last 2 sts. 23 [26, 29, 32, 35, 38, 41] sts.
Row 37 (37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43): ch2, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across. 22 [25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40] sts.
Row 38 (38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44): ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across until you have 2 sts. left, dc2tog over last 2 sts. 21 [24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39] sts.
Row 39 (39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45): ch2, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across. 20 [23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38] sts.
Row 40 (40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46): ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across until you have 2 sts. left, dc2tog over last 2 sts. 19 [22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37] sts.
Row (41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47) for Sizes S, M, L, XL, 2XL and 3XL only: ch2, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across. [21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36] sts.
Sizes S and M - Fasten off.
Row (44, 45, 47, 48) for Sizes L, XL, 2XL and 3XL only: ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across until you have 2 sts. left, dc2tog over last 2 sts. [26, 29, 32, 35] sts.
Sizes XL, 2XL, and 3XL - Fasten off.
BACK PANEL (Make 1)
Foundation chain: Ch 60 (66, 72, 78, 84, 90, 96)
Row 1 (right side): 1dc into 4th ch from hook, 1dc into each ch st. across. 58 [64, 70, 76, 82, 88, 94] sts.
Row 2 (wrong side): ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across. Your last dc will go into the top of turning ch3. 58 [64, 70, 76, 82, 88, 94] sts.
Repeat Row 2 to Row 39 (40, 41, 43, 44, 46, 47)
Shoulder 1
Row 40 (41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48): ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into next 17 (19, 22, 24, 27, 30, 33) sts., dc2tog over next 2 sts. 19 [21, 24, 26, 29, 32, 35] sts.
Fasten off.
Shoulder 2
Skip next 18 (20, 20, 22, 22, 22, 22) sts., join the yarn to next st., ch2, 1dc into each st. across. 19 [21, 24, 26, 29, 32, 35] sts.
Fasten off.
Colors for sleeve panel
Color A: 4 (6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8) rows
Color B: 5 rows
Color A: 5 rows
Color B: 5 rows
Color A: 2 rows
SLEEVE PANEL (Make 2)
Foundation chain: Ch 54 (58, 58, 66, 66, 74, 74)
Row 1 (right side): 1dc into 4th ch from hook, 1dc into each ch st. across. 52 [56, 56, 64, 64, 72, 72] sts.
Row 2 (wrong side): ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into each st. across. Your last dc will go into the top of turning ch3. 52 [56, 56, 64, 64, 72, 72] sts.
Repeat Row 2 to Row 20 (22, 22, 23, 23, 24, 24)
Row 21 for Size XS only: ch3, turn, skip first st., 1dc into next st., (dc2tog over next 2 sts.)* repeat 12 times, 1dc into next 2 sts, (dc2tog over next 2 sts)* repeat 12 times until the end of the row. 28 sts.
Fasten off.
Row (23, 23, 24, 24, 25, 25) for Sizes S, M, L, XL, 2XL and 3XL only : ch2, turn, skip first st., 1dc into next st., (dc2tog over next 2 sts)* repeat until the end of the row. [28, 28, 32, 32, 36, 36] sts.
Fasten off.
ASSEMBLY
Place the front and back panels together with the wrong sides facing out.
Sew along the top of the shoulders with a whip stitch.
Mark the armholes on both front and back panels 13 (14, 14, 16, 16, 18, 18) rows from the top.
Place the sleeves with the wrong sides up, sew them to the body with a whip stitch.
Fold the sweater in half with the wrong side out and sew along the sides and underneath the sleeves with a whip stitch.
Turn your sweater with the right side out.
Hemline and Sleeve Edging
Colors for the edging
Color A: 3 rounds
Now we are going to work the edging around the hemline and sleeve cuffs. The edging is worked in joined rounds (the end of the round is joined to the start with a slip stitch).
The Hemline
With the right side out, join the yarn at the seam on one side of the hemline.
Round 1: ch1 (doesn't count as a st.), 2sc into same st., 1sc into next 56 (62, 68, 74, 80, 86, 92) sts, 2sc into next st., 1sc into remaining 56 (62, 68, 74, 80, 86, 92) sts. Join with a sl st. into first sc of the round. 116 [128, 140, 152, 164, 176, 188] sts.
Round 2: ch1 (doesn't count as a st.), 1sc into same st., ch3,
(skip next st., 1sc into next st., ch3)* repeat around until you have 1 stitch left. Skip last st. Join with a sl st. into first sc of the round. 58 [64, 70, 76, 82, 88, 94] chain 3 spaces.
Round 3: sl st. into next ch3 space, ch3 (counts as a dc), 5dc into same ch3 space, 1sc into next ch3 space,
(6dc into next ch3 space, 1sc into next ch3 space)* repeat around.
Join with a sl st., into the top of first ch3 (into 3rd ch).
The Sleeves
With the right side out, join the yarn at the seam on one side of the sleeve cuff.
Round 1: ch1 (doesn't count as a st.), 2sc into same st., 1sc into each st. around. 28 [28, 28, 32, 32, 36, 36] sts.
Round 2: ch1 (doesn't count as a st.), 1sc into same st., ch3,
(skip next st., 1sc into next st., ch3)* repeat around until you have 1 stitch left. Skip last st. Join with a sl st. into first sc of the round. 14 [14, 14, 16, 16, 18, 18] chain 3 spaces.
Round 3: sl st. into next ch3 space, ch3 (counts as a dc), 5dc into same ch3 space, 1sc into next ch3 space,
(6dc into next ch3 space, 1sc into next ch3 space)* repeat around.
Join with a sl st., into the top of first ch3 (into 3rd ch).
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