Snuggle up in your very own handmade Cozy Crochet Cardigan! This comfy cardigan is perfect for chilly days or just relaxing at home. It's made with soft yarn and your loving care, so every stitch adds a touch of warmth.
Cozy Crochet Cardigan
Wrap yourself in the Cozy Crochet Cardigan to feel the cozy, comforting embrace every time you wear it. It's like a gentle hug in the form of a sweater! Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned crocheter, creating this cardigan can be a delightful and rewarding project.
Materials Needed:
- 5mm crochet hook
- 6mm crochet hook
- Yarn (appropriate for the hooks)
Cardigan Pattern:
Ribbing (Bottom of the Cardigan)
- Create a slip knot and using a 5mm hook, chain 15. This will be the height of the ribbing (~3 inches).
Turn your work 90 degrees, crochet 14 back loop only slip stitches.
- Repeat rows of 14 back loop slip stitches until you reach a total of 105 rows. Your piece should measure around 50cm unstretched. Adjust the length to wrap comfortably around your waist.
Body
Switch to a 6mm hook, turn your work 90 degrees, and begin half double crochet into the top of each row of the ribbing.
- Alternate between inserting a half double crochet into a raised row and an indented row for a total of 105 half double crochets or equal to the number of your ribbing rows.
- Chain 2 and turn your work to start the next row.
- Create 8 rows of half double crochets for a cropped cardigan (adjust the number of rows for desired length).
Neckline Shaping
- Start shaping the neckline by half double crocheting two together at the beginning and end of two successive rows.
Split for Front Panels and Back Panel
- Place stitch markers 24 stitches from each edge to delineate the fronts and the back panel.
- For the front panel, chain 2 and half double crochet until the stitch marker, creating 12 rows for neckline shaping, then 5 rows of half double crochets.
- For the back panel, attach yarn with a slip knot at the stitch marker, and make 17 rows of half double crochets.
Sleeves
- Create ribbing for the sleeves by chaining 11, then making 29 rows of back loop only slip stitches.
- Change to a 6mm hook for the sleeve body, half double crocheting an increase every other stitch at the end of the first increase row, then repeat a pattern of creating increases for sleeve shaping.
- After completing the sets of increases, sew the sleeves to the body of the cardigan.
Finishing Touches
- To join the shoulders, use single crochets or sewing.
- For the neckline, single crochet around, making 3 single crochets in the stitches at the points where the neckline angles inward.
- Create buttonholes on one front panel by chaining and skipping stitches based on the size of your buttons.
- Finally, sew the buttons opposite the buttonholes.
