Cozy Crochet Top Down Raglan Sweater Pattern To Warm Up With

Imagine yourself creating a beautiful crochet top-down Raglan sweater, stitch by stitch, with your very own hands. Picture how the yarn feels as it slips through your fingers, weaving together in perfect harmony. This type of sweater starts from the neck and grows downwards, allowing you to try it on as you go, ensuring it fits just right.

Crochet Top Down Raglan Sweater

With each loop and knot, you're not just making a piece of clothing; you're crafting something uniquely yours, brimming with love and personal touch. Whether for cozying up on a chilly day or gifting it to someone special, this crochet project brings warmth in more ways than one.

Materials:

Stitch markers or similar
A 3.5 mm (E-4) crochet hook
A darning needle for weaving in ends
Measuring tape
Fingering weight yarn (Evergreen wool yarn from Hobby in color five was used in the tutorial)

Abbreviations:

ch: chain
sl st: slip stitch
sc: single crochet
hdc: half double crochet
dc: double crochet
YO: yarn over
st(s): stitch(es)

Instructions:

Neck Band:

Leave a tail to sew the neck band later.
Make a slip knot and ch 17.
Turn, starting in the second chain from the hook, make a sc in the back bump of each chain across (16 sc). Ch 1, turn.
Continue working sc in the back loop only across each row until you have 102 rows (for size M; adjust rows for different sizes).
Fold the neck band in half and use the tail to sew the short sides together with a whip stitch. Weave in ends.

Yoke:

Reattach working yarn to the neck band.

Ch 1 and make a round of sc around the neck band, making 1 sc in each row except for every third row where you will make 2 sc.

You should have 136 sts around.

Join with a sl st to the first st and ch 1. Turn.

Begin the raglan part:

Make 17 hdc, mark the first st with a stitch marker.
Make a dc, ch 1, dc in the same st (V-stitch), place a stitch marker in the ch-1 space.
Make 49 hdc.
Repeat V-stitch, place stitch marker in ch-1 space.
Make 17 hdc.
Repeat V-stitch, place stitch marker in ch-1 space.
Make 49 hdc to finish the round.
Join with a sl st. Ch 1, turn.

Increasing with V-Stitches:

Begin next row with a V-stitch around the post from previous row.
Mark the ch-1 space.
Hdc in the back loop only until you reach the next marked V-stitch.

Continue until the desired yoke length is achieved, with the following increment pattern:

Each round starts with a V stitch in the ch-1 spaces that were previously marked.
Increase 2 sts on each front, back, and sleeve sections with each round.

Joining for the Body:

Once yoke is complete, ch 5 for the underarm.
Skip sleeve section, continue hdc in back loops around the body section.
Repeat step 2 for the other sleeve.
Join to first st with a sl st. Continue for the length of the body.
Repeat body rounds until desired length is reached.

Body Ribbing:

After completing the body, ch 16.
Turn, sc in the back bump of the second ch from the hook and each chain back (15 sc).
Attach to body with slip sts, ch 1, turn.
Sc in the back loops.
Repeat steps 3-4 all around the body edge to create ribbing.
Seam the ribbing edges together when complete.

Sleeves:

Reattach yarn at the underarm.
Hdc around sleeve opening, including ch 5 underarm stitches.
Decrease every so many rounds to taper the sleeve.
Continue until desired length is reached.

Sleeve Ribbing:

Ch 16.
Turn, sc in the back bump of the second ch from the hook and each chain back to the sleeve (15 sc).
Attach to sleeve with sl st, ch 1, turn.
Sc in the back loops.
Repeat steps 3-4 all around the sleeve edge.
Seam the ribbing edges together.