How to Crochet a Stylish Cardigan

You’ll Need

300g of mélange brown (color 1) Yarnan Gold (70% mohair, 30% acryl; 500m/100g);

300g of the same yarn, but in mélange brick-red-white-brown (color 2);

300g of natural white Camel wool (65% wool, 35% polyacryl; 600m/100g);

Crochet hooks 5, 7, and 8;

6 buttons.

Size

L-XL.

Note

Work in 3 threads of yarn:

• 1^st combination: 2 threads of mélange yarn 1 + 1 thread of camel wool;
• 2^nd combination: 2 threads of mélange yarn 2 + 1 thread of camel wool.

Stripes order: * 2 rows of 1^st combination, 2 rows of 2^nd combination*.

At first, make the upper part of the cardigan, then the lower part.

Instructions

Back

Make 70 chain sts with crochet hook 7 and 5 rows of single crochets. Then, bind off 5 sts from each side for arm-hole and make 28 rows, alternating stripes, as previously described.

After that, start making shoulder chamfers, make 25 crochets, leave the central 10 sts open for the neck-hole, turn, and make 8 rows up. Don’t finish 1 st from the neck-hole side. Make the second shoulder in symmetry.

Front

Make 35 chain sts with crochet hook 7 and 5 rows following the stripes order. Then, bind off 5 sts from one side for the arm-hole, crochet 25 rows up, bind off 5 sts from the opposite side for the neck-hole, and make 8 rows up, without finishing 1 st from the neck-hole side. Make the second half of the front in symmetry.

Sew the front and back at the shoulder and make the sleeves.

Sleeves

Make 60 chain sts with crochet hook 7 and make the sleeve from up to down. Bind off 1 st from both sides in every 5^th row until there are 35 sts left. Sew the back and front along the sleeve seams.

Then, crochet the rest part of the cardigan as one-piece cloth from up to down with crochet hook 8. The length of work is up to you.

Assembly

For the cuff, make sts along the sleeve with crochet hook 5 and 5 rows of single crochets. Then, switch to crochet hook 7 and make 5 more rows. Fasten the cuff with “shrimp stitch” using one color yarn.

Make plackets of 8 rows wide with crochet hook 7 along the edges of the front.

Make 5 button-loops on the right front. For the collar, make sts along the neck-hole and 4 rows with crochet hook 5, then, 12 rows with crochet hook 7, increasing 1 st from both sides for widening. Make a button-loop on color. Fasten the whole work with “shrimp stitch” using white yarn.

Sew the buttons.