How to Crochet a Stylish Cardigan with Hood and Buttons

You’ll Need:

1500g of 100% wool (178m/100g) in black color;

Crochet hook sizes: 2.5, 2, and 1.7;

8 buttons.

Size:

Size: S.

Note:

Make pattern design in full dimensions.

Instructions:

At first, work as one-piece cloth. Make 230 chain stitches with crochet hook 2.5 and work with double crochets for 25 cm.

Decrease 5 stitches in the next row. At 40 cm, decrease another 5 stitches = 220 stitches. Crochet straight for 55 cm and decrease 10 stitches. Change to crochet hook size 2 and crochet for 15 cm, decreasing 10 stitches = 200 stitches. Then change to crochet hook size 1.75 and crochet for 14 cm for the waist. Afterward, divide 200 stitches into 3 parts: 49 stitches for the left front, 1 stitch for the central stitch, 100 stitches for the back, 1 stitch for the central stitch, and 49 stitches for the right front. Mark the central stitches with pins or markers. Increase 1 stitch from both sides of central stitches in the 15^th and 17^th rows; make 16^th, 18^th, and 19^th rows without increases.

Right Front:

Crochet on 49 stitches (step back 3 stitches from central stitch). Decrease 2 x 2 stitches and 2 x 1 stitch for the armhole. In total, crochet for 16 rows and decrease 1 x 8 stitches, 1 x 4 stitches, and 4 x 2 stitches for the neckhole = 25 stitches. In total, make 27 rows from the beginning of the armhole.

Left Front:

Make in symmetry to the right front.

Back:

Step back 3 stitches from both sides of central stitches and decrease 2 x 2 stitches, and 2 x 1 stitch from both sides for armholes. Finish your work at the height of the front.

Sleeves:

Make 60 chain stitches and work with double crochets. For sleeve chamfers, make increases according to the pattern design. In total, crochet for 40 cm and start making the sleeve cap according to the pattern design. Make the second sleeve in the same way.

Hood:

Make 140 chain stitches and crochet 12 rows of half crochets. Then make 16 cm of double crochets, decreasing stitches in the center of the hood by making 3 stitches together, and continue work, matching with the pattern design.

Assembly:

Make front plackets with half-crochets. At 3 rows height of the placket, make 8 buttonholes on the right front. Sew buttons to the left front. Make shoulder seams. Sew up the sleeves in the armholes. Complete sleeve seams. Sew up the hood in the neckhole. Finally, fasten front, hood, and lower edge of the cardigan with 1 row of “shrimp stitch”.